No pain, no gain.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Live and learn.

Revenge is sweet.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Nothing succeeds like success.

No rest for the wicked.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Enough is enough.

Get out while the getting is good.

All roads lead to Rome.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

History repeats itself.

All things must pass.

The age of miracles is past.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Seeing is believing.

All's well that ends well.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Money makes the world go round.

To the victor go the spoils.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Accidents will happen.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You can't win them all.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

The best things in life are free.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

No news is good news.

Money talks.

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

Seize the day.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't rock the boat.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The show must go on.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

First things first.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Never tell tales out of school.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The wages of sin is death.

Great minds think alike.

All you need is love.

A thing begun is half done.

Time flies.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Wonders will never cease.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Even a worm will turn.

Manners maketh the man.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A cat has nine lives.

The customer is always right.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Cheats never prosper.

The more the merrier.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Forgive and forget.

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

You reap what you sow.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil looks after his own.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Less said, soon mended.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Silence construes consent.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Patience is a virtue.

The truth will out.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't always get what you want.

Different strokes for different folks.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Third time lucky.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

What goes around comes around.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time is money.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Any port in a storm.

A good man is hard to find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Practice what you preach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bigger, the better.

Time will tell.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

He who hesitates is lost.

Life begins at forty.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Make love not war.

Love will find a way.

Keep your chin up.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

An army marches on its stomach.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Moderation in all things.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You are what you eat.

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

Love is blind.

Bad news travels fast.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Let bygones be bygones.

For everything there is a season.

An man's home is his castle.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Love makes the world go round.

Home is where the heart is.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Paddle your own canoe.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Faith will move mountains.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Small things amuse small minds.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A fish always rots from the head.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

East, west, home's best.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Keep your powder dry.

Better safe than sorry.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Let well alone.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Talk is cheap.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Every dog has its day.

Might is right.

Easy come, easy go.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It never rains but it pours.

Time is a great healer.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Better late than never.

Tomorrow never comes.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Charity begins at home.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Speak as you find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Life is what you make it.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Silence is golden.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Many hands make light work.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

What goes up must come down.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Ignorance is bliss.

Actions speak louder than words.

Beware the Ides of March.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A bad penny always turns up.

Enough is as good as a feast.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No man is an island.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Virtue is its own reward.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Dead men tell no tales.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Still waters run deep.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Quid pro quo.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

You can't take it with you.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Each to their own.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Once bitten, twice shy.

First come, first served.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Like father, like son.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The end justifies the means.

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

Hide in plain sight.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Money isn't everything.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It goes without saying.

Knowledge is power.

Every stick has two ends.

Misery loves company.

A house is not a home.

Give the Devil his due.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Opposites attract.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Waste not, want not.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never speak ill of the dead.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There's no place like home.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's the singer not the song.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Look before you leap.

One hand washes the other.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Slow but sure.

Good things come in small packages.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A cat may look at a king.

Fight the good fight.

There's one born every minute.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

God helps those who help themselves.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Less is more.

Share and share alike.

All publicity is good publicity.

Haste makes waste.

Only the good die young.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Make haste slowly.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There is honour among thieves.

Practice makes perfect.

All the world loves a lover.

Pride comes before a fall.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes one to know one.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You are never too old to learn.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Put your best foot forward.

All's fair in love and war.

No man is an island.

Honesty is the best policy.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no time like the present.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Children and fools tell the truth.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The Devil is in the details.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There are two sides to every question.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nine tailors make a man.

Pearls of wisdom.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Everyone has their price.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's never too late to mend.

A watched pot never boils.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.