It's easy to be wise after the event.

More haste, less speed.

If you build it, they will come.

Money isn't everything.

Moderation in all things.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Time is a great healer.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Live and let live.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All publicity is good publicity.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Honesty is the best policy.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

You win some, you lose some.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Time flies.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The show must go on.

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

Only the good die young.

Even a worm will turn.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Paddle your own canoe.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make haste slowly.

The Devil looks after his own.

Business before pleasure.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Different strokes for different folks.

The early bird gets the worm.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Actions speak louder than words.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Blood is thicker than water.

A thing begun is half done.

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

It goes without saying.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Share and share alike.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Clothes do not make the man.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Small things amuse small minds.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Accidents will happen.

Each to their own.

There's no place like home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Talk is cheap.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

You reap what you sow.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Go the extra mile.

You are what you eat.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One hand washes the other.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Easy come, easy go.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Nothing succeeds like success.

One good deed deserves another.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Horses for courses.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let bygones be bygones.

Knowledge is power.

First things first.

Slow but sure.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

The more the merrier.

An man's home is his castle.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Less is more.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Time is money.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It never rains but it pours.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Third time lucky.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Keep your powder dry.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Count your blessings.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Love will find a way.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money talks.

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

Seek and you shall find.

There are two sides to every question.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Handsome is as handsome does.

First come, first served.

Hide in plain sight.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good things come to those who wait.

All's fair in love and war.

Bad money drives out good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Opposites attract.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You can't take it with you.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The Devil is in the details.

There's no smoke without fire.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nothing new under the sun.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A house is not a home.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Manners maketh the man.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Truth will out.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Ignorance is bliss.

Seeing is believing.

What goes up must come down.

Great minds think alike.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

History repeats itself.

Physician, heal thyself.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Every dog has its day.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You are never too old to learn.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Hope springs eternal.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Live and learn.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

What goes around comes around.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A golden key can open any door.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Practice makes perfect.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A bad penny always turns up.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Two heads are better than one.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All good things must come to an end.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Everyone has their price.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Always put your best foot forward.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Every picture tells a story.

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity begins at home.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Silence is golden.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Better late than never.

Never tell tales out of school.

Fight fire with fire.

The best things in life are free.

There's one born every minute.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Every stick has two ends.

It takes two to tango.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Many hands make light work.

A watched pot never boils.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Forgive and forget.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Crime doesn't pay.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All things must pass.

Make love not war.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Waste not, want not.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Bad news travels fast.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All's well that ends well.

Love is blind.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

A leopard can't change its spots.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Good talk saves the food.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Still waters run deep.

Another day, another dollar.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Virtue is its own reward.

Pearls of wisdom.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes one to know one.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The end justifies the means.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Speak as you find.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The truth will out.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Look before you leap.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Enough is enough.

Let well alone.

A cat may look at a king.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nine tailors make a man.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Life is what you make it.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't always get what you want.

All that glitters is not gold.

Give credit where credit is due.

All you need is love.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No man is an island.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Home is where the heart is.

A man is known by his friends.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Any port in a storm.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Silence construes consent.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Money makes the world go round.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A cat has nine lives.

East, west, home's best.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A fish always rots from the head.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let the buyer beware.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Variety is the spice of life.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The wages of sin is death.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Seize the day.

The customer is always right.

Fight the good fight.

No news is good news.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Less said, soon mended.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't win them all.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Tomorrow is another day.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't get mad, get even.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

To every thing there is a season.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Jack of all trades, master of none.