Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Beware the Ides of March.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

All good things must come to an end.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

More haste, less speed.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Live and learn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's the singer not the song.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Let well alone.

A cat may look at a king.

East is east, and west is west.

Honesty is the best policy.

All's fair in love and war.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No news is good news.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

First come, first served.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't rock the boat.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Good things come in small packages.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't win them all.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

For everything there is a season.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Make love not war.

Life is what you make it.

Count your blessings.

No rest for the wicked.

It's better to give than to receive.

Slow but sure.

Even a worm will turn.

Opposites attract.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

No man can serve two masters.

All you need is love.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Knowledge is power.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's never too late to mend.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Talk is cheap.

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

Keep your chin up.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Like father, like son.

Every stick has two ends.

Home is where the heart is.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A man is known by his friends.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The end justifies the means.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

An man's home is his castle.

Attack is the best form of defence.

One hand washes the other.

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

No man is an island.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Easy come, easy go.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Moderation in all things.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You reap what you sow.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The show must go on.

Revenge is sweet.

Make hay while the sun shines.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All the world loves a lover.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every picture tells a story.

Live and let live.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Fortune favours the brave.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Virtue is its own reward.

Actions speak louder than words.

Only the good die young.

Another day, another dollar.

All things must pass.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

First things first.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

To every thing there is a season.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Good talk saves the food.

Big fish eat little fish.

All that glitters is not gold.

Physician, heal thyself.

Less is more.

Business before pleasure.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

It goes without saying.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Pride comes before a fall.

While there is life, there is hope.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Walls have ears.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Truth will out.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time flies.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Forewarned is forearmed.

A cat has nine lives.

A bad penny always turns up.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Great minds think alike.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Always put your best foot forward.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Crime doesn't pay.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Nothing new under the sun.

Share and share alike.

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

The truth will out.

Love will find a way.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Learn to walk before you run.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Love is blind.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

All's well that ends well.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Faith will move mountains.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Each to their own.

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

You win some, you lose some.

One good deed deserves another.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Haste makes waste.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money isn't everything.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Might is right.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Less said, soon mended.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's one born every minute.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

To the victor go the spoils.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

All publicity is good publicity.

Get out while the getting is good.

Seeing is believing.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The Devil looks after his own.

A watched pot never boils.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A house is not a home.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

God helps those who help themselves.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Go the extra mile.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Two heads are better than one.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Give the Devil his due.

History repeats itself.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Manners maketh the man.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hope springs eternal.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Time is money.

Bad money drives out good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Many hands make light work.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Wonders will never cease.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Pearls of wisdom.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Life begins at forty.

Enough is enough.

Keep your powder dry.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It takes two to tango.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

The exception which proves the rule.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Any port in a storm.

Seize the day.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Let bygones be bygones.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Make haste slowly.

East, west, home's best.

Patience is a virtue.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Bad news travels fast.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The wages of sin is death.

There's no place like home.

You can't take it with you.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

You are what you eat.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

What goes around comes around.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

If you build it, they will come.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no time like the present.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The age of miracles is past.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Waste not, want not.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Silence construes consent.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes one to know one.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Good fences make good neighbours.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Practice what you preach.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Quid pro quo.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Third time lucky.

Good things come to those who wait.

Everyone has their price.

Clothes do not make the man.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

No pain, no gain.

Silence is golden.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Horses for courses.

What goes up must come down.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Forgive and forget.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

The best things in life are free.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A golden key can open any door.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Slow and steady wins the race.

There's an exception to every rule.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Money talks.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Speak as you find.

Time will tell.