There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The wages of sin is death.

Better safe than sorry.

There's safety in numbers.

God helps those who help themselves.

All's fair in love and war.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Pride comes before a fall.

The best defence is a good offence.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your powder dry.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Go the extra mile.

Money talks.

Make haste slowly.

Paddle your own canoe.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Moderation in all things.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

There's one born every minute.

Big fish eat little fish.

Silence is golden.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

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

Time is a great healer.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Once a thief, always a thief.

East, west, home's best.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fight the good fight.

The exception which proves the rule.

Still waters run deep.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Always put your best foot forward.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beware the Ides of March.

The Devil is in the details.

It goes without saying.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Talk is cheap.

You are what you eat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Cheats never prosper.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

All that glitters is not gold.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Seeing is believing.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fortune favours the brave.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Love is blind.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There is no accounting for tastes.