Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Easy come, easy go.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Virtue is its own reward.

Time will tell.

Every stick has two ends.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Good talk saves the food.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Share and share alike.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

Nothing new under the sun.

He who hesitates is lost.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Walls have ears.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Give the Devil his due.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Silence is golden.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The early bird gets the worm.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no place like home.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The best-laid plans go astray.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Tomorrow never comes.

It goes without saying.

Let well alone.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Haste makes waste.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Put your best foot forward.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't rock the boat.

Slow but sure.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Go the extra mile.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

First things first.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Big fish eat little fish.

More haste, less speed.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Cheats never prosper.

You can't always get what you want.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Nine tailors make a man.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Knowledge is power.

It takes two to tango.