Handsome is as handsome does.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Live and let live.

The best things in life are free.

A fish always rots from the head.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Waste not, want not.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

God helps those who help themselves.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You can't win them all.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's no smoke without fire.

Might is right.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Accidents will happen.

Never speak ill of the dead.

To every thing there is a season.

All the world loves a lover.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All publicity is good publicity.

Every stick has two ends.

Honesty is the best policy.

Physician, heal thyself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Moderation in all things.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

What goes up must come down.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't always get what you want.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Every picture tells a story.

It's the singer not the song.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Give the Devil his due.

Bad money drives out good.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The customer is always right.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Silence construes consent.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Less said, soon mended.

Still waters run deep.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love will find a way.

Paddle your own canoe.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A man is known by his friends.

You win some, you lose some.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Speak as you find.

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

East, west, home's best.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

An army marches on its stomach.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A golden key can open any door.

Keep your chin up.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nothing succeeds like success.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The age of miracles is past.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

First come, first served.

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

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Pride comes before a fall.

Walls have ears.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bad news travels fast.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The show must go on.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

The more the merrier.

There are two sides to every question.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Love makes the world go round.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's one born every minute.

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

Better safe than sorry.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Each to their own.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

All things must pass.

You are never too old to learn.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Only the good die young.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Horses for courses.

Manners maketh the man.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Blood is thicker than water.

Haste makes waste.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Like father, like son.

A thing begun is half done.

Put your best foot forward.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One hand washes the other.

Love is blind.

He who hesitates is lost.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Easy come, easy go.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The pen is mightier than sword.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Pearls of wisdom.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Keep your powder dry.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The truth will out.

All's well that ends well.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Truth will out.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Enough is enough.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Knowledge is power.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Third time lucky.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Make haste slowly.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Good fences make good neighbours.

No news is good news.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Many hands make light work.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Seeing is believing.

No man is an island.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Small things amuse small minds.

There's safety in numbers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The wages of sin is death.

No man can serve two masters.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Less is more.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Life begins at forty.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Quid pro quo.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

A watched pot never boils.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Let the buyer beware.

You reap what you sow.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Opposites attract.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't take it with you.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money is the root of all evil.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Live and learn.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Even a worm will turn.

Seek and you shall find.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

There's no place like home.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Great minds think alike.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Everyone has their price.

You are what you eat.

Misery loves company.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Count your blessings.

All good things must come to an end.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Charity begins at home.

The bigger, the better.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time will tell.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Always put your best foot forward.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If you build it, they will come.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fight fire with fire.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

An man's home is his castle.

Talk is cheap.

No rest for the wicked.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Share and share alike.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Variety is the spice of life.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's never too late to mend.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Silence is golden.

It's better to give than to receive.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Money talks.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

History repeats itself.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Faith will move mountains.

What goes around comes around.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

One good deed deserves another.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Time is a great healer.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The end justifies the means.

There's no time like the present.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Forgive and forget.

Practice what you preach.

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

More haste, less speed.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Home is where the heart is.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't get mad, get even.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All's fair in love and war.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Children and fools tell the truth.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Life is what you make it.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Any port in a storm.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Attack is the best form of defence.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Fight the good fight.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't rock the boat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Go the extra mile.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

A house is not a home.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every dog has its day.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

East is east, and west is west.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Let bygones be bygones.