Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Wonders will never cease.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Share and share alike.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No pain, no gain.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Time is money.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Like father, like son.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Everyone has their price.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes one to know one.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Practice makes perfect.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Love will find a way.

Clothes do not make the man.

Hide in plain sight.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Practice what you preach.

You win some, you lose some.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Horses for courses.

More haste, less speed.

Third time lucky.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If you build it, they will come.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Let the buyer beware.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A word to the wise is enough.

One hand washes the other.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The truth will out.

Time is a great healer.

Opposites attract.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Less said, soon mended.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Better safe than sorry.

When one door shuts, another opens.

All things must pass.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Go the extra mile.

Let well alone.

What goes around comes around.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Good talk saves the food.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Attack is the best form of defence.

You reap what you sow.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The best defence is a good offence.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All roads lead to Rome.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A golden key can open any door.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Let bygones be bygones.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Every picture tells a story.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Keep your powder dry.

Love is blind.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Time will tell.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A man is known by his friends.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Better late than never.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your chin up.

Fight the good fight.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

East is east, and west is west.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

You can't take it with you.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Count your blessings.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Accidents will happen.

A bad penny always turns up.

Always put your best foot forward.

Each to their own.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All good things must come to an end.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Charity begins at home.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

The show must go on.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Faith will move mountains.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Money isn't everything.

Waste not, want not.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Life begins at forty.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Make haste slowly.

It goes without saying.

The end justifies the means.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every dog has its day.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no time like the present.

The exception which proves the rule.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to tango.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No man can serve two masters.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Manners maketh the man.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A fish always rots from the head.

Misery loves company.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Talk is cheap.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Walls have ears.

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

A house is not a home.

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

Money talks.

First come, first served.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Knowledge is power.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Small things amuse small minds.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Silence is golden.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Handsome is as handsome does.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

An man's home is his castle.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All the world loves a lover.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Shrouds have no pockets.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Any port in a storm.

No news is good news.

Good things come in small packages.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Honesty is the best policy.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Money makes the world go round.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Speak as you find.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

There's one born every minute.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't win them all.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's never too late to mend.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

No rest for the wicked.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

For everything there is a season.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Crime doesn't pay.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

To the victor go the spoils.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Every stick has two ends.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

God helps those who help themselves.

Dead men tell no tales.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No man is an island.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A thing begun is half done.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

An army marches on its stomach.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Enough is enough.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Moderation in all things.

Truth will out.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Actions speak louder than words.

A cat has nine lives.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Many hands make light work.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Life is what you make it.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There is honour among thieves.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

The customer is always right.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's safety in numbers.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All that glitters is not gold.

Seize the day.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

While there is life, there is hope.

Less is more.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

One swallow does not a summer make.

To every thing there is a season.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A stitch in time saves nine.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Give credit where credit is due.

Time flies.

A good man is hard to find.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Seeing is believing.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's no smoke without fire.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fortune favours the brave.

East, west, home's best.

He who hesitates is lost.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Bad news travels fast.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One good deed deserves another.

The more the merrier.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The best things in life are free.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

What goes up must come down.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Live and let live.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You are what you eat.

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

All's well that ends well.

Tomorrow never comes.

The early bird gets the worm.

First things first.

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

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

Slow but sure.

Virtue is its own reward.

All's fair in love and war.

The bigger, the better.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A cat may look at a king.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Quid pro quo.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Love makes the world go round.

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

History repeats itself.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fight fire with fire.

Patience is a virtue.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Live and learn.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Slow and steady wins the race.