The best defence is a good offence.

The Devil looks after his own.

Better safe than sorry.

There's no smoke without fire.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It's the singer not the song.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes two to tango.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Love will find a way.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

History repeats itself.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Get out while the getting is good.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If you can't be good, be careful.

No rest for the wicked.

Even a worm will turn.

Oil and water don't mix.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Charity begins at home.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All good things must come to an end.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

The truth will out.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's no place like home.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Everyone has their price.

Silence construes consent.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Tomorrow is another day.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Business before pleasure.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

He who hesitates is lost.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Only fools and horses work.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Make haste slowly.

Third time lucky.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Slow but sure.

It goes without saying.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Time is a great healer.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

First come, first served.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Different strokes for different folks.

Quid pro quo.

Talk is cheap.

All that glitters is not gold.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A poor worker blames the tools.

What goes around comes around.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Small things amuse small minds.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Keep your chin up.

Don't get mad, get even.

Forgive and forget.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A fish always rots from the head.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nine tailors make a man.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fortune favours the brave.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Attack is the best form of defence.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Like father, like son.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

The show must go on.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Another day, another dollar.

All the world loves a lover.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Blood is thicker than water.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Wonders will never cease.

You reap what you sow.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You are what you eat.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A house is not a home.

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

Opposites attract.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All things must pass.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

A golden key can open any door.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Clothes do not make the man.

Live and let live.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Life begins at forty.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Practice what you preach.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Hope springs eternal.

Look before you leap.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Time will tell.

Enough is enough.

Let well alone.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Moderation in all things.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A thing begun is half done.

The best things in life are free.

First things first.

Seeing is believing.

A cat has nine lives.

No pain, no gain.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Time is money.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Patience is a virtue.

All publicity is good publicity.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It never rains but it pours.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The age of miracles is past.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The end justifies the means.

More haste, less speed.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Cheats never prosper.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

East is east, and west is west.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All's well that ends well.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The more the merrier.

Revenge is sweet.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Accidents will happen.

Haste makes waste.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Learn to walk before you run.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Faith will move mountains.

Money isn't everything.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The bigger, the better.

Misery loves company.

You can't always get what you want.

Better late than never.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Seize the day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All you need is love.

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

For everything there is a season.

Time flies.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Easy come, easy go.

Enough is as good as a feast.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Less is more.

Marriages are made in heaven.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Many hands make light work.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Keep your powder dry.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't win them all.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Love is blind.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's one born every minute.

Bad money drives out good.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

An army marches on its stomach.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No man can serve two masters.

What goes up must come down.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't change horses in midstream.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The customer is always right.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beware the Ides of March.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

An man's home is his castle.

Put your best foot forward.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A dog is a man's best friend.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Walls have ears.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Any port in a storm.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's never too late to mend.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Every stick has two ends.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

No news is good news.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's safety in numbers.

Great minds think alike.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Knowledge is power.

If you build it, they will come.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Money talks.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It takes one to know one.

Seek and you shall find.

Actions speak louder than words.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Less said, soon mended.

Paddle your own canoe.

Make love not war.

There is honour among thieves.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Always put your best foot forward.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Waste not, want not.

Manners maketh the man.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Give the Devil his due.

Might is right.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Silence is golden.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Each to their own.

Big fish eat little fish.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fight the good fight.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Money makes the world go round.

Truth will out.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Still waters run deep.

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

Every dog has its day.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Only the good die young.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's an exception to every rule.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Share and share alike.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Live and learn.

Learn to walk before you run.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.