A miss is as good as a mile.

A leopard can't change its spots.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All good things must come to an end.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

An man's home is his castle.

Might is right.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Tomorrow is another day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't get mad, get even.

More haste, less speed.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There are two sides to every question.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fight the good fight.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Wonders will never cease.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Like father, like son.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Big fish eat little fish.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Blood is thicker than water.

Children should be seen and not heard.

To the victor go the spoils.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It goes without saying.

All publicity is good publicity.

The wages of sin is death.

The show must go on.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's safety in numbers.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Practice makes perfect.

You reap what you sow.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time flies.

If you build it, they will come.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Money is the root of all evil.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Walls have ears.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's never too late to mend.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There's no place like home.

Fortune favours the brave.

Money makes the world go round.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The more the merrier.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Nothing new under the sun.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Good things come to those who wait.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Put your best foot forward.

Every picture tells a story.

While there is life, there is hope.

Silence is golden.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.