No rest for the wicked.

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

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

First come, first served.

Knowledge is power.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A fish always rots from the head.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Easy come, easy go.

The show must go on.

Haste makes waste.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

He who hesitates is lost.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Get out while the getting is good.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

More haste, less speed.

Better late than never.

Life is what you make it.

The best things in life are free.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A man is known by his friends.

A new broom sweeps clean.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Practice what you preach.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Money isn't everything.

Revenge is sweet.

All's fair in love and war.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Big fish eat little fish.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All good things come to those that wait.

Might is right.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Two heads are better than one.

Practice makes perfect.

Hope springs eternal.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The Devil looks after his own.

Keep your powder dry.

The early bird gets the worm.

Accidents will happen.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Speak as you find.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

East, west, home's best.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

The end justifies the means.

The bigger, the better.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Nine tailors make a man.

Pearls of wisdom.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A thing begun is half done.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Slow but sure.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Laughter is the best medicine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Third time lucky.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

It goes without saying.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

There's no time like the present.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Only the good die young.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Talk is cheap.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Tomorrow is another day.

Nothing new under the sun.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It never rains but it pours.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Money makes the world go round.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Love will find a way.

Let well alone.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The more the merrier.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Horses for courses.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't change horses in midstream.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Less said, soon mended.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Hide in plain sight.

Make haste slowly.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A golden key can open any door.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's all grist to the mill.

One good deed deserves another.

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

You can't win them all.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Count your blessings.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Bad news travels fast.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

There are two sides to every question.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Fight the good fight.

Don't rock the boat.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Wonders will never cease.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Life begins at forty.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Give the Devil his due.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's an exception to every rule.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Silence is golden.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Give credit where credit is due.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't take it with you.

Never tell tales out of school.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The wages of sin is death.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Walls have ears.

There's no smoke without fire.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Seeing is believing.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Ignorance is bliss.

While there is life, there is hope.

Oil and water don't mix.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Seize the day.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

What goes around comes around.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

An man's home is his castle.

No pain, no gain.

It's best to be on the safe side.

All good things must come to an end.

It's the singer not the song.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All things must pass.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Time flies.

Clothes do not make the man.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Let the buyer beware.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your chin up.

A cat may look at a king.

All's well that ends well.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Go the extra mile.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You reap what you sow.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Seek and you shall find.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Less is more.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

The truth will out.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All roads lead to Rome.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

You are what you eat.

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

Enough is enough.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Cheats never prosper.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Paddle your own canoe.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Many hands make light work.

History repeats itself.

Make love not war.

Learn to walk before you run.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Every dog has its day.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Share and share alike.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An army marches on its stomach.

What goes up must come down.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Time is a great healer.

First things first.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Dead men tell no tales.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A good man is hard to find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Still waters run deep.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It takes two to tango.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

There's one born every minute.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Like father, like son.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Live and let live.

Everyone has their price.

The age of miracles is past.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All publicity is good publicity.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Persuasion is better than force.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Each to their own.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The Devil is in the details.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

One hand washes the other.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

To every thing there is a season.

Live and learn.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Virtue is its own reward.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If you build it, they will come.

There's safety in numbers.

East is east, and west is west.

Every picture tells a story.

Every stick has two ends.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

A word to the wise is enough.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Moderation in all things.

Quid pro quo.

All you need is love.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No news is good news.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth will out.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There's no place like home.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Forgive and forget.

Beware the Ides of March.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Bad money drives out good.

No man is an island.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opposites attract.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Fine words butter no parsnips.