It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

First come, first served.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Third time lucky.

Still waters run deep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Cheats never prosper.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Go the extra mile.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every dog has its day.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

An army marches on its stomach.

All's well that ends well.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All's fair in love and war.

Give credit where credit is due.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Share and share alike.

There's no smoke without fire.

Life begins at forty.

The wages of sin is death.

Might is right.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The end justifies the means.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love is blind.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

You reap what you sow.

It takes one to know one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let well alone.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

You are what you eat.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Silence construes consent.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money isn't everything.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's safety in numbers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To every thing there is a season.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's one born every minute.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Always put your best foot forward.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Variety is the spice of life.