In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't get mad, get even.

Every picture tells a story.

There are two sides to every question.

To the victor go the spoils.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Virtue is its own reward.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Love will find a way.

There is honour among thieves.

Less said, soon mended.

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

More haste, less speed.

The bigger, the better.

A cat may look at a king.

Might is right.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Go the extra mile.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It takes two to tango.

Get out while the getting is good.

A fish always rots from the head.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Practice makes perfect.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Bad news travels fast.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Persuasion is better than force.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One hand washes the other.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Every stick has two ends.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Make love not war.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It's never too late to mend.

All's fair in love and war.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Physician, heal thyself.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You reap what you sow.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Talk is cheap.

It's better to give than to receive.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Live and learn.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Only fools and horses work.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.