Manners maketh the man.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Let the buyer beware.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

What goes around comes around.

The more the merrier.

Honesty is the best policy.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Misery loves company.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Each to their own.

Life is what you make it.

East, west, home's best.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A leopard can't change its spots.

All good things must come to an end.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Quid pro quo.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Better late than never.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Let bygones be bygones.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Make love not war.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Keep your chin up.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Always put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no place like home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Give credit where credit is due.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Go the extra mile.

It's the singer not the song.

Cheats never prosper.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love will find a way.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Clothes do not make the man.

Knowledge is power.

No pain, no gain.

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

Like father, like son.

One hand washes the other.

Truth will out.

The wages of sin is death.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Give the Devil his due.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It's better to give than to receive.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Paddle your own canoe.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There is no accounting for tastes.

All that glitters is not gold.

Everyone has their price.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Silence is golden.

Look before you leap.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Less is more.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Bad money drives out good.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The end justifies the means.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Less said, soon mended.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Waste not, want not.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's one born every minute.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

God helps those who help themselves.

History repeats itself.

Walls have ears.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ignorance is bliss.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't take it with you.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Enough is enough.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Every picture tells a story.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Only fools and horses work.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Seeing is believing.

Business before pleasure.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Only the good die young.

Persuasion is better than force.

Forgive and forget.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Get out while the getting is good.

First things first.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

What goes up must come down.

Learn to walk before you run.

Talk is cheap.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't get mad, get even.

Haste makes waste.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

While there is life, there is hope.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's no time like the present.

All's fair in love and war.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Horses for courses.

You can't win them all.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let well alone.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Home is where the heart is.

It takes one to know one.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Silence construes consent.

Don't rock the boat.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A house is not a home.

Great minds think alike.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Accidents will happen.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All roads lead to Rome.

Practice what you preach.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Pearls of wisdom.

It never rains but it pours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Share and share alike.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Put your best foot forward.

Blood is thicker than water.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Might is right.

The truth will out.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Opposites attract.

Time is money.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Patience is a virtue.

Hope springs eternal.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Practice makes perfect.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The customer is always right.

Make haste slowly.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Two heads are better than one.

Life begins at forty.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's safety in numbers.

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

All you need is love.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You can't always get what you want.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

All's well that ends well.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

All things must pass.

Still waters run deep.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's never too late to mend.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Every dog has its day.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Count your blessings.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Time will tell.

Good talk saves the food.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Seek and you shall find.

No man can serve two masters.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Time flies.

Tomorrow is another day.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Wonders will never cease.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Slow but sure.

Beware the Ides of March.

The age of miracles is past.

There are two sides to every question.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

More haste, less speed.

Moderation in all things.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

First come, first served.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your powder dry.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity begins at home.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A man is known by his friends.

Different strokes for different folks.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

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

Speak as you find.

You are what you eat.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Money isn't everything.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Live and learn.

A good man is hard to find.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It goes without saying.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Fight fire with fire.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Love is blind.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An man's home is his castle.

A watched pot never boils.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The show must go on.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

No rest for the wicked.

Love makes the world go round.

Faith will move mountains.

A word to the wise is enough.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

No man is an island.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Nothing new under the sun.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Every stick has two ends.

Good things come in small packages.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A cat may look at a king.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Oil and water don't mix.

Live and let live.

Quid pro quo.