A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Attack is the best form of defence.

East, west, home's best.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Tomorrow never comes.

No news is good news.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's never too late to mend.

You are never too old to learn.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Haste makes waste.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Share and share alike.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Better late than never.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Count your blessings.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Truth will out.

Silence construes consent.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Go the extra mile.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The end justifies the means.

He who hesitates is lost.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's no smoke without fire.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Bad news travels fast.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Every picture tells a story.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

More haste, less speed.

It takes one to know one.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fight fire with fire.

God helps those who help themselves.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Only the good die young.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Paddle your own canoe.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Misery loves company.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fight the good fight.

A man is known by his friends.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Honesty is the best policy.

Make haste slowly.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A golden key can open any door.

To the victor go the spoils.

Slow but sure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

The show must go on.

Every dog has its day.

Money isn't everything.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All you need is love.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

East is east, and west is west.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Money makes the world go round.

Physician, heal thyself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Forgive and forget.

All's fair in love and war.

Knowledge is power.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It never rains but it pours.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't rock the boat.

Great minds think alike.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Enough is enough.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Better safe than sorry.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Accidents will happen.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Patience is a virtue.

All's well that ends well.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your chin up.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Man does not live by bread alone.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Silence is golden.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Keep your powder dry.

First things first.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Let well alone.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Dead men tell no tales.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Still waters run deep.

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

There's no place like home.

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

One good deed deserves another.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Like father, like son.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Everyone has their price.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The bigger, the better.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Good things come in small packages.

Hide in plain sight.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's an exception to every rule.

A dog is a man's best friend.

No man can serve two masters.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good things come to those who wait.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Opposites attract.

Blood is thicker than water.

Different strokes for different folks.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

History repeats itself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Time is a great healer.

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

For everything there is a season.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

What goes around comes around.

Seeing is believing.

A thing begun is half done.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The truth will out.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The Devil looks after his own.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Third time lucky.

Learn to walk before you run.

Life is what you make it.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

No pain, no gain.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Cheats never prosper.

Crime doesn't pay.

Let the buyer beware.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time will tell.

Manners maketh the man.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

No rest for the wicked.

Bad money drives out good.

Home is where the heart is.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Pearls of wisdom.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Every stick has two ends.

The best defence is a good offence.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Money talks.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Seek and you shall find.

It's better to give than to receive.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

You can't win them all.

Good talk saves the food.

A good man is hard to find.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The Devil is in the details.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

All things must pass.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A fish always rots from the head.

What goes up must come down.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Waste not, want not.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

While there is life, there is hope.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Ignorance is bliss.

There is honour among thieves.

Speak as you find.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Time is money.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Practice what you preach.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Virtue is its own reward.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beware the Ides of March.

Pride comes before a fall.

There's one born every minute.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you build it, they will come.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Might is right.

Charity begins at home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

You win some, you lose some.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Time flies.

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

Horses for courses.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It goes without saying.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love will find a way.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Tomorrow is another day.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love is blind.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

No man is an island.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Quid pro quo.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The best things in life are free.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Any port in a storm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Revenge is sweet.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing new under the sun.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Love makes the world go round.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Live and learn.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You are what you eat.

All roads lead to Rome.

Look before you leap.

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

Life begins at forty.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Live and let live.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The wages of sin is death.

A watched pot never boils.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Make love not war.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Walls have ears.

Practice makes perfect.

It takes two to tango.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Talk is cheap.

First come, first served.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.