The early bird gets the worm.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Give the Devil his due.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Go the extra mile.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Seeing is believing.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

First come, first served.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Bad money drives out good.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Waste not, want not.

Nothing new under the sun.

Life is what you make it.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Time is money.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Life begins at forty.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Live and learn.

Fortune favours the brave.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All you need is love.

Manners maketh the man.

Persuasion is better than force.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All good things must come to an end.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It's better to give than to receive.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Silence construes consent.

All things must pass.

You can't win them all.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Misery loves company.

The best things in life are free.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

First things first.

Nine tailors make a man.

The more the merrier.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Strike while the iron is hot.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A cat may look at a king.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Another day, another dollar.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All the world loves a lover.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The wages of sin is death.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All that glitters is not gold.

Christmas comes but once a year.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

To the victor go the spoils.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Enough is enough.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Live and let live.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

For everything there is a season.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

The customer is always right.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Wonders will never cease.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Every stick has two ends.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Children should be seen and not heard.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You are what you eat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A thing begun is half done.

To every thing there is a season.

Better late than never.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Money talks.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All's fair in love and war.

You reap what you sow.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

A good man is hard to find.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Man does not live by bread alone.

More haste, less speed.

Accidents will happen.

Beware the Ides of March.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the singer not the song.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A golden key can open any door.

If you build it, they will come.

Revenge is sweet.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All's well that ends well.

All roads lead to Rome.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Business before pleasure.

An army marches on its stomach.

Practice what you preach.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Good things come in small packages.

Still waters run deep.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Money is the root of all evil.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Every dog has its day.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It takes one to know one.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Love will find a way.

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

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Dead men tell no tales.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no smoke without fire.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Make love not war.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Cheats never prosper.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Quid pro quo.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Easy come, easy go.

There's one born every minute.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Horses for courses.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A house is not a home.

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

There's no place like home.

In the midst of life we are in death.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Hide in plain sight.

Every picture tells a story.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Share and share alike.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Walls have ears.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Slow but sure.

You can't take it with you.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Time will tell.

Fight the good fight.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Each to their own.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The best is the enemy of the good.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Talk is cheap.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

East, west, home's best.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Speak as you find.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It's never too late to mend.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The Devil is in the details.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Variety is the spice of life.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't always get what you want.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Tomorrow is another day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Time is a great healer.

Bad news travels fast.

Ignorance is bliss.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Look before you leap.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A man is known by his friends.

A picture paints a thousand words.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Time flies.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It's all grist to the mill.

Physician, heal thyself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Count your blessings.

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

What goes around comes around.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

East is east, and west is west.

An man's home is his castle.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love is blind.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No news is good news.

Less said, soon mended.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Never tell tales out of school.

Actions speak louder than words.

The end justifies the means.

Clothes do not make the man.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Tomorrow never comes.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Less is more.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes two to tango.

Only the good die young.

Get out while the getting is good.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Forgive and forget.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Like father, like son.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Put your best foot forward.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

What goes up must come down.

Haste makes waste.

Faith will move mountains.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Practice makes perfect.

The show must go on.

Paddle your own canoe.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Truth will out.

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

It goes without saying.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give credit where credit is due.

The age of miracles is past.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Make haste slowly.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Pearls of wisdom.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Keep your powder dry.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Might is right.

Two heads are better than one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Third time lucky.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There is honour among thieves.

Great minds think alike.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Silence is golden.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let bygones be bygones.

No man is an island.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All good things come to those that wait.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Blood is thicker than water.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Money isn't everything.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Crime doesn't pay.

A cat has nine lives.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.