Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It takes two to tango.

It goes without saying.

Live and let live.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Quid pro quo.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Children should be seen and not heard.

An man's home is his castle.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Might is right.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Only fools and horses work.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's the singer not the song.

A man is known by his friends.

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

History repeats itself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life begins at forty.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

While there is life, there is hope.

An army marches on its stomach.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The age of miracles is past.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Small things amuse small minds.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Opposites attract.

Only the good die young.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Enough is enough.

All's well that ends well.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Waste not, want not.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fight fire with fire.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Good things come to those who wait.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

There's one born every minute.

What goes up must come down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Bad money drives out good.

You can't always get what you want.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Life is what you make it.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All things must pass.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Dead men tell no tales.

Bad news travels fast.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Make love not war.

Every dog has its day.

A word to the wise is enough.

A person is known by the company they keep.