It takes one to know one.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's all grist to the mill.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All things must pass.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Only fools and horses work.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It takes two to tango.

All publicity is good publicity.

Let well alone.

Charity begins at home.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

All roads lead to Rome.

The bigger, the better.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beware the Ides of March.

Tomorrow is another day.

Each to their own.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Any port in a storm.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Many hands make light work.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fight fire with fire.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Pride comes before a fall.

One hand washes the other.

A golden key can open any door.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Knowledge is power.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love will find a way.

For everything there is a season.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Enough is enough.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Slow but sure.

Time flies.

All the world loves a lover.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A cat may look at a king.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Accidents will happen.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Money talks.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Speak as you find.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time will tell.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Great minds think alike.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All you need is love.

Truth will out.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The Devil is in the details.

Forgive and forget.

Business before pleasure.

Practice makes perfect.

Seeing is believing.

Big fish eat little fish.

Third time lucky.

The exception which proves the rule.

No pain, no gain.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The more the merrier.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

An man's home is his castle.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The show must go on.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blood is thicker than water.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It never rains but it pours.

Everyone has their price.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The age of miracles is past.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Dead men tell no tales.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Go the extra mile.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The end justifies the means.

There's no place like home.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never tell tales out of school.

Might is right.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Manners maketh the man.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fight the good fight.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Actions speak louder than words.

Waste not, want not.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Time is a great healer.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No rest for the wicked.

More haste, less speed.

Wonders will never cease.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Nine tailors make a man.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Make love not war.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A house is not a home.

Clothes do not make the man.

All that glitters is not gold.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All's well that ends well.

Money makes the world go round.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Practice what you preach.

All good things come to those that wait.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Every dog has its day.

Cheats never prosper.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good talk saves the food.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best things in life are free.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Live and let live.

The early bird gets the worm.

Give the Devil his due.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It goes without saying.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Money isn't everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Less is more.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Bad news travels fast.

Silence construes consent.

You can't win them all.

The wages of sin is death.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Share and share alike.

A man is known by his friends.

Walls have ears.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Seek and you shall find.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't always get what you want.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no smoke without fire.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Crime doesn't pay.

Quid pro quo.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

What goes around comes around.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The best defence is a good offence.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Better safe than sorry.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Learn to walk before you run.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Only the good die young.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

While there is life, there is hope.

Let the buyer beware.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You win some, you lose some.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Look before you leap.

Different strokes for different folks.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Haste makes waste.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Silence is golden.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Good things come to those who wait.

Like father, like son.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's the singer not the song.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

To every thing there is a season.

If you build it, they will come.

You reap what you sow.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's better to give than to receive.

A fish always rots from the head.

Live and learn.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love makes the world go round.

Life is what you make it.

The customer is always right.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Opposites attract.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No man is an island.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A bad penny always turns up.

Bad money drives out good.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's never too late to mend.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Love is blind.

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

Make haste slowly.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Keep your chin up.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Easy come, easy go.

Nothing succeeds like success.

First come, first served.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Honesty is the best policy.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

No news is good news.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time is money.

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

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

History repeats itself.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Less said, soon mended.

Moderation in all things.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hide in plain sight.

No man can serve two masters.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Bad news travels fast.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You can't take it with you.

Give credit where credit is due.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A word to the wise is enough.

Seize the day.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.