A little of what you fancy does you good.

Everyone has their price.

No rest for the wicked.

All roads lead to Rome.

The exception which proves the rule.

All publicity is good publicity.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Live and learn.

Seize the day.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Revenge is sweet.

He who hesitates is lost.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Time is money.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

A house is not a home.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Crime doesn't pay.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Give credit where credit is due.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

More haste, less speed.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A man is known by his friends.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Oil and water don't mix.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Like father, like son.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Any port in a storm.

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

Practice makes perfect.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The Devil is in the details.

Truth will out.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beware the Ides of March.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Never tell tales out of school.

First things first.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

First impressions are the most lasting.