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

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

Practice what you preach.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes one to know one.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Everyone has their price.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Another day, another dollar.

The show must go on.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Less is more.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Money isn't everything.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nine tailors make a man.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

You are what you eat.

Go the extra mile.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fight fire with fire.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Actions speak louder than words.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It goes without saying.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Seeing is believing.

The bigger, the better.

A new broom sweeps clean.

History repeats itself.

Enough is as good as a feast.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Time is money.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

There is honour among thieves.

The more the merrier.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A man is known by his friends.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Money makes the world go round.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil looks after his own.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope springs eternal.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes two to tango.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

It's the singer not the song.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Big fish eat little fish.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Charity begins at home.

Waste not, want not.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make love not war.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Give credit where credit is due.

Third time lucky.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The age of miracles is past.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

All roads lead to Rome.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Any port in a storm.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Persuasion is better than force.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Give the Devil his due.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't always get what you want.

There's one born every minute.

Slow but sure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All publicity is good publicity.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The early bird gets the worm.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The best defence is a good offence.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

No news is good news.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Faith will move mountains.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Live and let live.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It never rains but it pours.

Opposites attract.

Fortune favours the brave.

Walls have ears.

You reap what you sow.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Enough is enough.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Make haste slowly.

Bad money drives out good.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The end justifies the means.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Each to their own.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

If you build it, they will come.

What goes up must come down.

One hand washes the other.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Like father, like son.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Get out while the getting is good.

Paddle your own canoe.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Look before you leap.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Forgive and forget.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A bad penny always turns up.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Easy come, easy go.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Haste makes waste.

A thing begun is half done.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

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

Misery loves company.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Many hands make light work.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All good things come to those that wait.

Tomorrow is another day.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Love will find a way.

Business before pleasure.

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

Truth will out.

Only the good die young.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No man is an island.

First things first.

Keep your chin up.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Crime doesn't pay.

Accidents will happen.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Different strokes for different folks.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Good things come in small packages.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

To every thing there is a season.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Time is a great healer.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Good talk saves the food.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All the world loves a lover.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Horses for courses.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The best things in life are free.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Speak as you find.

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

Every stick has two ends.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The exception which proves the rule.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Beware the Ides of March.

Moderation in all things.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Still waters run deep.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Better late than never.

Might is right.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Ignorance is bliss.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

All things must pass.

Wonders will never cease.

Seize the day.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

There's no place like home.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Hide in plain sight.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You win some, you lose some.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

First come, first served.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Talk is cheap.

A house is not a home.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All's fair in love and war.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Knowledge is power.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Marriages are made in heaven.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East, west, home's best.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Life begins at forty.

The wages of sin is death.

Learn to walk before you run.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't rock the boat.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Live and learn.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fight the good fight.

You can't win them all.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Every dog has its day.

No man can serve two masters.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A fish always rots from the head.

An army marches on its stomach.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There's no time like the present.

A good man is hard to find.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Pride comes before a fall.

A watched pot never boils.

Money is the root of all evil.

Always put your best foot forward.

All's well that ends well.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The truth will out.

Seek and you shall find.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Time flies.

Share and share alike.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

One good deed deserves another.

More haste, less speed.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All good things must come to an end.

Let well alone.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Time will tell.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

For everything there is a season.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Silence is golden.