A word to the wise is enough.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Make love not war.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Only fools and horses work.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

No man can serve two masters.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Horses for courses.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The end justifies the means.

All good things come to those that wait.

Speak as you find.

It takes two to tango.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Life begins at forty.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All's fair in love and war.

One hand washes the other.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Good things come in small packages.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It takes one to know one.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Good talk saves the food.

Every stick has two ends.

God helps those who help themselves.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Any port in a storm.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A bad penny always turns up.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You are what you eat.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Practice what you preach.

Truth will out.

Still waters run deep.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's an exception to every rule.

Virtue is its own reward.

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no place like home.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Live and learn.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Time will tell.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Hide in plain sight.

Tomorrow never comes.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Time flies.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No news is good news.

A cat may look at a king.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no time like the present.

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

Count your blessings.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

There are two sides to every question.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Walls have ears.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Like father, like son.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fortune favours the brave.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Talk is cheap.

Time is a great healer.

All good things must come to an end.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's safety in numbers.

What goes up must come down.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

One good deed deserves another.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Clothes do not make the man.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A cat has nine lives.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Everyone has their price.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life is what you make it.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The age of miracles is past.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A watched pot never boils.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Love will find a way.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's all grist to the mill.

The Devil looks after his own.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Silence is golden.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The show must go on.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Many hands make light work.

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Home is where the heart is.

Silence construes consent.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All you need is love.

The best defence is a good offence.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Money isn't everything.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Each to their own.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Give the Devil his due.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every dog has its day.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Big fish eat little fish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Better late than never.

Physician, heal thyself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Let the buyer beware.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't get mad, get even.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Another day, another dollar.

There's one born every minute.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

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

Enough is enough.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

East, west, home's best.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Quid pro quo.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's better to give than to receive.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Learn to walk before you run.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't win them all.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Good things come to those who wait.

Share and share alike.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Waste not, want not.

Money is the root of all evil.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A man is known by his friends.

You can't always get what you want.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Go the extra mile.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's the singer not the song.

All the world loves a lover.

No man is an island.

Ignorance is bliss.

Small things amuse small minds.

Seek and you shall find.

Time is money.

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

Money talks.

The truth will out.

Slow but sure.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Let well alone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There is honour among thieves.

All's well that ends well.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A fish always rots from the head.

Seize the day.

Practice makes perfect.

One swallow does not a summer make.

What goes around comes around.

He who hesitates is lost.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You reap what you sow.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If you build it, they will come.

Forgive and forget.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Better safe than sorry.

Cheats never prosper.

Oil and water don't mix.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bigger, the better.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There's no smoke without fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Fight fire with fire.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Less is more.

The Devil is in the details.

Love is blind.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A good man is hard to find.

The early bird gets the worm.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The customer is always right.

The wages of sin is death.

Moderation in all things.

Even a worm will turn.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

To every thing there is a season.

All things must pass.

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

First come, first served.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Keep your powder dry.

Only the good die young.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

For everything there is a season.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

A house is not a home.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Fight the good fight.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Great minds think alike.

Might is right.

Look before you leap.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Two heads are better than one.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Patience is a virtue.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can't take it with you.

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

Misery loves company.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Keep your chin up.