A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fight the good fight.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

No man is an island.

A bad penny always turns up.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fight fire with fire.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All good things must come to an end.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Practice makes perfect.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Silence construes consent.

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

Any port in a storm.

A golden key can open any door.

Silence is golden.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Share and share alike.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't always get what you want.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

It goes without saying.

All's fair in love and war.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Easy come, easy go.

Different strokes for different folks.

If you build it, they will come.

Children and fools tell the truth.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

All's well that ends well.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Count your blessings.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Time is money.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing new under the sun.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All roads lead to Rome.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Life is what you make it.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Live and let live.

Speak as you find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Charity begins at home.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

For everything there is a season.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Many hands make light work.

Revenge is sweet.

The more the merrier.

Might is right.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

There's no place like home.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The age of miracles is past.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Always put your best foot forward.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A good man is hard to find.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It takes one to know one.

Opposites attract.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Love is blind.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A cat may look at a king.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Good things come in small packages.

It's all grist to the mill.

Two heads are better than one.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The bigger, the better.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The show must go on.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Better safe than sorry.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

An army marches on its stomach.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Accidents will happen.

Love makes the world go round.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Patience is a virtue.

Better late than never.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All the world loves a lover.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Walls have ears.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Fortune favours the brave.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's no time like the present.

Every picture tells a story.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Quid pro quo.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Tomorrow is another day.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Seize the day.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Even a worm will turn.

Live and learn.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

There's one born every minute.

Everyone has their price.

Ignorance is bliss.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Time will tell.

Truth will out.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Bad money drives out good.

Love will find a way.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Hide in plain sight.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Keep your powder dry.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The Devil is in the details.

Time is a great healer.

The Devil looks after his own.

Beware the Ides of March.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

A house is not a home.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

Get out while the getting is good.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It takes two to tango.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There is honour among thieves.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't win them all.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Let well alone.

The early bird gets the worm.

Money talks.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Great minds think alike.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

First come, first served.

Forgive and forget.

Don't rock the boat.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The customer is always right.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Faith will move mountains.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Small things amuse small minds.

Seeing is believing.

The truth will out.

Business before pleasure.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The end justifies the means.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

The best things in life are free.

Moderation in all things.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Crime doesn't pay.

The exception which proves the rule.

No news is good news.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Learn to walk before you run.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All publicity is good publicity.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Third time lucky.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You reap what you sow.

It's never too late to mend.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You are what you eat.

A cat has nine lives.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Only the good die young.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A picture paints a thousand words.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

More haste, less speed.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't take it with you.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Good talk saves the food.

Less is more.

Horses for courses.

Knowledge is power.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A watched pot never boils.

Make love not war.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You are never too old to learn.

While there is life, there is hope.

No pain, no gain.

No rest for the wicked.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A man is known by his friends.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Each to their own.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Enough is enough.

No man can serve two masters.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All things must pass.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Talk is cheap.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Dead men tell no tales.

Give the Devil his due.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There are two sides to every question.

Another day, another dollar.

Let the buyer beware.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Money isn't everything.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

An man's home is his castle.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Misery loves company.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Money makes the world go round.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

To every thing there is a season.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A thing begun is half done.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Waste not, want not.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Time flies.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

What goes around comes around.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

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

Life begins at forty.

Never tell tales out of school.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

There's one born every minute.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Look before you leap.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Haste makes waste.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.