Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Waste not, want not.

An army marches on its stomach.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Talk is cheap.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Revenge is sweet.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

First impressions are the most lasting.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

If you build it, they will come.

Everyone has their price.

Many hands make light work.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Silence construes consent.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The customer is always right.

The more the merrier.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Patience is a virtue.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't get mad, get even.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It takes one to know one.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Any port in a storm.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Every picture tells a story.

God helps those who help themselves.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Haste makes waste.

Walls have ears.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's never too late to mend.

Still waters run deep.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A cat may look at a king.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There is honour among thieves.

No news is good news.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

One hand washes the other.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Horses for courses.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Fortune favours the brave.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's the singer not the song.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Easy come, easy go.

Tomorrow never comes.

Time is a great healer.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A man is known by his friends.

Home is where the heart is.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Money is the root of all evil.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.