Good things come in small packages.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Money isn't everything.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

More haste, less speed.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Look before you leap.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It goes without saying.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It's better to give than to receive.

There is honour among thieves.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Live and let live.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Money is the root of all evil.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The end justifies the means.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

No pain, no gain.

All publicity is good publicity.

It's never too late to mend.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

First come, first served.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fortune favours the brave.

Bad news travels fast.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Enough is enough.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All's well that ends well.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

All you need is love.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No rest for the wicked.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Manners maketh the man.

Silence is golden.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

One hand washes the other.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Less said, soon mended.

Quid pro quo.

Speak as you find.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Slow but sure.

Don't shoot the messenger.