Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Many hands make light work.

Physician, heal thyself.

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil looks after his own.

Crime doesn't pay.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Seeing is believing.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

What goes up must come down.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All you need is love.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Ignorance is bliss.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Time is money.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't win them all.

No news is good news.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Blood is thicker than water.

Bad money drives out good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Charity begins at home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Knowledge is power.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Tomorrow is another day.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Keep your powder dry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Cheats never prosper.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Truth will out.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Slow but sure.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Haste makes waste.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Small things amuse small minds.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One hand washes the other.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Time is a great healer.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Barking dogs seldom bite.