Pride comes before a fall.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The best-laid plans go astray.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Clothes do not make the man.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Misery loves company.

While there is life, there is hope.

Blood is thicker than water.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Love will find a way.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Small things amuse small minds.

Easy come, easy go.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A watched pot never boils.

Pearls of wisdom.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Enough is enough.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Like father, like son.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Talk is cheap.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Get out while the getting is good.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time is money.

Silence construes consent.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Great minds think alike.

It takes one to know one.

Make love not war.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Go the extra mile.

A thing begun is half done.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Everyone has their price.

One hand washes the other.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Count your blessings.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Time will tell.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Share and share alike.

A house is not a home.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Even a worm will turn.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

East, west, home's best.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Live and let live.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Truth will out.

Don't rock the boat.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The more the merrier.

There's an exception to every rule.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Wonders will never cease.

The best things in life are free.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Opposites attract.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Third time lucky.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Better late than never.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Seeing is believing.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

One good deed deserves another.

All the world loves a lover.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Different strokes for different folks.

Forgive and forget.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Two heads are better than one.

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

It goes without saying.

Virtue is its own reward.

The early bird gets the worm.

History repeats itself.

No rest for the wicked.

Haste makes waste.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Every picture tells a story.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The Devil looks after his own.

Practice makes perfect.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

You are what you eat.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Big fish eat little fish.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The wages of sin is death.

A cat has nine lives.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

The truth will out.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Faith will move mountains.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Less said, soon mended.

Moderation in all things.

It's better to give than to receive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No news is good news.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The show must go on.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Always put your best foot forward.

Still waters run deep.

Nine tailors make a man.

Accidents will happen.

There's no place like home.

Slow but sure.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Time is a great healer.

The end justifies the means.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your powder dry.

One swallow does not a summer make.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bigger, the better.

You win some, you lose some.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

The customer is always right.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money is the root of all evil.

All you need is love.

First things first.

First come, first served.

What goes around comes around.

If you can't be good, be careful.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Fight the good fight.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Actions speak louder than words.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A man is known by his friends.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Any port in a storm.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Charity begins at home.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All things must pass.

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

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Another day, another dollar.

Only the good die young.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Ignorance is bliss.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You reap what you sow.

It takes two to tango.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

There's safety in numbers.

The best defence is a good offence.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Silence is golden.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Each to their own.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give the Devil his due.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Manners maketh the man.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

There are two sides to every question.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Might is right.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's one born every minute.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There is honour among thieves.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An man's home is his castle.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All that glitters is not gold.

A good man is hard to find.

Many hands make light work.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The age of miracles is past.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The Devil is in the details.

A golden key can open any door.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't always get what you want.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Business before pleasure.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Love is blind.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Walls have ears.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't win them all.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Knowledge is power.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Put your best foot forward.

Let well alone.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The exception which proves the rule.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

When one door shuts, another opens.

God helps those who help themselves.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't take it with you.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Curiosity killed the cat.

No man can serve two masters.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All's well that ends well.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

No pain, no gain.

Life begins at forty.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All publicity is good publicity.

Learn to walk before you run.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

First impressions are the most lasting.

More haste, less speed.

Revenge is sweet.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the buyer beware.

Money isn't everything.

Quid pro quo.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Speak as you find.

Look before you leap.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Horses for courses.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Better safe than sorry.

Keep your chin up.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No man is an island.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Live and learn.

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

There's no time like the present.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Good things come to those who wait.

Look before you leap.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Good talk saves the food.

What goes up must come down.

Good fences make good neighbours.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Slow but sure.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Time flies.

A word to the wise is enough.