Possession is nine points of the law.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Practice makes perfect.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Keep your chin up.

Money makes the world go round.

A bad penny always turns up.

Practice what you preach.

There's safety in numbers.

All you need is love.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The best things in life are free.

Always put your best foot forward.

Everyone has their price.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A cat has nine lives.

Slow but sure.

Bad news travels fast.

There is honour among thieves.

Live and let live.

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

Enough is enough.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Love is blind.

For everything there is a season.

Like father, like son.

There's no time like the present.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Two heads are better than one.

No news is good news.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's an exception to every rule.

To the victor go the spoils.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Share and share alike.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Home is where the heart is.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Love will find a way.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

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

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't get mad, get even.

Seek and you shall find.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Only fools and horses work.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Life begins at forty.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The exception which proves the rule.

Physician, heal thyself.

Oil and water don't mix.

Money isn't everything.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Knowledge is power.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let well alone.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

If you can't be good, be careful.

When one door shuts, another opens.