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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

For everything there is a season.

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

Bad news travels fast.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Haste makes waste.

More haste, less speed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Still waters run deep.

All the world loves a lover.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Hide in plain sight.

There's no place like home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A thing begun is half done.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Tomorrow never comes.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Less is more.

Go the extra mile.

There are two sides to every question.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Good things come to those who wait.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cheats never prosper.

You can't always get what you want.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Let well alone.

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

There's one born every minute.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Slow but sure.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The more the merrier.

The best things in life are free.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's all grist to the mill.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The truth will out.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Great minds think alike.

Keep your chin up.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fortune favours the brave.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A bad penny always turns up.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The best defence is a good offence.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the buyer beware.

Crime doesn't pay.

Honesty is the best policy.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The Devil is in the details.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time is a great healer.

Each to their own.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Everyone has their price.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Pride comes before a fall.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The customer is always right.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

One hand washes the other.

No man is an island.

Every picture tells a story.

Love will find a way.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Moderation in all things.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Money isn't everything.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Never tell tales out of school.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money talks.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Revenge is sweet.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Business before pleasure.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Less said, soon mended.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fight the good fight.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The Devil looks after his own.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You win some, you lose some.

Misery loves company.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Time is money.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Better late than never.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Persuasion is better than force.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A word to the wise is enough.

It takes two to tango.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Give credit where credit is due.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Physician, heal thyself.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Patience is a virtue.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Live and let live.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Even a worm will turn.

Put your best foot forward.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Live and learn.

History repeats itself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Accidents will happen.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

God helps those who help themselves.

No man can serve two masters.

There's safety in numbers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

You reap what you sow.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

All publicity is good publicity.

Money is the root of all evil.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

You can't take it with you.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Silence is golden.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

What goes around comes around.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good talk saves the food.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Time will tell.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Horses for courses.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A good man is hard to find.

Big fish eat little fish.

Every dog has its day.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Beware the Ides of March.

A golden key can open any door.

Paddle your own canoe.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

Time flies.

The early bird gets the worm.

Dead men tell no tales.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Enough is enough.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The wages of sin is death.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's no smoke without fire.

Might is right.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Love is blind.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Only fools and horses work.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

No pain, no gain.

A cat may look at a king.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Learn to walk before you run.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You are what you eat.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Keep your powder dry.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Tomorrow is another day.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One swallow does not a summer make.

An man's home is his castle.

All that glitters is not gold.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

First impressions are the most lasting.

To the victor go the spoils.

Home is where the heart is.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Truth will out.

Quid pro quo.

Better safe than sorry.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Manners maketh the man.

Look before you leap.

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

There's no time like the present.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Bad money drives out good.

Virtue is its own reward.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

You can't win them all.

Practice what you preach.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All roads lead to Rome.

Ignorance is bliss.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

First things first.

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

Life begins at forty.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

The bigger, the better.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

It goes without saying.

Charity begins at home.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Make love not war.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Like father, like son.

Forgive and forget.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Let the dead bury the dead.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

To every thing there is a season.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A watched pot never boils.

The exception which proves the rule.

Opposites attract.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Make haste slowly.

East is east, and west is west.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Enough is as good as a feast.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Two heads are better than one.

What goes up must come down.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

Seize the day.

First come, first served.

Count your blessings.

If you build it, they will come.

Third time lucky.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

All you need is love.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

East, west, home's best.

It's better to give than to receive.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Different strokes for different folks.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Waste not, want not.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You are never too old to learn.

Any port in a storm.

All things must pass.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The age of miracles is past.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't rock the boat.

Grief divided is made lighter.