Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life is what you make it.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No man is an island.

Seek and you shall find.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Blood is thicker than water.

Even a worm will turn.

Better late than never.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Wonders will never cease.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Paddle your own canoe.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Knowledge is power.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Cheats never prosper.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Live and learn.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nine tailors make a man.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

The truth will out.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Virtue is its own reward.

Make haste slowly.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Keep your chin up.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Great minds think alike.

Grief divided is made lighter.

While there is life, there is hope.

Money isn't everything.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Accidents will happen.

Youth is wasted on the young.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Make love not war.

All roads lead to Rome.

Bad news travels fast.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money talks.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Get out while the getting is good.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Different strokes for different folks.

All's well that ends well.

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

Charity begins at home.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Never give a sucker an even break.

One good deed deserves another.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Life begins at forty.

Like father, like son.

Many hands make light work.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Physician, heal thyself.

Let well alone.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The more the merrier.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Nothing new under the sun.

Time is a great healer.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Look before you leap.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

God helps those who help themselves.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

There's no place like home.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

To the victor go the spoils.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Clothes do not make the man.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A house is not a home.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Quid pro quo.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Persuasion is better than force.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Share and share alike.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Keep your powder dry.

It takes one to know one.

More haste, less speed.

There's no smoke without fire.

Learn to walk before you run.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love will find a way.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

What goes up must come down.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Time is money.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love makes the world go round.

The bigger, the better.

Slow but sure.

A man is known by his friends.

Truth will out.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No pain, no gain.

Manners maketh the man.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

To every thing there is a season.

The early bird gets the worm.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Easy come, easy go.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can't always get what you want.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Devil is in the details.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Forgive and forget.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All publicity is good publicity.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Home is where the heart is.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Might is right.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Each to their own.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A good man is hard to find.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You reap what you sow.

Always put your best foot forward.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

You are never too old to learn.

It goes without saying.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Slow and steady wins the race.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All things must pass.

Give credit where credit is due.

All good things must come to an end.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

The best things in life are free.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's one born every minute.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's safety in numbers.

Tomorrow is another day.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Any port in a storm.

If you build it, they will come.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Haste makes waste.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Money makes the world go round.

Good things come to those who wait.

Less said, soon mended.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Practice what you preach.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Every stick has two ends.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Waste not, want not.

Fight the good fight.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Enough is enough.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All that glitters is not gold.

Misery loves company.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

What goes around comes around.

Business before pleasure.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A thing begun is half done.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Love is blind.

One hand washes the other.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Once a thief, always a thief.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Pearls of wisdom.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Go the extra mile.

Seize the day.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Every picture tells a story.

Every dog has its day.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Marriages are made in heaven.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Actions speak louder than words.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let the buyer beware.

It's all grist to the mill.

You are what you eat.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Live and let live.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A word to the wise is enough.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Another day, another dollar.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Honesty is the best policy.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A golden key can open any door.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Never tell tales out of school.

East, west, home's best.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Everyone has their price.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A bad penny always turns up.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Strike while the iron is hot.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

He who hesitates is lost.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's no time like the present.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat has nine lives.

Less is more.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The best-laid plans go astray.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

East is east, and west is west.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

For everything there is a season.

Give the Devil his due.

A fish always rots from the head.

Only fools and horses work.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Count your blessings.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Ignorance is bliss.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The exception which proves the rule.

Dead men tell no tales.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Only the good die young.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A cat may look at a king.

Good things come in small packages.

It takes two to tango.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Speak as you find.

Big fish eat little fish.

Small things amuse small minds.

History repeats itself.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

First things first.

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Pride comes before a fall.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fight fire with fire.

No news is good news.

You can't take it with you.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All you need is love.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Still waters run deep.

Talk is cheap.

Walls have ears.

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

Time will tell.

All's fair in love and war.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.