Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

There's no place like home.

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

Great minds think alike.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Still waters run deep.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Nothing new under the sun.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Live and let live.

Bad news travels fast.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Good things come to those who wait.

An army marches on its stomach.

You can't take it with you.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money is the root of all evil.

Never go to bed on an argument.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Opposites attract.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fortune favours the brave.

Better safe than sorry.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It takes two to tango.

Go the extra mile.

All good things come to those that wait.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The truth will out.

First things first.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

No news is good news.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Seeing is believing.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Money isn't everything.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Slow but sure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Make haste slowly.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Silence is golden.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Keep your chin up.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Time is a great healer.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All the world loves a lover.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

First come, first served.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Ignorance is bliss.

Pride comes before a fall.

Only fools and horses work.

Persuasion is better than force.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Like father, like son.

Beauty is only skin deep.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Do as I say, not as I do.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A good man is hard to find.

Put your best foot forward.

God helps those who help themselves.

Silence construes consent.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Misery loves company.

All's well that ends well.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The early bird gets the worm.

A watched pot never boils.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Learn to walk before you run.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Truth will out.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Money talks.

No man can serve two masters.

No pain, no gain.

Give credit where credit is due.

Any port in a storm.

Don't rock the boat.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Even a worm will turn.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What goes around comes around.

All things must pass.

It takes one to know one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The best-laid plans go astray.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Manners maketh the man.

No man is an island.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Easy come, easy go.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Walls have ears.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A golden key can open any door.

Enough is enough.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

History repeats itself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every picture tells a story.

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

You can't win them all.

There's safety in numbers.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

He who hesitates is lost.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Time is money.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let well alone.

Life begins at forty.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It never rains but it pours.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All you need is love.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Half a loaf is better than none.

A thing begun is half done.

Blood is thicker than water.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's never too late to mend.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Practice what you preach.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A word to the wise is enough.

Never tell tales out of school.

Patience is a virtue.

Small things amuse small minds.

Hope springs eternal.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Seek and you shall find.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Forewarned is forearmed.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make love not war.

No rest for the wicked.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Might is right.

To the victor go the spoils.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Oil and water don't mix.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Cheats never prosper.

Accidents will happen.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

All good things must come to an end.

There's one born every minute.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Actions speak louder than words.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Practice makes perfect.

There's an exception to every rule.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Haste makes waste.

The customer is always right.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The bigger, the better.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The exception which proves the rule.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A house is not a home.

Moderation in all things.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Look before you leap.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

One hand washes the other.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Love will find a way.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Give the Devil his due.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Time flies.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time will tell.

Money makes the world go round.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Quid pro quo.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Speak as you find.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

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

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

It goes without saying.

A cat may look at a king.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Better late than never.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Talk is cheap.

Let the buyer beware.

The age of miracles is past.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The Devil is in the details.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Needs must when the devil drives.

What goes up must come down.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

For everything there is a season.

Let bygones be bygones.

Two heads are better than one.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

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

The end justifies the means.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The more the merrier.

Good talk saves the food.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

It's better to give than to receive.

A man is known by his friends.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Only the good die young.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Horses for courses.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

More haste, less speed.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

To every thing there is a season.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You are what you eat.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Many hands make light work.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You win some, you lose some.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's all grist to the mill.

All roads lead to Rome.

Dead men tell no tales.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Less is more.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You are never too old to learn.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every stick has two ends.

All that glitters is not gold.

Love is blind.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Everyone has their price.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Count your blessings.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Beware the Ides of March.

Revenge is sweet.

There is honour among thieves.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Every dog has its day.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Knowledge is power.