Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love is blind.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Honesty is the best policy.

There is honour among thieves.

A house is not a home.

An man's home is his castle.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A miss is as good as a mile.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Moderation in all things.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Two heads are better than one.

Nine tailors make a man.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

All's fair in love and war.

Patience is a virtue.

It goes without saying.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Practice what you preach.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Quid pro quo.

Charity begins at home.

Less said, soon mended.

History repeats itself.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Knowledge is power.

Keep your chin up.

It's never too late to mend.

Haste makes waste.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All that glitters is not gold.

A thing begun is half done.

Time flies.

East, west, home's best.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Forgive and forget.

The best things in life are free.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It takes one to know one.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's one born every minute.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Any port in a storm.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

There are two sides to every question.

Revenge is sweet.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

You reap what you sow.

One good deed deserves another.

Practice makes perfect.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money talks.

All publicity is good publicity.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.