A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A house is not a home.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Share and share alike.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice makes perfect.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

It takes two to tango.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Different strokes for different folks.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Crime doesn't pay.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

East, west, home's best.

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

You reap what you sow.

Faith will move mountains.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Every picture tells a story.

It takes one to know one.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Better late than never.

The bigger, the better.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

For everything there is a season.

You can't win them all.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The age of miracles is past.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Small things amuse small minds.

All publicity is good publicity.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Make haste slowly.

Fight the good fight.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

To every thing there is a season.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

The truth will out.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Time is a great healer.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Hide in plain sight.

Life is what you make it.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

The more the merrier.

Physician, heal thyself.

Time will tell.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You are never too old to learn.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Get out while the getting is good.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Truth will out.

Blood is thicker than water.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Silence is golden.

Virtue is its own reward.

The early bird gets the worm.

Accidents will happen.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's the singer not the song.

Practice what you preach.

To the victor go the spoils.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All roads lead to Rome.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

History repeats itself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Only the good die young.

Knowledge is power.

Haste makes waste.

Misery loves company.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your powder dry.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A word to the wise is enough.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cheats never prosper.

Dead men tell no tales.

Might is right.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live and let live.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Every stick has two ends.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Any port in a storm.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Bad news travels fast.

Seize the day.

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

The wages of sin is death.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

An man's home is his castle.

Many hands make light work.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let bygones be bygones.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

The best things in life are free.

Money talks.

Enough is enough.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Always put your best foot forward.

Silence construes consent.

God helps those who help themselves.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

You win some, you lose some.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Keep your chin up.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A man is known by his friends.

Speak as you find.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Never give a sucker an even break.

While there is life, there is hope.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no smoke without fire.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Each to their own.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's all grist to the mill.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Enough is as good as a feast.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

No news is good news.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Forgive and forget.

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

All things must pass.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Easy come, easy go.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Laughter is the best medicine.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A golden key can open any door.

Honesty is the best policy.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

One good deed deserves another.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Charity begins at home.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Talk is cheap.

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

Seeing is believing.

Like father, like son.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Go the extra mile.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All's fair in love and war.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Every dog has its day.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Count your blessings.

Manners maketh the man.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Quid pro quo.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A cat may look at a king.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Great minds think alike.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Time flies.

Give the Devil his due.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Moderation in all things.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

What goes up must come down.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Hope springs eternal.

The show must go on.

It never rains but it pours.

Grief divided is made lighter.

East is east, and west is west.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You are what you eat.

Oil and water don't mix.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A cat has nine lives.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

First things first.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's no place like home.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Time is money.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Big fish eat little fish.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Even a worm will turn.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Waste not, want not.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let well alone.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

Love will find a way.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All's well that ends well.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Tomorrow is another day.

Everyone has their price.

There's no time like the present.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The end justifies the means.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Patience is a virtue.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Life begins at forty.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Look before you leap.

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

More haste, less speed.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Slow but sure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Less is more.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

All good things come to those that wait.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Good talk saves the food.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A watched pot never boils.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Ignorance is bliss.

It goes without saying.

Horses for courses.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Pride comes before a fall.

There's safety in numbers.

No pain, no gain.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Make love not war.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Live and learn.

It's never too late to mend.

All good things must come to an end.

Attack is the best form of defence.

He who hesitates is lost.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One hand washes the other.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Third time lucky.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Better safe than sorry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

All you need is love.

A dog is a man's best friend.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't always get what you want.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

An army marches on its stomach.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Another day, another dollar.