The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Honesty is the best policy.

Money makes the world go round.

All's fair in love and war.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Keep your powder dry.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Clothes do not make the man.

Get out while the getting is good.

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A fish always rots from the head.

Waste not, want not.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Silence construes consent.

Hope springs eternal.

He who hesitates is lost.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's all grist to the mill.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Revenge is sweet.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

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

No pain, no gain.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

To every thing there is a season.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Share and share alike.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Pride comes before a fall.

Third time lucky.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

First things first.

Walls have ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Home is where the heart is.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You are never too old to learn.

It takes one to know one.

Any port in a storm.

All things must pass.

The customer is always right.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

There is honour among thieves.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Another day, another dollar.

Horses for courses.

Slow but sure.

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

Every dog has its day.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Good things come in small packages.

Seek and you shall find.

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

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Even a worm will turn.