One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The early bird gets the worm.

What goes up must come down.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Horses for courses.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Keep your chin up.

It takes one to know one.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Virtue is its own reward.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An army marches on its stomach.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's never too late to mend.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Practice makes perfect.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Bad news travels fast.

It's better to give than to receive.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the dead bury the dead.

First things first.

East is east, and west is west.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Waste not, want not.

Talk is cheap.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You are never too old to learn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good talk saves the food.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Clothes do not make the man.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Truth will out.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every stick has two ends.

A house is not a home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Manners maketh the man.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Knowledge is power.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Grief divided is made lighter.

What goes around comes around.

The bigger, the better.

Physician, heal thyself.

You reap what you sow.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Seek and you shall find.