An army marches on its stomach.
If you can’t beat them, join them.
Where bees are, there is honey.
The best is the enemy of the good.[ toiling for better isn't bad, but
a quest for perfectionism is]
The best things in life are free.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A bird never flew on one wing.
You can’t tell a book by its cover.
Boys will be boys.
Care killed the cat.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Dead men tell no tales.
Dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
What’s done cannot be undone.
East, west, home’s best.
The eyes are the window of the soul.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
Fair and softly goes far in a day.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Fish and guests stink after three days.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There’s no fool like an old fool.
Give and take is fair play.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
What goes around comes around.
Gold may be bought too dear. [Gold is very valuable but one can pay a
price for it that is too high.]
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Good men are scarce.
Good wine needs no bush.
All cats are grey in the dark.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Half a truth is often a whole lie.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Hard work breaks no bones.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.
Home is where the heart is.
There’s no place like home.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
Be just before you’re generous.
Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.
The last drop makes the cup run dry.
Better late than never.
Lend your money and lose your friend.
Like breeds like.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
Look before you leap.
One man’s loss is another man’s gain.
Love begets love.
Love is blind.
Make hay while the sun shines.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Many are called but few are chosen.
Many hands make light work.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
If you play with fire you get burnt.
Any port will do in a storm.
A reed before the wind lives on, while oaks do fall.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Rome was not built in a day.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Self-praise is no recommendation.
A tale never loses in the telling.
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Time is a great healer.
Time works wonders.
All’s well that ends well.
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Dog does not eat dog.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him.
Money buys a good dog but not the wag of its tail.
The cat does it but the dog takes the blame.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
If a mouse laughs at a cat, it does so from near a hole.
A dog obliges; a cat demands.
No cat will deliver the cream left with it.
When the cats away the mice will play.
Put an old cat to an old rat.
A cat in gloves catches no mice.
All cats look grey in the dark.
Either feed the cats or feed the rats.
A hippo needs to bite just once.
No giraffe needs to crane its neck.
Vultures need no invitation to a kill.
A buffalo brooks no taunt.
Great tuskers just fade away.
Rogue elephants throw the biggest tantrum.
A lioness can’t play nanny to an oryx cub.
