Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Hide in plain sight.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

He who hesitates is lost.

One good deed deserves another.

Count your blessings.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The end justifies the means.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

To the victor go the spoils.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Give the Devil his due.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Seeing is believing.

You can't always get what you want.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love is blind.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Tomorrow never comes.

Life begins at forty.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

You are what you eat.

Clothes do not make the man.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Revenge is sweet.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The wages of sin is death.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Bad money drives out good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Manners maketh the man.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An army marches on its stomach.

All the world loves a lover.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No man can serve two masters.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Nine tailors make a man.

There's safety in numbers.

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

There's no time like the present.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't win them all.

Walls have ears.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

East is east, and west is west.

Patience is a virtue.

Seize the day.

You are never too old to learn.

Beware the Ides of March.

All's fair in love and war.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Many hands make light work.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's the singer not the song.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Make love not war.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Life is what you make it.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Speak as you find.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Never tell tales out of school.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Time flies.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No pain, no gain.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Silence construes consent.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The more the merrier.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

History repeats itself.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Less said, soon mended.

Live and let live.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's all grist to the mill.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Paddle your own canoe.

Horses for courses.

Only fools and horses work.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Variety is the spice of life.

Truth will out.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

What goes around comes around.

Less is more.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

God helps those who help themselves.

Love makes the world go round.

Love will find a way.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't get mad, get even.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Still waters run deep.

Needs must when the devil drives.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Share and share alike.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Might is right.

Honesty is the best policy.

A cat may look at a king.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Bad news travels fast.

Persuasion is better than force.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Let the buyer beware.

There's one born every minute.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cheats never prosper.

What can't be cured must be endured.

One hand washes the other.

More haste, less speed.

Get out while the getting is good.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The best things in life are free.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Great minds think alike.

The Devil is in the details.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Everyone has their price.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Time will tell.

First come, first served.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Money isn't everything.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Go the extra mile.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Money talks.

There's no smoke without fire.

Money makes the world go round.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A word to the wise is enough.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

A golden key can open any door.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fight fire with fire.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

No news is good news.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no place like home.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's never too late to mend.

A house is not a home.

Pearls of wisdom.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Third time lucky.

Quid pro quo.

An man's home is his castle.

Misery loves company.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Possession is nine points of the law.

All things must pass.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The bigger, the better.

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

Opposites attract.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Give credit where credit is due.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Easy come, easy go.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If you build it, they will come.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Better safe than sorry.

Look before you leap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

While there is life, there is hope.

A miss is as good as a mile.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Seek and you shall find.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

What goes up must come down.

Each to their own.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Better late than never.

No man is an island.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Practice what you preach.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Crime doesn't pay.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nothing new under the sun.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

It takes one to know one.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It takes two to tango.

All that glitters is not gold.

Haste makes waste.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The customer is always right.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Talk is cheap.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Learn to walk before you run.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

East, west, home's best.

The exception which proves the rule.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All publicity is good publicity.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

All's well that ends well.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A cat has nine lives.

A thing begun is half done.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The truth will out.

Charity begins at home.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Moderation in all things.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Silence is golden.

Any port in a storm.

Only the good die young.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The show must go on.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Virtue is its own reward.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

It goes without saying.

Two heads are better than one.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Forgive and forget.

First things first.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Like father, like son.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Half a loaf is better than none.

For everything there is a season.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make haste slowly.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

You reap what you sow.

No rest for the wicked.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Life begins at forty.

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

Business before pleasure.