A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't rock the boat.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Practice what you preach.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Walls have ears.

Haste makes waste.

The wages of sin is death.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you build it, they will come.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Money isn't everything.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Life is what you make it.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Misery loves company.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Ignorance is bliss.

Put your best foot forward.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A good man is hard to find.

You win some, you lose some.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Every dog has its day.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Get out while the getting is good.

All's well that ends well.

Honesty is the best policy.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Time will tell.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life begins at forty.

There's an exception to every rule.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Let well alone.

A man is known by his friends.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Blood is thicker than water.

Virtue is its own reward.

Forgive and forget.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

It goes without saying.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

There's no place like home.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The end justifies the means.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Any port in a storm.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There's no time like the present.

No news is good news.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Persuasion is better than force.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Silence construes consent.

A cat has nine lives.

Two heads are better than one.

Birds of a feather flock together.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fight the good fight.

Keep your chin up.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Less is more.

Faith will move mountains.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Talk is cheap.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The show must go on.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A watched pot never boils.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A house is not a home.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

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

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

Accidents will happen.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Little pitchers have big ears.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Slow but sure.

Make haste slowly.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The exception which proves the rule.

A fish always rots from the head.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nine tailors make a man.

The best things in life are free.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Let the buyer beware.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Always put your best foot forward.

To every thing there is a season.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Pearls of wisdom.

An army marches on its stomach.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The age of miracles is past.

One good deed deserves another.

Even a worm will turn.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Time is money.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Hope springs eternal.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

More haste, less speed.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Opposites attract.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All's fair in love and war.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Might is right.

All the world loves a lover.

One hand washes the other.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's safety in numbers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Share and share alike.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Enough is enough.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

You reap what you sow.

You can have too much of a good thing.

No man is an island.

Nothing new under the sun.

Another day, another dollar.

Live and let live.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Speak as you find.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Great minds think alike.

All you need is love.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad news travels fast.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Quid pro quo.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Waste not, want not.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't always get what you want.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Make love not war.

Every picture tells a story.

Better late than never.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

What goes around comes around.

The bigger, the better.

The more the merrier.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

It never rains but it pours.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

First things first.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Crime doesn't pay.

Bad money drives out good.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Easy come, easy go.

Count your blessings.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

No man can serve two masters.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Money talks.

Hide in plain sight.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The truth will out.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

While there is life, there is hope.

A thing begun is half done.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Variety is the spice of life.

God helps those who help themselves.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Go the extra mile.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Only the good die young.

Like father, like son.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Charity begins at home.

Time flies.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love makes the world go round.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Knowledge is power.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Time is a great healer.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Everyone has their price.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Practice makes perfect.

Truth will out.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An man's home is his castle.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Live and learn.

You are what you eat.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

All roads lead to Rome.

Moderation in all things.

He who hesitates is lost.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fight fire with fire.

First come, first served.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Learn to walk before you run.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Seeing is believing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Silence is golden.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Seize the day.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Love is blind.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Business before pleasure.

A cat may look at a king.

Physician, heal thyself.

History repeats itself.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Less said, soon mended.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You can't win them all.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Give credit where credit is due.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Seek and you shall find.

It takes one to know one.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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