It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Hope springs eternal.

The end justifies the means.

The best things in life are free.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All's well that ends well.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The Devil is in the details.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Learn to walk before you run.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Life begins at forty.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Seek and you shall find.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't win them all.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

No news is good news.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's all grist to the mill.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The customer is always right.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The age of miracles is past.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Life is what you make it.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Everyone has their price.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You win some, you lose some.

Give the Devil his due.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's one born every minute.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Wonders will never cease.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Share and share alike.

A house is not a home.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let well alone.

Quid pro quo.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Opposites attract.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Out of sight, out of mind.

What goes around comes around.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Slow and steady wins the race.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.