Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Better late than never.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Live and learn.

Fight fire with fire.

All that glitters is not gold.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Dead men tell no tales.

To every thing there is a season.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Go the extra mile.

Small things amuse small minds.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

An man's home is his castle.

Beware the Ides of March.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Slow but sure.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't take it with you.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

No man can serve two masters.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fish always rots from the head.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

It's the singer not the song.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

There is honour among thieves.

A watched pot never boils.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Enough is enough.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

For everything there is a season.

Everyone has their price.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

A house is not a home.

Virtue is its own reward.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's one born every minute.

You reap what you sow.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fortune favours the brave.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Seek and you shall find.

The bigger, the better.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

No man is an island.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Practice makes perfect.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Time and tide wait for no one.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Great minds think alike.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Walls have ears.

Fight the good fight.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Learn to walk before you run.

A golden key can open any door.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Money is the root of all evil.

Tomorrow is another day.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Cold hands, warm heart.

History repeats itself.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't rock the boat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

More haste, less speed.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love will find a way.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Count your blessings.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Every dog has its day.

One good deed deserves another.

All's well that ends well.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Less is more.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There's no smoke without fire.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The age of miracles is past.

There's no place like home.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes one to know one.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

He who hesitates is lost.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Strike while the iron is hot.

Oil and water don't mix.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let bygones be bygones.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Talk is cheap.

Horses for courses.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

The more the merrier.

Look before you leap.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

East is east, and west is west.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

No news is good news.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

All the world loves a lover.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Might is right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let well alone.

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

Time is a great healer.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Waste not, want not.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Keep your chin up.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Money makes the world go round.

You can't win them all.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

One hand washes the other.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

No pain, no gain.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

There are two sides to every question.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Bad money drives out good.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

East, west, home's best.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Seize the day.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Practice what you preach.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Third time lucky.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The wages of sin is death.

A man is known by his friends.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The truth will out.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Forgive and forget.

Faith will move mountains.

Make haste slowly.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blood is thicker than water.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

The show must go on.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Good things come to those who wait.

Accidents will happen.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't get mad, get even.

Keep your powder dry.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Wonders will never cease.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Many hands make light work.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

Hope springs eternal.

It never rains but it pours.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All publicity is good publicity.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

What goes around comes around.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Knowledge is power.

Get out while the getting is good.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Moderation in all things.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Honesty is the best policy.

Business before pleasure.

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

Like father, like son.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's safety in numbers.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All you need is love.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The customer is always right.

Let the buyer beware.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You win some, you lose some.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You are what you eat.

Misery loves company.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nine tailors make a man.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Each to their own.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Haste makes waste.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love makes the world go round.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It goes without saying.

The end justifies the means.

All good things must come to an end.

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

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

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't shoot the messenger.

All good things come to those that wait.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A thing begun is half done.

To the victor go the spoils.

What goes up must come down.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Only the good die young.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Live and let live.

Nothing new under the sun.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There's no time like the present.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Seeing is believing.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Opposites attract.

A cat may look at a king.

Still waters run deep.

It takes two to tango.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Physician, heal thyself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Make love not war.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Time flies.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Another day, another dollar.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Only fools and horses work.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time will tell.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Share and share alike.

Give the Devil his due.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If you build it, they will come.

The Devil is in the details.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Life begins at forty.

Manners maketh the man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Patience is a virtue.

Bad news travels fast.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Speak as you find.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Love is blind.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.