You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time flies.

Seeing is believing.

There are two sides to every question.

You reap what you sow.

Many hands make light work.

Share and share alike.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Business before pleasure.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

No pain, no gain.

Quid pro quo.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

East is east, and west is west.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fight fire with fire.

Revenge is sweet.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The age of miracles is past.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All the world loves a lover.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

While there is life, there is hope.

Tomorrow never comes.

Like father, like son.

A cat may look at a king.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

For everything there is a season.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Patience is a virtue.

There's one born every minute.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All you need is love.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Silence construes consent.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Money makes the world go round.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

The more the merrier.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Talk is cheap.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Another day, another dollar.

You win some, you lose some.

All things must pass.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Bad money drives out good.

The show must go on.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Time will tell.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Everyone has their price.

Better late than never.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Big fish eat little fish.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Always put your best foot forward.

An man's home is his castle.