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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Manners maketh the man.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A good man is hard to find.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Only fools and horses work.

Better late than never.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

God helps those who help themselves.

Virtue is its own reward.

Life is what you make it.

East, west, home's best.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You are never too old to learn.

Still waters run deep.

History repeats itself.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All the world loves a lover.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your chin up.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Fight fire with fire.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

There's safety in numbers.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A golden key can open any door.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Charity begins at home.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A thing begun is half done.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

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

All you need is love.

A cat has nine lives.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Persuasion is better than force.

Live and learn.

Like father, like son.

An man's home is his castle.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Money isn't everything.

Different strokes for different folks.

The customer is always right.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no place like home.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

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

No man can serve two masters.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Forgive and forget.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Paddle your own canoe.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Every stick has two ends.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Every picture tells a story.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Go the extra mile.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Time will tell.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

What goes around comes around.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.