Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Get out while the getting is good.

All's well that ends well.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every stick has two ends.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

For everything there is a season.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All you need is love.

One good deed deserves another.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Still waters run deep.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Better safe than sorry.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Seize the day.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

History repeats itself.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Money is the root of all evil.

Good things come in small packages.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Money talks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Live and let live.

No pain, no gain.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

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

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

More haste, less speed.

Two heads are better than one.

Each to their own.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Third time lucky.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A good man is hard to find.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Seeing is believing.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A thing begun is half done.

No man can serve two masters.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Love will find a way.

Accidents will happen.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Count your blessings.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Only the good die young.

If you build it, they will come.

Keep your powder dry.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All that glitters is not gold.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.