Bread always falls buttered side down.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Physician, heal thyself.

There's safety in numbers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

East, west, home's best.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Manners maketh the man.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Get out while the getting is good.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Any port in a storm.

Business before pleasure.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A picture paints a thousand words.

East is east, and west is west.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Silence construes consent.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil is in the details.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

An army marches on its stomach.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Still waters run deep.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Truth will out.

It takes one to know one.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's no place like home.

Count your blessings.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

No man is an island.

To every thing there is a season.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There are two sides to every question.

Let well alone.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Give credit where credit is due.

The end justifies the means.

Money makes the world go round.

No news is good news.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Time flies.

All the world loves a lover.

All's fair in love and war.

Make love not war.

Great minds think alike.

You win some, you lose some.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Love makes the world go round.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Practice makes perfect.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Honesty is the best policy.

Time is money.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A bad penny always turns up.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's better to give than to receive.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Enough is enough.

A person is known by the company they keep.

He who hesitates is lost.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Go the extra mile.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Tomorrow never comes.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Bad news travels fast.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The wages of sin is death.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Seeing is believing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Variety is the spice of life.

What goes around comes around.

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

Like father, like son.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Love is blind.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beware the Ides of March.

Even a worm will turn.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Only the good die young.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The best things in life are free.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All publicity is good publicity.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Talk is cheap.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Might is right.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A man is known by his friends.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Silence is golden.

No pain, no gain.

Big fish eat little fish.

Every dog has its day.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good things come to those who wait.

Seek and you shall find.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Quid pro quo.

Live and let live.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's an exception to every rule.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Patience is a virtue.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

An man's home is his castle.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't rock the boat.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A golden key can open any door.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

You can't win them all.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's never too late to mend.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A cat has nine lives.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Make haste slowly.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Pride comes before a fall.

Love will find a way.

Better late than never.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fight fire with fire.

Seize the day.

Practice what you preach.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

One hand washes the other.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All good things must come to an end.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Blood is thicker than water.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All roads lead to Rome.

All good things come to those that wait.

Put your best foot forward.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Charity begins at home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Share and share alike.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The bigger, the better.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The customer is always right.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Wonders will never cease.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Ignorance is bliss.

Dead men tell no tales.

All things must pass.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Better safe than sorry.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Moderation in all things.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Easy come, easy go.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Speak as you find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Small things amuse small minds.

Money talks.

All's well that ends well.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Never tell tales out of school.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Two heads are better than one.

Clothes do not make the man.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

You reap what you sow.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Live and learn.

Horses for courses.

Time will tell.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

It takes two to tango.

The more the merrier.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Haste makes waste.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You are never too old to learn.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Keep your powder dry.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Good fences make good neighbours.

First things first.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Oil and water don't mix.

Forgive and forget.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A house is not a home.

Slow but sure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

What goes up must come down.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You are what you eat.

Home is where the heart is.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every stick has two ends.

There's no time like the present.

Let the buyer beware.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

God helps those who help themselves.

Many hands make light work.

You can't take it with you.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Knowledge is power.

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

Good talk saves the food.

First come, first served.

No rest for the wicked.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Money isn't everything.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Look before you leap.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Accidents will happen.

All that glitters is not gold.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Less said, soon mended.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fortune favours the brave.

Opposites attract.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

While there is life, there is hope.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A good man is hard to find.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Each to their own.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Misery loves company.

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

Life begins at forty.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

History repeats itself.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The truth will out.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

For everything there is a season.