Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

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

Share and share alike.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Big fish eat little fish.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Put your best foot forward.

What goes up must come down.

Charity begins at home.

Time is a great healer.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Love is blind.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

More haste, less speed.

Nine tailors make a man.

Time flies.

Let the buyer beware.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It takes two to tango.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Pride comes before a fall.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Slow but sure.

Don't get mad, get even.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Easy come, easy go.

The Devil is in the details.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Might is right.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

While there is life, there is hope.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Crime doesn't pay.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love makes the world go round.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Count your blessings.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Walls have ears.

Give the Devil his due.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You reap what you sow.

Oil and water don't mix.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

All the world loves a lover.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

All you need is love.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Still waters run deep.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's a time and a place for everything.

There is honour among thieves.

Many hands make light work.

When one door shuts, another opens.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't take it with you.