A cat has nine lives.

One good deed deserves another.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Money makes the world go round.

An army marches on its stomach.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

No pain, no gain.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

East is east, and west is west.

More haste, less speed.

Practice makes perfect.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Let well alone.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's best to be on the safe side.

God helps those who help themselves.

Every picture tells a story.

You are never too old to learn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Persuasion is better than force.

Easy come, easy go.

The show must go on.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Variety is the spice of life.

Knowledge is power.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Better late than never.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No man is an island.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It takes one to know one.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Physician, heal thyself.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

No news is good news.

It takes two to tango.

Give the Devil his due.

Keep your chin up.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You are what you eat.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The more the merrier.

What goes around comes around.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Wonders will never cease.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Give credit where credit is due.

Share and share alike.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Another day, another dollar.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A good man is hard to find.

No man can serve two masters.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't take it with you.

Hope springs eternal.

Pride comes before a fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All roads lead to Rome.

Dead men tell no tales.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Enough is enough.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Look before you leap.

Many hands make light work.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's better to give than to receive.

The wages of sin is death.

Love makes the world go round.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's never too late to mend.

For everything there is a season.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Only fools and horses work.

Time flies.

You reap what you sow.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Money talks.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Better safe than sorry.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Never tell tales out of school.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Time is money.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Live and learn.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Don't throw good money after bad.

All's well that ends well.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One hand washes the other.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All good things come to those that wait.

Beware the Ides of March.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The Devil looks after his own.

Faith will move mountains.

Quid pro quo.

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

Every dog has its day.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Time is a great healer.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't always get what you want.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Every stick has two ends.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Walls have ears.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Love is blind.

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

Put your best foot forward.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Life begins at forty.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A bad penny always turns up.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Do as I say, not as I do.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Live and let live.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All things must pass.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Hide in plain sight.

Practice what you preach.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Marriages are made in heaven.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

What goes up must come down.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's the singer not the song.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Misery loves company.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no time like the present.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Even a worm will turn.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Count your blessings.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Good things come to those who wait.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Talk is cheap.

All you need is love.

Make love not war.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Forgive and forget.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A house is not a home.

To every thing there is a season.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All the world loves a lover.

Only the good die young.

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

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

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Haste makes waste.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Patience is a virtue.

Nine tailors make a man.

Everyone has their price.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fight the good fight.

Manners maketh the man.

Might is right.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There are two sides to every question.

Time will tell.

The customer is always right.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can't win them all.

Don't rock the boat.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Two heads are better than one.

It's all grist to the mill.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

Nothing new under the sun.

A fish always rots from the head.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Seek and you shall find.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Speak as you find.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Truth will out.

There's no place like home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The bigger, the better.

There's one born every minute.

First come, first served.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Blood is thicker than water.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A watched pot never boils.

If you build it, they will come.

A word to the wise is enough.

Tomorrow is another day.

There is honour among thieves.

Money is the root of all evil.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

All good things must come to an end.

East, west, home's best.

Great minds think alike.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Waste not, want not.

Accidents will happen.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All publicity is good publicity.

Any port in a storm.

History repeats itself.

Silence construes consent.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All's fair in love and war.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Get out while the getting is good.

Each to their own.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Less is more.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It goes without saying.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Life is what you make it.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Opposites attract.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Still waters run deep.

Revenge is sweet.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Money isn't everything.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let bygones be bygones.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Cheats never prosper.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Business before pleasure.

If you build it, they will come.

There's safety in numbers.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Actions speak louder than words.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Moderation in all things.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Third time lucky.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Virtue is its own reward.