A watched pot never boils.

To the victor go the spoils.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's one born every minute.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

What goes around comes around.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Variety is the spice of life.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Share and share alike.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Forgive and forget.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hide in plain sight.

An army marches on its stomach.

Quid pro quo.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Life is what you make it.

Go the extra mile.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Love is blind.

Wonders will never cease.

The more the merrier.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Give credit where credit is due.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All good things come to those that wait.

Horses for courses.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Cheats never prosper.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Truth will out.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Less is more.

Don't get mad, get even.

Business before pleasure.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beware the Ides of March.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Every picture tells a story.

Oil and water don't mix.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All roads lead to Rome.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Keep your chin up.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Seeing is believing.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

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

One good deed deserves another.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Keep your powder dry.

Make haste slowly.

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

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Always put your best foot forward.

God helps those who help themselves.

Dead men tell no tales.

Knowledge is power.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Patience is a virtue.

Rome wasn't built in a day.