Oil and water don't mix.

You win some, you lose some.

You can't take it with you.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Wonders will never cease.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Good things come in small packages.

Life begins at forty.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Good talk saves the food.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Still waters run deep.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

A man is known by his friends.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

First things first.

Time will tell.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Pride comes before a fall.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Home is where the heart is.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Share and share alike.

What goes around comes around.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

No man can serve two masters.

No rest for the wicked.

Revenge is sweet.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money isn't everything.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A fish always rots from the head.

Third time lucky.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Knowledge is power.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

All the world loves a lover.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Blood is thicker than water.

All things must pass.

God helps those who help themselves.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Live and learn.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Actions speak louder than words.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Even a worm will turn.

East, west, home's best.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Talk is cheap.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Only the good die young.

Opposites attract.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Seek and you shall find.

Money makes the world go round.

First come, first served.

It takes one to know one.

Tomorrow never comes.

Business before pleasure.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.