Once bitten, twice shy.

It's the singer not the song.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Make haste slowly.

Might is right.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Big fish eat little fish.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

A golden key can open any door.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

An army marches on its stomach.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A fish always rots from the head.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Let well alone.

A house is not a home.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love is blind.

All roads lead to Rome.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There is honour among thieves.

The age of miracles is past.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Slow and steady wins the race.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A watched pot never boils.

Learn to walk before you run.

Haste makes waste.

Enough is enough.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All you need is love.

Fortune favours the brave.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

No pain, no gain.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Quid pro quo.

It's all grist to the mill.

Hope springs eternal.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Every stick has two ends.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Silence is golden.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Live and let live.

All things must pass.

East is east, and west is west.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Count your blessings.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time flies.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Different strokes for different folks.

Give the Devil his due.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The wages of sin is death.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's better to give than to receive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Less said, soon mended.

Forgive and forget.

There's no time like the present.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

No man is an island.

Silence construes consent.

You can't take it with you.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't get mad, get even.

When one door shuts, another opens.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Oil and water don't mix.

History repeats itself.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Speak as you find.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cheats never prosper.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It goes without saying.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Truth will out.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

A word to the wise is enough.

Faith will move mountains.

Look before you leap.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Many hands make light work.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

A thing begun is half done.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

You reap what you sow.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Like father, like son.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

The show must go on.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Third time lucky.

Moderation in all things.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

First things first.

The truth will out.

Everyone has their price.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Appearances can be deceptive.

All's well that ends well.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Good things come to those who wait.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Money talks.

More haste, less speed.

To the victor go the spoils.

No rest for the wicked.

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

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Two heads are better than one.

Good talk saves the food.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Charity begins at home.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't always get what you want.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best defence is a good offence.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Love will find a way.

It's never too late to mend.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't rock the boat.

Fight the good fight.

Live and learn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The customer is always right.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Accidents will happen.

Share and share alike.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Money isn't everything.

Nine tailors make a man.

Home is where the heart is.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All the world loves a lover.

No news is good news.

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

Patience is a virtue.

What goes up must come down.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's safety in numbers.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

To every thing there is a season.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Seize the day.

Clothes do not make the man.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Life is what you make it.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Better late than never.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Always put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow is another day.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Actions speak louder than words.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Tomorrow never comes.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There's one born every minute.

Knowledge is power.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing new under the sun.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Every picture tells a story.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Time will tell.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Beware the Ides of March.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Manners maketh the man.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Another day, another dollar.

Slow but sure.

The best things in life are free.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You win some, you lose some.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Make love not war.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

You are what you eat.

All good things come to those that wait.

First come, first served.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Better safe than sorry.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

God helps those who help themselves.

Go the extra mile.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Time is a great healer.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Life begins at forty.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Bad money drives out good.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Talk is cheap.

There's no place like home.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Good things come in small packages.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Grief divided is made lighter.

For everything there is a season.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Bad news travels fast.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Great minds think alike.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Revenge is sweet.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Pride comes before a fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Business before pleasure.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Any port in a storm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let the buyer beware.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Let bygones be bygones.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Christmas comes but once a year.

He who hesitates is lost.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Practice makes perfect.

Keep your chin up.

The Devil is in the details.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bigger, the better.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Fight fire with fire.

The leopard does not change his spots.

While there is life, there is hope.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Even a worm will turn.

The more the merrier.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you build it, they will come.

East, west, home's best.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Practice what you preach.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

One hand washes the other.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A cat may look at a king.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

Misery loves company.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Less is more.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The customer is always right.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Each to their own.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Time is money.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Seeing is believing.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A cat has nine lives.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Waste not, want not.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Still waters run deep.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All's fair in love and war.

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

It takes one to know one.

Only fools and horses work.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best-laid plans go astray.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Small things amuse small minds.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Every dog has its day.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.