Like father, like son.

Love is blind.

Nine tailors make a man.

It takes two to tango.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The early bird gets the worm.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A house is not a home.

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

The more the merrier.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Always put your best foot forward.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Silence construes consent.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Horses for courses.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no smoke without fire.

Love will find a way.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't always get what you want.

Never speak ill of the dead.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It goes without saying.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All you need is love.

All's well that ends well.

Accidents will happen.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

First things first.

Only fools and horses work.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every picture tells a story.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A man is known by his friends.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

While there is life, there is hope.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Get out while the getting is good.

Give credit where credit is due.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

A thing begun is half done.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

You are never too old to learn.

It's never too late to mend.

There is honour among thieves.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't rock the boat.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Cheats never prosper.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fight the good fight.

Truth will out.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

An army marches on its stomach.

The best defence is a good offence.

All that glitters is not gold.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's all grist to the mill.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

What goes around comes around.

If you build it, they will come.

Enough is as good as a feast.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No pain, no gain.

Time is money.

Great minds think alike.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Enough is enough.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Share and share alike.

A miss is as good as a mile.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Might is right.

Oil and water don't mix.

History repeats itself.

The bigger, the better.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Look before you leap.

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

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

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Silence is golden.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

You can't take it with you.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The Devil looks after his own.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

No news is good news.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There are two sides to every question.

Time flies.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Good things come in small packages.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love makes the world go round.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The exception which proves the rule.

Quid pro quo.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You win some, you lose some.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Blood is thicker than water.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

East, west, home's best.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

All good things come to those that wait.

An man's home is his castle.

First come, first served.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Money is the root of all evil.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Let the dead bury the dead.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Grief divided is made lighter.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Easy come, easy go.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All's fair in love and war.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Everyone has their price.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Small things amuse small minds.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Let well alone.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

More haste, less speed.

Revenge is sweet.

Only the good die young.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Misery loves company.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Good things come to those who wait.

Better safe than sorry.

Count your blessings.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A cat has nine lives.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

The truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

He who hesitates is lost.

A cat may look at a king.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Still waters run deep.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

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

Less is more.

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

You can't win them all.

Out of sight, out of mind.

No rest for the wicked.

Seeing is believing.

Life begins at forty.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Charity begins at home.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You are what you eat.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Live and let live.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Slow but sure.

Third time lucky.

Tomorrow is another day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There is no accounting for tastes.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

For everything there is a season.

Pride comes before a fall.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Manners maketh the man.

Different strokes for different folks.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Seize the day.

Opposites attract.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Any port in a storm.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Hope springs eternal.

A golden key can open any door.

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

What goes up must come down.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A word to the wise is enough.

Time is a great healer.

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

Life is what you make it.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Pearls of wisdom.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Better late than never.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Walls have ears.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's better to give than to receive.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Money talks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Paddle your own canoe.

Wonders will never cease.

Speak as you find.

All roads lead to Rome.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The best things in life are free.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The wages of sin is death.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

East is east, and west is west.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faith will move mountains.

Haste makes waste.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Another day, another dollar.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Forgive and forget.

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

Moderation in all things.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Stupid is as stupid does.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Clothes do not make the man.

The age of miracles is past.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Keep your powder dry.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The show must go on.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

One hand washes the other.

Physician, heal thyself.

There's one born every minute.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Money isn't everything.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The end justifies the means.

To the victor go the spoils.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There's no time like the present.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

No man is an island.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Virtue is its own reward.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Patience is a virtue.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All the world loves a lover.

Each to their own.

Fight fire with fire.

Nothing new under the sun.

One good deed deserves another.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It takes one to know one.

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

Two heads are better than one.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Live and learn.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Talk is cheap.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Time will tell.

Dead men tell no tales.

All things must pass.

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

Hide in plain sight.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Give the Devil his due.

Every stick has two ends.