Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Waste not, want not.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't always get what you want.

Bad money drives out good.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You are never too old to learn.

All publicity is good publicity.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Business before pleasure.

Live and let live.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Fortune favours the brave.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Haste makes waste.

No news is good news.

Don't rock the boat.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Small things amuse small minds.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

No man can serve two masters.

Nothing new under the sun.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Everyone has their price.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Only the good die young.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You reap what you sow.

Seeing is believing.

Easy come, easy go.

Possession is nine points of the law.

What goes up must come down.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

There is honour among thieves.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The Devil is in the details.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

You are what you eat.

Seize the day.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It's better to give than to receive.

Time is a great healer.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Hope springs eternal.

Opposites attract.

Seek and you shall find.

If you build it, they will come.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A house is not a home.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Forewarned is forearmed.

First come, first served.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Don't get mad, get even.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Tomorrow never comes.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every stick has two ends.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Practice what you preach.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Enough is enough.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Practice makes perfect.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Slow but sure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love makes the world go round.

Good talk saves the food.

The truth will out.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Like father, like son.

Go the extra mile.

The bigger, the better.

There's no smoke without fire.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Manners maketh the man.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

All roads lead to Rome.

It takes one to know one.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A miss is as good as a mile.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Any port in a storm.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Misery loves company.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Every dog has its day.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A golden key can open any door.

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

You can't take it with you.

An man's home is his castle.

Put your best foot forward.

Still waters run deep.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Make haste slowly.

Persuasion is better than force.

Love is blind.

Accidents will happen.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

One good deed deserves another.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Moderation in all things.

Money talks.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Count your blessings.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Different strokes for different folks.

Live and learn.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Truth will out.

All's well that ends well.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Only fools and horses work.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One hand washes the other.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Might is right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Honesty is the best policy.

There's one born every minute.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

It goes without saying.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Never tell tales out of school.

The best things in life are free.

For everything there is a season.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Talk is cheap.

Virtue is its own reward.

Home is where the heart is.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A watched pot never boils.

Ignorance is bliss.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All the world loves a lover.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Money makes the world go round.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Bad news travels fast.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

First things first.

Oil and water don't mix.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no time like the present.

The age of miracles is past.

Less is more.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Love will find a way.

No rest for the wicked.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Time flies.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What goes around comes around.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Look before you leap.

Forgive and forget.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's never too late to mend.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The show must go on.

Give the Devil his due.

A cat may look at a king.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Many hands make light work.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Horses for courses.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Another day, another dollar.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The end justifies the means.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Let bygones be bygones.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

The more the merrier.

Let the buyer beware.

To the victor go the spoils.

Blood is thicker than water.

Let well alone.

It never rains but it pours.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Time will tell.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The customer is always right.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No man is an island.

Make love not war.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Speak as you find.

History repeats itself.

It's the singer not the song.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The best defence is a good offence.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

You can't win them all.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Keep your chin up.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All things must pass.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

More haste, less speed.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Walls have ears.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Good things come to those who wait.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Pride comes before a fall.

Fight fire with fire.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Quid pro quo.

Hide in plain sight.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

An army marches on its stomach.

Knowledge is power.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Cheats never prosper.

All's fair in love and war.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Third time lucky.

Always put your best foot forward.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's no place like home.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Great minds think alike.

Silence is golden.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Better safe than sorry.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Charity begins at home.

It's all grist to the mill.

Keep your powder dry.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Revenge is sweet.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Wonders will never cease.

East, west, home's best.

The best-laid plans go astray.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Silence construes consent.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Time is money.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Even a worm will turn.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.