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

To the victor go the spoils.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let well alone.

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

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

There's no place like home.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Patience is a virtue.

Accidents will happen.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Truth will out.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Knowledge is power.

Quid pro quo.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

If you build it, they will come.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Forgive and forget.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

The best things in life are free.

Practice what you preach.

Good talk saves the food.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil looks after his own.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nothing new under the sun.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A word to the wise is enough.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Charity begins at home.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Enough is enough.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

The Devil is in the details.

A golden key can open any door.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Might is right.

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time is a great healer.

Opposites attract.

A fish always rots from the head.

You are never too old to learn.

Business before pleasure.

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

Better late than never.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The customer is always right.

It's all grist to the mill.

Many hands make light work.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The exception which proves the rule.

East, west, home's best.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Walls have ears.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Make love not war.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time will tell.

Two heads are better than one.

All things must pass.

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

Love is blind.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Speak as you find.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All publicity is good publicity.

Easy come, easy go.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Moderation in all things.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Give the Devil his due.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Bad money drives out good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Live and learn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A cat may look at a king.

Keep your powder dry.

Even a worm will turn.

Tomorrow never comes.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Haste makes waste.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Seeing is believing.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Tomorrow is another day.

No man can serve two masters.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Every picture tells a story.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All's fair in love and war.

Talk is cheap.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't take it with you.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Seek and you shall find.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The more the merrier.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Money isn't everything.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fortune favours the brave.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Misery loves company.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Like father, like son.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Pearls of wisdom.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

What goes up must come down.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Waste not, want not.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Live and let live.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Only the good die young.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Small things amuse small minds.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Love makes the world go round.

Go the extra mile.

First things first.

A watched pot never boils.

A house is not a home.

Share and share alike.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Slow but sure.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Horses for courses.

Love will find a way.

Fight the good fight.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Put your best foot forward.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Dead men tell no tales.

Every stick has two ends.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Let bygones be bygones.

There is honour among thieves.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

You win some, you lose some.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Bad news travels fast.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A cat has nine lives.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beware the Ides of March.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No news is good news.

All you need is love.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Wonders will never cease.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The end justifies the means.

It goes without saying.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Each to their own.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Life begins at forty.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

All roads lead to Rome.

The bigger, the better.

Faith will move mountains.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Silence construes consent.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't get mad, get even.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man is an island.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let the buyer beware.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A man is known by his friends.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Only fools and horses work.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hide in plain sight.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Great minds think alike.

It takes one to know one.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You are what you eat.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Another day, another dollar.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no smoke without fire.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

More haste, less speed.

Give credit where credit is due.

Life is what you make it.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes two to tango.

Home is where the heart is.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What goes around comes around.

All's well that ends well.

Better safe than sorry.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

For everything there is a season.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One hand washes the other.

Money makes the world go round.

Money talks.

Look before you leap.

It's the singer not the song.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

You reap what you sow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Oil and water don't mix.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't win them all.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The truth will out.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't always get what you want.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

East is east, and west is west.

Time flies.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An army marches on its stomach.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Make haste slowly.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Less is more.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All the world loves a lover.

There's one born every minute.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Manners maketh the man.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Less said, soon mended.