Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's the singer not the song.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Even a worm will turn.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Seeing is believing.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

You can't always get what you want.

A fish always rots from the head.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Silence construes consent.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

The end justifies the means.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No man is an island.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Home is where the heart is.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It takes one to know one.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Clothes do not make the man.

Let well alone.

Appearances can be deceptive.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

He who hesitates is lost.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's one born every minute.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is money.

Wonders will never cease.

You win some, you lose some.

Good things come in small packages.

Never tell tales out of school.

Everyone has their price.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A good man is hard to find.

What goes up must come down.

Opposites attract.

Good talk saves the food.

Bad news travels fast.

Seek and you shall find.

Better late than never.

Actions speak louder than words.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Keep your chin up.

To every thing there is a season.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Enough is enough.

A golden key can open any door.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A watched pot never boils.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's no place like home.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Live and learn.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Hide in plain sight.

It takes two to tango.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.