Shrouds have no pockets.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

There is honour among thieves.

Give the Devil his due.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Everyone has their price.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Let bygones be bygones.

Clothes do not make the man.

Misery loves company.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Look before you leap.

Good things come in small packages.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

One good deed deserves another.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A house is not a home.

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

There's no time like the present.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Life is what you make it.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Money is the root of all evil.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money talks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Share and share alike.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Live and learn.

What goes around comes around.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Live and let live.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Tomorrow never comes.

Moderation in all things.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Pearls of wisdom.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No man is an island.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Slow and steady wins the race.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A golden key can open any door.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Great minds think alike.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Seeing is believing.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Truth will out.

Third time lucky.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

The truth will out.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Money isn't everything.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All publicity is good publicity.

First things first.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Still waters run deep.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Home is where the heart is.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Love is blind.

Let well alone.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Wonders will never cease.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

You can't take it with you.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

East is east, and west is west.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All roads lead to Rome.

Time flies.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Good things come to those who wait.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The customer is always right.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Practice makes perfect.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Quid pro quo.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One hand washes the other.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Easy come, easy go.

Practice what you preach.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Walls have ears.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Enough is enough.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Strike while the iron is hot.

All's well that ends well.

Silence construes consent.

Half a loaf is better than none.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Only the good die young.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A cat may look at a king.

First come, first served.

Each to their own.

No pain, no gain.

East, west, home's best.

All's fair in love and war.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All things must pass.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A cat has nine lives.

The age of miracles is past.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't win them all.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's the singer not the song.

Once a thief, always a thief.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There's one born every minute.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes one to know one.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Hope springs eternal.

Make haste slowly.

A picture paints a thousand words.

History repeats itself.

Fortune favours the brave.

Love makes the world go round.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Slow but sure.

All you need is love.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Any port in a storm.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

No news is good news.

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Two heads are better than one.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The show must go on.

Seek and you shall find.

Time will tell.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The more the merrier.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Keep your chin up.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Love will find a way.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A good man is hard to find.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Cheats never prosper.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A fish always rots from the head.

Less said, soon mended.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Many hands make light work.

It takes two to tango.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Like father, like son.

Variety is the spice of life.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

A watched pot never boils.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Life begins at forty.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Horses for courses.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's safety in numbers.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Less is more.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Let the buyer beware.

The best defence is a good offence.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

What goes up must come down.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Virtue is its own reward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Faith will move mountains.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Tomorrow is another day.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

You are what you eat.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Small things amuse small minds.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A thing begun is half done.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Pride comes before a fall.

Keep your powder dry.

There's no place like home.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Fight fire with fire.

Silence is golden.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No rest for the wicked.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Count your blessings.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The early bird gets the worm.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Waste not, want not.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Haste makes waste.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Only fools and horses work.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no smoke without fire.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Might is right.

The bigger, the better.

Give credit where credit is due.

Time is money.

The exception which proves the rule.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Hide in plain sight.

Charity begins at home.

Don't get mad, get even.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All good things must come to an end.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You reap what you sow.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If you build it, they will come.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Go the extra mile.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Patience is a virtue.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Make love not war.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money makes the world go round.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A bad penny always turns up.

Seize the day.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

God helps those who help themselves.

The end justifies the means.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Oil and water don't mix.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You are never too old to learn.

It's better to give than to receive.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All the world loves a lover.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Persuasion is better than force.