If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Always put your best foot forward.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

You are what you eat.

It never rains but it pours.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A person is known by the company they keep.

An army marches on its stomach.

Clothes do not make the man.

Quid pro quo.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

To the victor go the spoils.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The truth will out.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

The Devil looks after his own.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A man is known by his friends.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Let well alone.

The more the merrier.

All's fair in love and war.

A cat may look at a king.

Share and share alike.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Beware the Ides of March.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Only fools and horses work.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

He who hesitates is lost.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Any port in a storm.

All you need is love.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Business before pleasure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A cat has nine lives.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Home is where the heart is.

Life begins at forty.

Seeing is believing.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fight the good fight.

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

Money makes the world go round.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

If you build it, they will come.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Only the good die young.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Crime doesn't pay.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Horses for courses.

Every picture tells a story.

Oil and water don't mix.

A leopard can't change its spots.