The best things in life are free.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Horses for courses.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

It takes two to tango.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Love makes the world go round.

Time flies.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It goes without saying.

Go the extra mile.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All you need is love.

Every stick has two ends.

A thing begun is half done.

Third time lucky.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Accidents will happen.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Patience is a virtue.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

To every thing there is a season.

There's no smoke without fire.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A bad penny always turns up.

Give credit where credit is due.

Another day, another dollar.

Better late than never.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There are two sides to every question.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Look before you leap.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Everyone has their price.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You are never too old to learn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Never go to bed on an argument.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Business before pleasure.

There's safety in numbers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

No rest for the wicked.

It never rains but it pours.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Only the good die young.

Charity begins at home.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Hope springs eternal.

A word to the wise is enough.

The customer is always right.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't always get what you want.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There's no place like home.

Misery loves company.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Good things come in small packages.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Variety is the spice of life.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Give the Devil his due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Beware the Ides of March.

Dead men tell no tales.

Persuasion is better than force.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Seize the day.

All publicity is good publicity.

First things first.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

He who hesitates is lost.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

History repeats itself.

All good things come to those that wait.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Clothes do not make the man.

There is no accounting for tastes.

God helps those who help themselves.

Better safe than sorry.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't get mad, get even.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's never too late to mend.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no time like the present.

A cat has nine lives.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The end justifies the means.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You are what you eat.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The show must go on.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

All things must pass.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Let the dead bury the dead.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

While there is life, there is hope.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live and learn.

The age of miracles is past.

Time is money.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Even a worm will turn.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Still waters run deep.

Make haste slowly.

Truth will out.

Opposites attract.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Easy come, easy go.

The bigger, the better.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let bygones be bygones.

More haste, less speed.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's one born every minute.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Less is more.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't rock the boat.

The more the merrier.

Make love not war.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Forgive and forget.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All the world loves a lover.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cheats never prosper.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Good talk saves the food.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Always put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

No man can serve two masters.

No man is an island.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Great minds think alike.

A house is not a home.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The truth will out.

Practice makes perfect.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Like father, like son.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Quid pro quo.

Fight the good fight.

East is east, and west is west.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

No news is good news.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Life begins at forty.

Virtue is its own reward.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Knowledge is power.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Get out while the getting is good.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fight fire with fire.

A fish always rots from the head.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Bad money drives out good.

Each to their own.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

You can't win them all.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Silence construes consent.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The Devil looks after his own.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Any port in a storm.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Haste makes waste.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Count your blessings.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Less said, soon mended.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Crime doesn't pay.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Keep your chin up.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Every dog has its day.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Walls have ears.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The exception which proves the rule.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Wonders will never cease.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Waste not, want not.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Life is what you make it.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Oil and water don't mix.

Home is where the heart is.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Good things come to those who wait.

Silence is golden.

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

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Small things amuse small minds.

One hand washes the other.

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

You can't take it with you.

Speak as you find.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A watched pot never boils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You reap what you sow.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Talk is cheap.

Slow but sure.

The wages of sin is death.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Two heads are better than one.

Time will tell.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Moderation in all things.

Enough is enough.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

One good deed deserves another.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

The best things in life are free.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Money talks.

Paddle your own canoe.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

What goes up must come down.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All that glitters is not gold.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No pain, no gain.

Live and let live.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The Devil is in the details.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Let well alone.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Hide in plain sight.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money is the root of all evil.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

First come, first served.

There's an exception to every rule.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All's well that ends well.

Revenge is sweet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time and tide wait for no one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Faith will move mountains.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Put your best foot forward.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.