Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't win them all.

A watched pot never boils.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Always put your best foot forward.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Variety is the spice of life.

Easy come, easy go.

Like father, like son.

Better safe than sorry.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's one born every minute.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

God helps those who help themselves.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Horses for courses.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Time flies.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't take it with you.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Seize the day.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It's never too late to mend.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

No man can serve two masters.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cheats never prosper.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Dead men tell no tales.

You are never too old to learn.

More haste, less speed.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't rock the boat.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Every stick has two ends.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All you need is love.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Less is more.

The end justifies the means.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No news is good news.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Wonders will never cease.

A thing begun is half done.

Look before you leap.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.