There is no accounting for tastes.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Third time lucky.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

All's fair in love and war.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

All good things come to those that wait.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Opposites attract.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

One hand washes the other.

East, west, home's best.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Put your best foot forward.

Pearls of wisdom.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't win them all.

Each to their own.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Time is a great healer.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Home is where the heart is.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Truth will out.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nine tailors make a man.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A golden key can open any door.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no place like home.

Let well alone.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The Devil looks after his own.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fight fire with fire.

All you need is love.

What goes around comes around.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Let the buyer beware.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A house is not a home.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Paddle your own canoe.

The end justifies the means.

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

Less said, soon mended.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

No man is an island.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Knowledge is power.

The best things in life are free.

You can have too much of a good thing.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It goes without saying.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Make love not war.

Slow but sure.

Money makes the world go round.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Manners maketh the man.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Walls have ears.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Silence construes consent.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All roads lead to Rome.

Love will find a way.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Silence is golden.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Money is the root of all evil.

Love is blind.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

First things first.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

There's a time and a place for everything.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Honesty is the best policy.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's safety in numbers.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Time is money.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Persuasion is better than force.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

More haste, less speed.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Practice what you preach.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Money talks.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A word to the wise is enough.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

The wages of sin is death.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

History repeats itself.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Look before you leap.

Tomorrow never comes.

Virtue is its own reward.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Business before pleasure.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Blood is thicker than water.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Bad news travels fast.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Seize the day.

Forgive and forget.

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

It takes one to know one.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Every picture tells a story.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

One good deed deserves another.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Keep your powder dry.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Any port in a storm.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A man is known by his friends.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Time will tell.

The truth will out.

You are what you eat.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A stitch in time saves nine.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Good things come to those who wait.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You can't take it with you.

You reap what you sow.

It never rains but it pours.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Variety is the spice of life.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Horses for courses.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

For everything there is a season.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Bad money drives out good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Better late than never.

It takes two to tango.

A cat may look at a king.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cheats never prosper.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's never too late to mend.

Go the extra mile.

Speak as you find.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Only the good die young.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Life is what you make it.

Quid pro quo.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Fortune favours the brave.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A cat has nine lives.

Easy come, easy go.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Great minds think alike.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All's well that ends well.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Always put your best foot forward.

To the victor go the spoils.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Still waters run deep.

All the world loves a lover.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Many hands make light work.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Live and learn.

All things must pass.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no time like the present.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Less is more.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Count your blessings.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

You are never too old to learn.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Haste makes waste.

No news is good news.

The more the merrier.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Accidents will happen.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A thing begun is half done.

A bad penny always turns up.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Make haste slowly.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good fences make good neighbours.

No pain, no gain.

He who hesitates is lost.

The early bird gets the worm.

An man's home is his castle.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An army marches on its stomach.

There are two sides to every question.

Enough is enough.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love makes the world go round.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Hide in plain sight.

Might is right.

Life begins at forty.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Pride comes before a fall.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The best defence is a good offence.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Money isn't everything.

If you build it, they will come.

What goes up must come down.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

All good things must come to an end.

The show must go on.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Only fools and horses work.

Physician, heal thyself.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's the singer not the song.

Live and let live.

Moderation in all things.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Another day, another dollar.

All that glitters is not gold.

Faith will move mountains.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There's no smoke without fire.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Every dog has its day.

Appearances can be deceptive.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Wonders will never cease.

Charity begins at home.

A good man is hard to find.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Different strokes for different folks.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Misery loves company.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Waste not, want not.

No rest for the wicked.

There is honour among thieves.

Give the Devil his due.

Share and share alike.

Give credit where credit is due.

The bigger, the better.

Tomorrow is another day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Seek and you shall find.

Every stick has two ends.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The age of miracles is past.

Nothing succeeds like success.