A penny saved is a penny earned.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best defence is a good offence.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Always put your best foot forward.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Revenge is sweet.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time is money.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Silence is golden.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

One good deed deserves another.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Bad news travels fast.

Virtue is its own reward.

Forgive and forget.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Fortune favours the brave.

Less said, soon mended.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Horses for courses.

No rest for the wicked.

You reap what you sow.

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

First things first.

Love is blind.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A house is not a home.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

What goes up must come down.

Might is right.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fight fire with fire.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

There is no accounting for tastes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

One hand washes the other.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The wages of sin is death.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no time like the present.

If you build it, they will come.

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

It takes one to know one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Live and learn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

No man is an island.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Crime doesn't pay.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't sweat the small stuff.