It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's safety in numbers.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All good things must come to an end.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no smoke without fire.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Let well alone.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Fight the good fight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Dead men tell no tales.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't rock the boat.

Love makes the world go round.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Count your blessings.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time is money.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Practice what you preach.

All roads lead to Rome.

Pride comes before a fall.

Seize the day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nine tailors make a man.

Time flies.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Slow but sure.

Love is blind.

Each to their own.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Life is what you make it.

Once a thief, always a thief.

No man can serve two masters.

Third time lucky.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Physician, heal thyself.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Live and let live.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Seeing is believing.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opposites attract.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You are what you eat.

Horses for courses.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Keep your chin up.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

For everything there is a season.

Cold hands, warm heart.

One hand washes the other.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Waste not, want not.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Moderation in all things.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Many hands make light work.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's all grist to the mill.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's one born every minute.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Talk is cheap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's never too late to mend.

Enough is enough.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Time is a great healer.

It's better to give than to receive.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Learn to walk before you run.

What goes up must come down.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Easy come, easy go.

Marriages are made in heaven.

All the world loves a lover.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Business before pleasure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Everyone has their price.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All's fair in love and war.

A house is not a home.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nothing new under the sun.

All you need is love.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

A good man is hard to find.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The best things in life are free.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Accidents will happen.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Only fools and horses work.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

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

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If you build it, they will come.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Fight fire with fire.

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

First things first.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Put your best foot forward.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A man is known by his friends.

Love will find a way.

Any port in a storm.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Bad money drives out good.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Practice makes perfect.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

First come, first served.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Misery loves company.

Time will tell.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Go the extra mile.

You are never too old to learn.

Still waters run deep.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Silence is golden.

Good talk saves the food.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Share and share alike.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat has nine lives.

Quid pro quo.

Bad news travels fast.

Make haste slowly.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The customer is always right.

Variety is the spice of life.

Hide in plain sight.

Wonders will never cease.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The end justifies the means.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Might is right.

No man is an island.

To every thing there is a season.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Hope springs eternal.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Life begins at forty.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes one to know one.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't win them all.

Let bygones be bygones.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

There are two sides to every question.

There's an exception to every rule.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Forewarned is forearmed.

All publicity is good publicity.

Knowledge is power.

Two heads are better than one.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Look before you leap.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Silence construes consent.

Home is where the heart is.

Every dog has its day.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

No rest for the wicked.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

In the midst of life we are in death.

One good deed deserves another.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Never tell tales out of school.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Give the Devil his due.

Beware the Ides of March.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The show must go on.

Live and learn.

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

Truth will out.

Let the buyer beware.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Children should be seen and not heard.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Speak as you find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The exception which proves the rule.

Make love not war.

Small things amuse small minds.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Shrouds have no pockets.

East, west, home's best.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The best-laid plans go astray.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Tomorrow is another day.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The wages of sin is death.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Faith will move mountains.

An man's home is his castle.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Seek and you shall find.

A fish always rots from the head.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Another day, another dollar.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Charity begins at home.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Cheats never prosper.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Like father, like son.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

The bigger, the better.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

A golden key can open any door.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Money isn't everything.

Money makes the world go round.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Big fish eat little fish.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Better safe than sorry.

There's no time like the present.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Great minds think alike.

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

No pain, no gain.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Get out while the getting is good.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A watched pot never boils.

Money talks.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Better late than never.

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

All's well that ends well.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You can't always get what you want.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

It goes without saying.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't take it with you.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

A thing begun is half done.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

All things must pass.