To the victor go the spoils.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Give the Devil his due.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The customer is always right.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't get mad, get even.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The wages of sin is death.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

No pain, no gain.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The bigger, the better.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every picture tells a story.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let the buyer beware.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You win some, you lose some.

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

All good things must come to an end.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

There's safety in numbers.

What goes around comes around.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Even a worm will turn.

You reap what you sow.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't rock the boat.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

You are what you eat.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Time is money.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

First come, first served.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let well alone.

It takes one to know one.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Virtue is its own reward.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A house is not a home.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Bad news travels fast.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Home is where the heart is.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

For everything there is a season.

The more the merrier.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Like father, like son.

You can't win them all.

Dead men tell no tales.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Seek and you shall find.

Everyone has their price.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Might is right.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Go the extra mile.

Enough is enough.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Truth will out.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Only the good die young.

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

Live and let live.

Nine tailors make a man.

There are two sides to every question.

Share and share alike.

Paddle your own canoe.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What goes up must come down.

Business before pleasure.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Every stick has two ends.

Let bygones be bygones.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good man is hard to find.

Man does not live by bread alone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Less said, soon mended.

Make haste slowly.

Time will tell.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It takes two to tango.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Waste not, want not.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Life begins at forty.

Charity begins at home.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

History repeats itself.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Another day, another dollar.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

More haste, less speed.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A bad penny always turns up.

Live and learn.

The Devil is in the details.

There's an exception to every rule.

Actions speak louder than words.

Big fish eat little fish.

To every thing there is a season.

Speak as you find.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

No rest for the wicked.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No man can serve two masters.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Money isn't everything.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Tomorrow is another day.

Silence construes consent.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cold hands, warm heart.

One hand washes the other.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

A watched pot never boils.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Bad money drives out good.

All's well that ends well.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Handsome is as handsome does.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't take it with you.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Learn to walk before you run.

Get out while the getting is good.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Keep your chin up.

The truth will out.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A word to the wise is enough.

Make love not war.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Horses for courses.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Nothing new under the sun.

Pride comes before a fall.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

No man is an island.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Wonders will never cease.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Every dog has its day.

Still waters run deep.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Slow but sure.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

There's no smoke without fire.

Talk is cheap.

Physician, heal thyself.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All you need is love.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

First things first.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

It goes without saying.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Small things amuse small minds.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Persuasion is better than force.

Keep your powder dry.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Love is blind.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Moderation in all things.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Misery loves company.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Third time lucky.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Blood is thicker than water.

Haste makes waste.

Life is what you make it.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Accidents will happen.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Each to their own.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fight the good fight.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Time flies.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Slow and steady wins the race.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There's no time like the present.

Seeing is believing.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Silence is golden.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Practice makes perfect.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Two heads are better than one.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Always put your best foot forward.

Count your blessings.

A cat may look at a king.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Walls have ears.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

There's one born every minute.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Pearls of wisdom.

A golden key can open any door.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Seize the day.

It's all grist to the mill.

Cheats never prosper.

Quid pro quo.

If you build it, they will come.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An man's home is his castle.

Look before you leap.

There's no place like home.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It never rains but it pours.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All that glitters is not gold.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Easy come, easy go.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Practice what you preach.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

East, west, home's best.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All things must pass.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

The show must go on.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Patience is a virtue.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The end justifies the means.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Money makes the world go round.