A rising tide lifts all boats.

Home is where the heart is.

If you build it, they will come.

It takes two to tango.

Seeing is believing.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Revenge is sweet.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Put your best foot forward.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

All things must pass.

All roads lead to Rome.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

You are what you eat.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Bad money drives out good.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fortune favours the brave.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Truth will out.

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

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes one to know one.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A thing begun is half done.

Horses for courses.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Only fools and horses work.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Speak as you find.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's all grist to the mill.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no time like the present.

Cheats never prosper.

Blood is thicker than water.

Look before you leap.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A leopard can't change its spots.

No pain, no gain.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bigger, the better.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Make love not war.

It's better to give than to receive.

Two heads are better than one.

It goes without saying.