Many hands make light work.

Learn to walk before you run.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life is what you make it.

Might is right.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Good things come in small packages.

Once bitten, twice shy.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There are two sides to every question.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

First things first.

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes one to know one.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East is east, and west is west.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If the cap fits, wear it.

All you need is love.

The Devil looks after his own.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Accidents will happen.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's all grist to the mill.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There is honour among thieves.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let bygones be bygones.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Hope springs eternal.

Better late than never.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There's safety in numbers.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Get out while the getting is good.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Don't get mad, get even.

The Devil is in the details.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

No rest for the wicked.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

It's better to give than to receive.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Seek and you shall find.

Good talk saves the food.

Less said, soon mended.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Seize the day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Bad money drives out good.

Cheats never prosper.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Count your blessings.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Opposites attract.

Look before you leap.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Moderation in all things.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Any port in a storm.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Let well alone.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A cat may look at a king.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.