Blessed are the peacemakers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Variety is the spice of life.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Slow but sure.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

Fight the good fight.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

He who hesitates is lost.

Love will find a way.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Get out while the getting is good.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Give credit where credit is due.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Dead men tell no tales.

For everything there is a season.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Life begins at forty.

Don't throw good money after bad.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Ignorance is bliss.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Share and share alike.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Keep your chin up.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Time flies.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No man can serve two masters.

Let the buyer beware.

Curiosity killed the cat.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It takes one to know one.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The best things in life are free.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Better late than never.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's never too late to mend.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Practice what you preach.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A watched pot never boils.

Youth is wasted on the young.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Still waters run deep.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Might is right.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's safety in numbers.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bad money drives out good.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's the singer not the song.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All good things come to those that wait.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The bigger, the better.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The customer is always right.

There's one born every minute.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Small things amuse small minds.

Accidents will happen.

Big fish eat little fish.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

More haste, less speed.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

If the cap fits, wear it.

No pain, no gain.

The end justifies the means.

Tomorrow is another day.

Good things come to those who wait.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fortune favours the brave.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Manners maketh the man.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beware the Ides of March.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Talk is cheap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Always put your best foot forward.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Like father, like son.

Two heads are better than one.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's better to give than to receive.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Speak as you find.

Wonders will never cease.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The best is the enemy of the good.

God helps those who help themselves.

A cat has nine lives.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

East, west, home's best.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Less is more.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All you need is love.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Every stick has two ends.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Many hands make light work.

Count your blessings.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Make haste slowly.

A house is not a home.

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

The more the merrier.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Misery loves company.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A word to the wise is enough.

All's well that ends well.

East is east, and west is west.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

History repeats itself.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Live and let live.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Every dog has its day.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Seize the day.

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

Silence is golden.

The wages of sin is death.

All things must pass.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A man is known by his friends.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never tell tales out of school.

The Devil looks after his own.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Money talks.

Put your best foot forward.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Actions speak louder than words.

What goes around comes around.

You can't always get what you want.

Business before pleasure.

Live and learn.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You reap what you sow.

Love is blind.

An man's home is his castle.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every picture tells a story.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A good man is hard to find.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you build it, they will come.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Good talk saves the food.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Third time lucky.

Another day, another dollar.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Knowledge is power.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Money is the root of all evil.

Home is where the heart is.

Any port in a storm.

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

Love makes the world go round.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A golden key can open any door.

Nothing succeeds like success.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

No news is good news.

Enough is enough.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

While there is life, there is hope.

Pride comes before a fall.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A picture paints a thousand words.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no place like home.

A fish always rots from the head.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Time is a great healer.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Revenge is sweet.

All good things must come to an end.

One good deed deserves another.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Everyone has their price.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A cat may look at a king.

Moderation in all things.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You can't win them all.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Let well alone.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

There is honour among thieves.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Seeing is believing.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

What goes up must come down.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Time is money.

Only the good die young.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Great minds think alike.

Look before you leap.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Needs must when the devil drives.

An army marches on its stomach.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First come, first served.

The show must go on.

Charity begins at home.

Waste not, want not.

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

Walls have ears.

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

Each to their own.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Faith will move mountains.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It goes without saying.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Silence construes consent.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's no time like the present.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The best defence is a good offence.

The Devil is in the details.

Seek and you shall find.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Life is what you make it.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Clothes do not make the man.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Practice makes perfect.

Fight fire with fire.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Horses for courses.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.