All the world loves a lover.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Honesty is the best policy.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Still waters run deep.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bad money drives out good.

Opposites attract.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Misery loves company.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Always put your best foot forward.

Enough is enough.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Many hands make light work.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Moderation in all things.

Let well alone.

Make love not war.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A golden key can open any door.

Cheats never prosper.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Business before pleasure.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Patience is a virtue.

Oil and water don't mix.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Never tell tales out of school.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Crime doesn't pay.

Love is blind.

What goes around comes around.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All you need is love.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Another day, another dollar.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Life is what you make it.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Forgive and forget.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It never rains but it pours.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A good man is hard to find.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't win them all.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You win some, you lose some.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Make haste slowly.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

To every thing there is a season.

Two heads are better than one.

First things first.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't always get what you want.

Let bygones be bygones.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Variety is the spice of life.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

For everything there is a season.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Keep your chin up.

The show must go on.

No rest for the wicked.

A house is not a home.

Third time lucky.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Any port in a storm.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Money makes the world go round.

A stitch in time saves nine.

East, west, home's best.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

One good deed deserves another.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Learn to walk before you run.

The more the merrier.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Money is the root of all evil.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's never too late to mend.

All things must pass.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes two to tango.

Waste not, want not.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Less is more.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The best defence is a good offence.

God helps those who help themselves.

Money isn't everything.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Time will tell.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There is no accounting for tastes.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fight fire with fire.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

No news is good news.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Less said, soon mended.

The bigger, the better.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't get mad, get even.

There's no smoke without fire.

To the victor go the spoils.

You reap what you sow.

Pearls of wisdom.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All's well that ends well.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Let the buyer beware.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Life begins at forty.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Slow but sure.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

An man's home is his castle.

Seeing is believing.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Beware the Ides of March.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Truth will out.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

What goes up must come down.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Like father, like son.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

No man can serve two masters.

Everyone has their price.

Give credit where credit is due.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Money talks.

Every picture tells a story.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Slow and steady wins the race.

No pain, no gain.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There's an exception to every rule.

Speak as you find.

Accidents will happen.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil looks after his own.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Look before you leap.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Manners maketh the man.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A watched pot never boils.

The customer is always right.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Tomorrow is another day.

Live and let live.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Love will find a way.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't take it with you.

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

One hand washes the other.

All roads lead to Rome.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Bad news travels fast.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Good things come in small packages.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nine tailors make a man.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

History repeats itself.

Silence is golden.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Horses for courses.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Fortune favours the brave.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's best to be on the safe side.

More haste, less speed.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time is a great healer.

Home is where the heart is.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every stick has two ends.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Easy come, easy go.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Silence construes consent.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's one born every minute.

A cat has nine lives.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All good things must come to an end.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You are what you eat.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Talk is cheap.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The truth will out.

Haste makes waste.

A man is known by his friends.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Each to their own.

A word to the wise is enough.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

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

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Seize the day.

Charity begins at home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Virtue is its own reward.

Better late than never.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't rock the boat.

There's no place like home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Big fish eat little fish.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Share and share alike.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

The Devil is in the details.

Practice makes perfect.

Clothes do not make the man.

All publicity is good publicity.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Walls have ears.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The best things in life are free.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every dog has its day.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Great minds think alike.

Once bitten, twice shy.