Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Money talks.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Still waters run deep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

The Devil is in the details.

The end justifies the means.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Live and let live.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Clothes do not make the man.

Opposites attract.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The more the merrier.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A fish always rots from the head.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Look before you leap.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Bad money drives out good.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All the world loves a lover.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Keep your chin up.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Waste not, want not.

Practice what you preach.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two heads are better than one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

What goes up must come down.

Paddle your own canoe.

The truth will out.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The age of miracles is past.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Crime doesn't pay.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes one to know one.

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

Only the good die young.

Slow but sure.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

What goes around comes around.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Moderation in all things.