Silence is golden.

You are what you eat.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Each to their own.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Variety is the spice of life.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's no time like the present.

Love makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Moderation in all things.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Less is more.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Make haste slowly.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Manners maketh the man.

The bigger, the better.

Learn to walk before you run.

Practice what you preach.

All good things must come to an end.

Fortune favours the brave.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's never too late to mend.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Love will find a way.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Home is where the heart is.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Keep your powder dry.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It goes without saying.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Charity begins at home.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A cat may look at a king.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Paddle your own canoe.

Third time lucky.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Like father, like son.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Make love not war.

He who hesitates is lost.

Children and fools tell the truth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes two to tango.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The exception which proves the rule.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

To the victor go the spoils.

A golden key can open any door.

Small things amuse small minds.

You are never too old to learn.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Might is right.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Bad news travels fast.

There's one born every minute.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money isn't everything.

Live and learn.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Count your blessings.

Knowledge is power.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Two heads are better than one.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Enough is enough.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Better late than never.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The best defence is a good offence.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If the cap fits, wear it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

There is honour among thieves.

Honesty is the best policy.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't win them all.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Life is what you make it.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Everyone has their price.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

To every thing there is a season.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Time flies.

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

Fight the good fight.

Easy come, easy go.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It's the singer not the song.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Opposites attract.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let well alone.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

Give credit where credit is due.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All's fair in love and war.

Forgive and forget.

Ignorance is bliss.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Look before you leap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Hide in plain sight.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

A good man is hard to find.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

Love is blind.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Keep your chin up.

Oil and water don't mix.

Live and let live.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The more the merrier.

Do as I say, not as I do.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

What goes around comes around.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All's well that ends well.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's safety in numbers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The show must go on.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Seeing is believing.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

No pain, no gain.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Strike while the iron is hot.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Slow but sure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It takes one to know one.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Beggars can't be choosers.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

More haste, less speed.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All the world loves a lover.

There's no place like home.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Pearls of wisdom.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

Life begins at forty.

The best things in life are free.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Actions speak louder than words.

Get out while the getting is good.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Great minds think alike.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

Hope springs eternal.

Silence construes consent.

Persuasion is better than force.

One good deed deserves another.

Good things come in small packages.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Walls have ears.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A house is not a home.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A man is known by his friends.

All things must pass.

Time will tell.

Truth will out.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Blood is thicker than water.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Revenge is sweet.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Good talk saves the food.

There's an exception to every rule.

Waste not, want not.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

All publicity is good publicity.

No rest for the wicked.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Every dog has its day.

Money talks.

No man can serve two masters.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Let the buyer beware.

Horses for courses.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Talk is cheap.

Bad money drives out good.

Fight fire with fire.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Faith will move mountains.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Handsome is as handsome does.

What goes up must come down.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't get mad, get even.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

The end justifies the means.

Any port in a storm.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Less said, soon mended.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Haste makes waste.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You win some, you lose some.

The truth will out.

One hand washes the other.

Nothing new under the sun.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

First come, first served.

It never rains but it pours.

If you build it, they will come.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

No man is an island.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Patience is a virtue.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All you need is love.

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

Speak as you find.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Quid pro quo.

You can't take it with you.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Seize the day.

Tomorrow is another day.

While there is life, there is hope.

Time is money.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Every picture tells a story.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Stupid is as stupid does.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A watched pot never boils.

Still waters run deep.

A cat has nine lives.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's all grist to the mill.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

East, west, home's best.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Money makes the world go round.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Misery loves company.

Share and share alike.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Accidents will happen.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

The customer is always right.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Crime doesn't pay.

You reap what you sow.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Only the good die young.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Business before pleasure.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Virtue is its own reward.

Another day, another dollar.

Cheats never prosper.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Better safe than sorry.

Big fish eat little fish.