A watched pot never boils.

First things first.

Great minds think alike.

Hide in plain sight.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

One good deed deserves another.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Persuasion is better than force.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A man is known by his friends.

Live and let live.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Waste not, want not.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Nothing new under the sun.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Each to their own.

East, west, home's best.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Make haste slowly.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Nothing succeeds like success.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Time flies.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Faith will move mountains.

What goes around comes around.

Different strokes for different folks.

Walls have ears.

There's one born every minute.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Everyone has their price.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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

Accidents will happen.

Two heads are better than one.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Seize the day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

The bigger, the better.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Practice what you preach.

Nine tailors make a man.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

What can't be cured must be endured.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The best is the enemy of the good.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love will find a way.

No rest for the wicked.

Time is money.

Time will tell.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Let bygones be bygones.

Seek and you shall find.

The Devil looks after his own.

Truth will out.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.