A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

It ain't over, till it's over.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The age of miracles is past.

The truth will out.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Better safe than sorry.

What goes around comes around.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

The bigger, the better.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Opposites attract.

You are never too old to learn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All you need is love.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Pearls of wisdom.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Third time lucky.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Time is a great healer.

Another day, another dollar.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Seize the day.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Everyone has their price.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't take it with you.

It goes without saying.

All good things come to those that wait.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cheats never prosper.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Better late than never.

Actions speak louder than words.

Only the good die young.

Good talk saves the food.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Dead men tell no tales.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Seeing is believing.

Still waters run deep.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Silence is golden.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Always put your best foot forward.

All's fair in love and war.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Slow and steady wins the race.