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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Easy come, easy go.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No man is an island.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The best defence is a good offence.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The early bird gets the worm.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Go the extra mile.

Time is a great healer.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Count your blessings.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Hope springs eternal.

Silence is golden.

A man is known by his friends.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Good things come in small packages.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Keep your chin up.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Speak as you find.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Home is where the heart is.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Quid pro quo.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

While there is life, there is hope.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Grief divided is made lighter.

One hand washes the other.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Persuasion is better than force.

The Devil looks after his own.

The customer is always right.

All's fair in love and war.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

To every thing there is a season.

Give the Devil his due.

Crime doesn't pay.

Money isn't everything.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A golden key can open any door.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Physician, heal thyself.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fortune favours the brave.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The truth will out.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Two heads are better than one.

Keep your powder dry.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Love will find a way.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Hide in plain sight.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Every picture tells a story.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

Love is blind.

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

Might is right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow never comes.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Revenge is sweet.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Knowledge is power.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Make haste slowly.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There is honour among thieves.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't rock the boat.

Money is the root of all evil.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An man's home is his castle.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Manners maketh the man.

Any port in a storm.

It takes two to tango.

Virtue is its own reward.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Time is money.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

There's no place like home.

Practice what you preach.

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

Like father, like son.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Life is what you make it.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

You reap what you sow.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The show must go on.

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

You can't take it with you.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fight the good fight.

Waste not, want not.

All publicity is good publicity.

Time will tell.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It goes without saying.

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

More haste, less speed.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

No pain, no gain.

What goes up must come down.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

An army marches on its stomach.

Even a worm will turn.

All you need is love.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

East, west, home's best.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Misery loves company.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

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

It takes one to know one.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bigger, the better.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Money makes the world go round.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Dead men tell no tales.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The age of miracles is past.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Haste makes waste.

Truth will out.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Look before you leap.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

You win some, you lose some.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Third time lucky.

Every stick has two ends.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A fish always rots from the head.

Less said, soon mended.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seeing is believing.

Good things come to those who wait.

Slow but sure.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Never tell tales out of school.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Good talk saves the food.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Always put your best foot forward.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All things must pass.

Small things amuse small minds.

The more the merrier.

No rest for the wicked.

Variety is the spice of life.

Half a loaf is better than none.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Better late than never.

Many hands make light work.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

It never rains but it pours.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Charity begins at home.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Put your best foot forward.

There's no time like the present.

It's better to give than to receive.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Only fools and horses work.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't always get what you want.

Business before pleasure.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Share and share alike.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Make love not war.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat may look at a king.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

The best things in life are free.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faith will move mountains.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Honesty is the best policy.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Accidents will happen.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Different strokes for different folks.

First things first.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

God helps those who help themselves.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Patience is a virtue.

Walls have ears.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Each to their own.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Practice makes perfect.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Paddle your own canoe.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Clothes do not make the man.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let the buyer beware.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Less is more.

A cat has nine lives.

Silence construes consent.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Another day, another dollar.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Live and learn.

All that glitters is not gold.

To the victor go the spoils.

Pearls of wisdom.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Actions speak louder than words.

It's never too late to mend.

For everything there is a season.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All good things come to those that wait.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

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

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

You can't win them all.

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

What goes around comes around.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let well alone.

Live and let live.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bad news travels fast.

First come, first served.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

History repeats itself.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The wages of sin is death.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Life begins at forty.

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

There's safety in numbers.

The truth will out.

A house is not a home.