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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

The truth will out.

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

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Truth will out.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

First things first.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Practice what you preach.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Quid pro quo.

There's no smoke without fire.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The Devil is in the details.

Dead men tell no tales.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Make love not war.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Less is more.

A good man is hard to find.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

What goes around comes around.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't take it with you.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Money makes the world go round.

Seek and you shall find.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All you need is love.

Accidents will happen.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

History repeats itself.

The bigger, the better.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't win them all.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Still waters run deep.

Haste makes waste.

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

A golden key can open any door.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blood is thicker than water.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Patience is a virtue.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Always put your best foot forward.

Only the good die young.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Another day, another dollar.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Time is a great healer.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

In the midst of life we are in death.

More haste, less speed.

All publicity is good publicity.

Good talk saves the food.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

There's no time like the present.

If you build it, they will come.

Two heads are better than one.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

What goes up must come down.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's no place like home.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

While there is life, there is hope.

Faith will move mountains.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The more the merrier.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

You can't always get what you want.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's an exception to every rule.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Make haste slowly.

Every dog has its day.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Horses for courses.

Love makes the world go round.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Live and learn.

Beware the Ides of March.

It never rains but it pours.

Big fish eat little fish.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Get out while the getting is good.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No man can serve two masters.

No news is good news.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Might is right.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Manners maketh the man.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An army marches on its stomach.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cheats never prosper.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

No man is an island.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Home is where the heart is.

Like father, like son.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Good things come to those who wait.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You win some, you lose some.

Time will tell.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Persuasion is better than force.

Ignorance is bliss.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Pride comes before a fall.

No pain, no gain.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Everyone has their price.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Even a worm will turn.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

No rest for the wicked.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Only fools and horses work.

Enough is enough.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Forgive and forget.

A cat may look at a king.

Beauty is only skin deep.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

For everything there is a season.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Easy come, easy go.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Many hands make light work.

The exception which proves the rule.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Business before pleasure.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

It takes two to tango.

Love is blind.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the buyer beware.

Go the extra mile.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A cat has nine lives.

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

It goes without saying.

Seize the day.

Money talks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Look before you leap.

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

Speak as you find.

A thing begun is half done.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All's fair in love and war.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Talk is cheap.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Money isn't everything.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's better to give than to receive.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Keep your powder dry.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All good things must come to an end.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

There are two sides to every question.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Walls have ears.

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

Time flies.

Moderation in all things.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

Love will find a way.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fight fire with fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Count your blessings.

A bad penny always turns up.

The best things in life are free.

Let bygones be bygones.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Seeing is believing.

Never tell tales out of school.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Third time lucky.

Actions speak louder than words.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

All's well that ends well.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Each to their own.

Life begins at forty.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The wages of sin is death.

Honesty is the best policy.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fortune favours the brave.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The customer is always right.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

To every thing there is a season.

East, west, home's best.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Share and share alike.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time is money.

Physician, heal thyself.

Money is the root of all evil.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Live and let live.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

One hand washes the other.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

He who hesitates is lost.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Waste not, want not.

You are what you eat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There's safety in numbers.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Give credit where credit is due.

It's never too late to mend.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's one born every minute.

To every thing there is a season.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let well alone.

Keep your chin up.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Give the Devil his due.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

The show must go on.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Misery loves company.

Better safe than sorry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Every picture tells a story.

You reap what you sow.

Tomorrow is another day.

A fish always rots from the head.

First come, first served.

Knowledge is power.

Revenge is sweet.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Silence is golden.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

East is east, and west is west.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hope springs eternal.

Good things come in small packages.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Better late than never.

It's the singer not the song.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Fight the good fight.

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