If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Live and let live.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The Devil is in the details.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

The best things in life are free.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let bygones be bygones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All roads lead to Rome.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The best defence is a good offence.

Bad news travels fast.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Great minds think alike.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Seize the day.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A bad penny always turns up.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Less is more.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A cat may look at a king.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Misery loves company.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time flies.

The exception which proves the rule.

Practice makes perfect.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Moderation in all things.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Ignorance is bliss.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It takes two to tango.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Quid pro quo.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

For everything there is a season.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The early bird gets the worm.

Life begins at forty.

Let well alone.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

All's well that ends well.

Pride comes before a fall.

Big fish eat little fish.

Oil and water don't mix.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

To every thing there is a season.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Haste makes waste.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Less said, soon mended.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Revenge is sweet.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Only the good die young.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Share and share alike.

Love makes the world go round.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All the world loves a lover.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The more the merrier.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You are what you eat.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A cat has nine lives.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Talk is cheap.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Two heads are better than one.

A golden key can open any door.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's never too late to mend.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The Devil looks after his own.

Variety is the spice of life.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Never tell tales out of school.

A good man is hard to find.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Go the extra mile.

All good things come to those that wait.

Every dog has its day.

Make love not war.

All that glitters is not gold.

Put your best foot forward.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Love is blind.

Every stick has two ends.

Still waters run deep.

There is honour among thieves.

Silence construes consent.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Truth will out.

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

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

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

No news is good news.

Good things come in small packages.

Different strokes for different folks.

Walls have ears.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Home is where the heart is.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Money talks.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Learn to walk before you run.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Life is what you make it.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The bigger, the better.

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

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

First things first.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't get mad, get even.

Waste not, want not.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Many hands make light work.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The show must go on.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

All you need is love.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Any port in a storm.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

History repeats itself.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Persuasion is better than force.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Like father, like son.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The truth will out.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Business before pleasure.

All publicity is good publicity.

Actions speak louder than words.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time is money.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Better late than never.

Accidents will happen.

Look before you leap.

Cheats never prosper.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't take it with you.

It takes one to know one.

Good things come to those who wait.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

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

Might is right.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Forgive and forget.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

The end justifies the means.

Give credit where credit is due.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Tomorrow is another day.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Seeing is believing.

There's safety in numbers.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Speak as you find.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

What goes around comes around.

Money is the root of all evil.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nine tailors make a man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

There's no place like home.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time is a great healer.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Opposites attract.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All good things must come to an end.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

A thing begun is half done.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Slow but sure.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

You reap what you sow.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Fight the good fight.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no smoke without fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's all grist to the mill.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

More haste, less speed.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No pain, no gain.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Each to their own.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Horses for courses.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Pearls of wisdom.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

One hand washes the other.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Curiosity killed the cat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Silence is golden.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

What goes up must come down.

East, west, home's best.

It's better to give than to receive.

Hope springs eternal.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Money makes the world go round.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

If you build it, they will come.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your powder dry.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Even a worm will turn.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no time like the present.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The age of miracles is past.

Make haste slowly.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's an exception to every rule.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It never rains but it pours.

Another day, another dollar.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Third time lucky.

Fight fire with fire.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's one born every minute.

Dead men tell no tales.

First come, first served.

Every picture tells a story.

Love will find a way.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Live and learn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No man is an island.

When one door shuts, another opens.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A stitch in time saves nine.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Wonders will never cease.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

You can't win them all.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There are two sides to every question.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All things must pass.

God helps those who help themselves.

It goes without saying.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

A house is not a home.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great minds think alike.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Count your blessings.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.