Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Great minds think alike.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Dead men tell no tales.

It never rains but it pours.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

First things first.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

What goes around comes around.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

History repeats itself.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The truth will out.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A fish always rots from the head.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Haste makes waste.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

God helps those who help themselves.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You reap what you sow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Keep your chin up.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Always put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow never comes.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The bigger, the better.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It's the singer not the song.

All's fair in love and war.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All the world loves a lover.

It goes without saying.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

You are what you eat.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Walls have ears.

You can't take it with you.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

Only the good die young.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Silence construes consent.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

More haste, less speed.

All you need is love.

Variety is the spice of life.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Live and learn.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No news is good news.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It takes two to tango.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A bad penny always turns up.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Two heads are better than one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Seek and you shall find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Only fools and horses work.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Many hands make light work.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Learn to walk before you run.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Go the extra mile.

Speak as you find.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Business before pleasure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Love is blind.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't rock the boat.

East, west, home's best.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Love makes the world go round.

First come, first served.

Let well alone.

Let the buyer beware.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The show must go on.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Misery loves company.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Time is a great healer.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A word to the wise is enough.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

The best things in life are free.

Like father, like son.

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

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes one to know one.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Life begins at forty.

Fortune favours the brave.

Give the Devil his due.

Might is right.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Wonders will never cease.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Charity begins at home.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An army marches on its stomach.

One hand washes the other.

There's no place like home.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Make haste slowly.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Less is more.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Ignorance is bliss.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No rest for the wicked.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A house is not a home.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Blood is thicker than water.

Time flies.

All publicity is good publicity.

In the midst of life we are in death.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Everyone has their price.

You are never too old to learn.

Even a worm will turn.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No pain, no gain.

For everything there is a season.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

The more the merrier.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Make love not war.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Third time lucky.

All good things come to those that wait.

Easy come, easy go.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Any port in a storm.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Slow but sure.

Pearls of wisdom.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Bad money drives out good.

Every stick has two ends.

Money makes the world go round.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Horses for courses.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love will find a way.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't win them all.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

No man can serve two masters.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Another day, another dollar.

The early bird gets the worm.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Revenge is sweet.

Different strokes for different folks.

What goes up must come down.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A thing begun is half done.

Hide in plain sight.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If you build it, they will come.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fight the good fight.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

There's one born every minute.

There's an exception to every rule.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There is honour among thieves.

Virtue is its own reward.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Accidents will happen.

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

Share and share alike.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Oil and water don't mix.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The customer is always right.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Money is the root of all evil.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Time is money.

Forgive and forget.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Each to their own.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Clothes do not make the man.

Waste not, want not.

All good things must come to an end.

No man is an island.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Practice what you preach.

The exception which proves the rule.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The end justifies the means.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best defence is a good offence.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't get mad, get even.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's no time like the present.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Practice makes perfect.

Opposites attract.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Good things come to those who wait.

A golden key can open any door.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Patience is a virtue.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A good man is hard to find.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Get out while the getting is good.

Enough is enough.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Every dog has its day.

Count your blessings.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Honesty is the best policy.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Look before you leap.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money talks.

There are two sides to every question.

A watched pot never boils.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Money isn't everything.

Seeing is believing.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Time will tell.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Silence is golden.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Talk is cheap.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Still waters run deep.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's safety in numbers.