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

Actions speak louder than words.

Good fences make good neighbours.

First come, first served.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Might is right.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Live and learn.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The customer is always right.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You are what you eat.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

One hand washes the other.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The best defence is a good offence.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money talks.

Great minds think alike.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

The end justifies the means.

Revenge is sweet.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No man can serve two masters.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There are two sides to every question.

Moderation in all things.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The truth will out.

Slow but sure.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Walls have ears.

Speak as you find.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Silence construes consent.

Blood is thicker than water.

Practice makes perfect.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A fish always rots from the head.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil looks after his own.

Money isn't everything.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Nine tailors make a man.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Still waters run deep.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Clothes do not make the man.

Christmas comes but once a year.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Charity begins at home.

Haste makes waste.

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

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All things must pass.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Paddle your own canoe.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Hide in plain sight.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Like father, like son.

Once a thief, always a thief.