The apple never falls far from the tree.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every dog has its day.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes one to know one.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Nine tailors make a man.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Attack is the best form of defence.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

All's fair in love and war.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There are two sides to every question.

Seize the day.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Third time lucky.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

All's well that ends well.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

To every thing there is a season.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Time is a great healer.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The more the merrier.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Fortune favours the brave.

Only the good die young.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Moderation in all things.

Live and let live.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Everyone has their price.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What goes around comes around.

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

Each to their own.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

No news is good news.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's no smoke without fire.

Variety is the spice of life.

Life is what you make it.

Give credit where credit is due.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All things must pass.

No man is an island.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't always get what you want.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Practice what you preach.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It goes without saying.

Tomorrow is another day.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's no place like home.

More haste, less speed.

Every stick has two ends.

Look before you leap.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It never rains but it pours.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Wonders will never cease.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The wages of sin is death.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Quid pro quo.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice makes perfect.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Make haste slowly.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Time is money.

One good deed deserves another.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

An man's home is his castle.

He who hesitates is lost.

A cat has nine lives.

Youth is wasted on the young.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Opposites attract.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Crime doesn't pay.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Misery loves company.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Actions speak louder than words.

Even a worm will turn.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is golden.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

For everything there is a season.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Life begins at forty.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The best defence is a good offence.

Forgive and forget.

The bigger, the better.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Every picture tells a story.

Blood is thicker than water.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Learn to walk before you run.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Walls have ears.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't win them all.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Good things come in small packages.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Accidents will happen.

The end justifies the means.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The customer is always right.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

While there is life, there is hope.

Honesty is the best policy.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

God helps those who help themselves.

Only fools and horses work.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

It takes two to tango.

The exception which proves the rule.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Knowledge is power.

Many hands make light work.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Seek and you shall find.

Time will tell.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You are what you eat.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Keep your chin up.

East is east, and west is west.

Enough is enough.

The Devil looks after his own.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The truth will out.

Cheats never prosper.

Better late than never.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's no time like the present.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

First come, first served.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You win some, you lose some.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Speak as you find.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Go the extra mile.

No man can serve two masters.

The show must go on.

The best things in life are free.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't take it with you.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Waste not, want not.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A word to the wise is enough.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All good things must come to an end.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hope springs eternal.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Small things amuse small minds.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

No rest for the wicked.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's safety in numbers.

Good talk saves the food.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A golden key can open any door.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Another day, another dollar.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

If you build it, they will come.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Like father, like son.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

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.

Clothes do not make the man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Nothing new under the sun.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's all grist to the mill.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Two heads are better than one.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Great minds think alike.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All roads lead to Rome.

Less is more.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fight fire with fire.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Love will find a way.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Oil and water don't mix.

Little pitchers have big ears.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Let well alone.

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

A thing begun is half done.

Love is blind.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Truth will out.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Count your blessings.

A fish always rots from the head.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Share and share alike.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Live and learn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Fight the good fight.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Less said, soon mended.

Still waters run deep.

Faith will move mountains.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best is the enemy of the good.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Money isn't everything.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's the singer not the song.

You reap what you sow.

Never tell tales out of school.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An army marches on its stomach.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Money makes the world go round.

The age of miracles is past.

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A cat may look at a king.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You are never too old to learn.

A good man is hard to find.

Haste makes waste.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

What goes up must come down.

Time flies.

Good talk saves the food.

Patience is a virtue.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't rock the boat.

There is honour among thieves.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's an exception to every rule.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

East, west, home's best.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Might is right.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Horses for courses.

Silence construes consent.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Let bygones be bygones.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Do as I say, not as I do.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Put your best foot forward.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A bad penny always turns up.

Share and share alike.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Slow and steady wins the race.