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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Still waters run deep.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Let the buyer beware.

All's well that ends well.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

It goes without saying.

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

What goes up must come down.

Don't rock the boat.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Seeing is believing.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Better late than never.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Every stick has two ends.

There's no time like the present.

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

For everything there is a season.

Learn to walk before you run.

Different strokes for different folks.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Seek and you shall find.

The Devil looks after his own.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A good man is hard to find.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Count your blessings.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Time will tell.

Accidents will happen.

A man is known by his friends.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Honesty is the best policy.

A golden key can open any door.

Misery loves company.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Dead men tell no tales.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Horses for courses.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Waste not, want not.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Live and let live.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

History repeats itself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Virtue is its own reward.

There are two sides to every question.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Keep your chin up.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Good things come to those who wait.

The best defence is a good offence.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A watched pot never boils.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

It never rains but it pours.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Each to their own.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no place like home.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Forgive and forget.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make love not war.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's better to give than to receive.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes two to tango.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The customer is always right.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Revenge is sweet.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Look before you leap.

You reap what you sow.

All the world loves a lover.

A cat may look at a king.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Easy come, easy go.

All good things come to those that wait.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Patience is a virtue.

Practice makes perfect.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A cat has nine lives.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Marriages are made in heaven.

To every thing there is a season.

Money talks.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Walls have ears.

Life begins at forty.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The exception which proves the rule.

No pain, no gain.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Like father, like son.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One hand washes the other.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

There's one born every minute.

You are what you eat.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Hope springs eternal.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Better safe than sorry.

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

No man is an island.

The age of miracles is past.

Even a worm will turn.

Good talk saves the food.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Paddle your own canoe.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Never tell tales out of school.

First things first.

Haste makes waste.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Make haste slowly.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time is money.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cheats never prosper.

All good things must come to an end.

Life is what you make it.

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

It takes one to know one.

Love makes the world go round.

There is honour among thieves.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Knowledge is power.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fortune favours the brave.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Third time lucky.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Give the Devil his due.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Everyone has their price.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time is a great healer.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All you need is love.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Silence is golden.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You are never too old to learn.

A house is not a home.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Love will find a way.

Let well alone.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Practice what you preach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Pearls of wisdom.

The more the merrier.

Charity begins at home.

Persuasion is better than force.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let bygones be bygones.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

East, west, home's best.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Might is right.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Less is more.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Big fish eat little fish.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A bad penny always turns up.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Money is the root of all evil.

God helps those who help themselves.

Slow but sure.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All things must pass.

The truth will out.

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

Business before pleasure.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Enough is enough.

Only fools and horses work.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Two heads are better than one.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Speak as you find.

An man's home is his castle.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money makes the world go round.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Only the good die young.

Clothes do not make the man.

Any port in a storm.

Quid pro quo.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Every dog has its day.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Faith will move mountains.

The wages of sin is death.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Give credit where credit is due.

Small things amuse small minds.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money isn't everything.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Another day, another dollar.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A thing begun is half done.

Once a thief, always a thief.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bigger, the better.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

What goes around comes around.

Physician, heal thyself.

Bad money drives out good.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Live and learn.

There's no smoke without fire.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Truth will out.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nine tailors make a man.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Hide in plain sight.

Nothing new under the sun.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The end justifies the means.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A word to the wise is enough.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

You can't always get what you want.

Seize the day.

No man can serve two masters.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Share and share alike.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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