Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Speak as you find.

The end justifies the means.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Business before pleasure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Every stick has two ends.

Crime doesn't pay.

Give the Devil his due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All's fair in love and war.

Beware the Ides of March.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Persuasion is better than force.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's never too late to mend.

Look before you leap.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Dead men tell no tales.

Put your best foot forward.

Live and let live.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Might is right.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

An man's home is his castle.

An army marches on its stomach.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Home is where the heart is.

Silence is golden.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The early bird gets the worm.

There is honour among thieves.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Make hay while the sun shines.

What goes around comes around.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life is what you make it.

Waste not, want not.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Talk is cheap.

Count your blessings.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The age of miracles is past.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Handsome is as handsome does.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beggars can't be choosers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

East, west, home's best.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Practice what you preach.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Pride comes before a fall.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Share and share alike.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Walls have ears.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Let well alone.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The best things in life are free.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Knowledge is power.

Forgive and forget.

Even a worm will turn.

First things first.

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

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

All you need is love.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The more the merrier.

A man is known by his friends.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Go the extra mile.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The best defence is a good offence.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

Time flies.

Virtue is its own reward.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fight the good fight.

All publicity is good publicity.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

One hand washes the other.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Birds of a feather flock together.

No man is an island.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It goes without saying.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Blood is thicker than water.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Grief divided is made lighter.

A cat may look at a king.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It takes one to know one.

For everything there is a season.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

What goes up must come down.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Money isn't everything.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

It's the singer not the song.

The Devil looks after his own.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Actions speak louder than words.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Tomorrow is another day.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A fish always rots from the head.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Good talk saves the food.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't rock the boat.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Opposites attract.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't always get what you want.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fight fire with fire.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

God helps those who help themselves.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Many hands make light work.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Haste makes waste.

Time will tell.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

More haste, less speed.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time is money.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Only the good die young.

You can't take it with you.

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

Less said, soon mended.

The truth will out.

To every thing there is a season.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Small things amuse small minds.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Make haste slowly.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Keep your chin up.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing new under the sun.

A good man is hard to find.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Oil and water don't mix.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Third time lucky.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Love will find a way.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A golden key can open any door.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

No news is good news.

Give credit where credit is due.

A house is not a home.

It's better to give than to receive.

The customer is always right.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Seeing is believing.

Truth will out.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All things must pass.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

History repeats itself.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A thing begun is half done.

Laughter is the best medicine.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Still waters run deep.

You are never too old to learn.

Keep your powder dry.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Only fools and horses work.

No man can serve two masters.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Slow but sure.

Hope springs eternal.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Make love not war.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Another day, another dollar.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A cat has nine lives.

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

There's one born every minute.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Manners maketh the man.

Each to their own.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

The show must go on.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You are what you eat.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Quid pro quo.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No rest for the wicked.

The Devil is in the details.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All's well that ends well.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let the buyer beware.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A bad penny always turns up.

Get out while the getting is good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Half a loaf is better than none.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Charity begins at home.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bigger, the better.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Different strokes for different folks.

Better late than never.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Never tell tales out of school.

You reap what you sow.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Accidents will happen.

Hide in plain sight.

Seize the day.

Like father, like son.

All that glitters is not gold.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't win them all.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Less is more.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Everyone has their price.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Misery loves company.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It never rains but it pours.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Every dog has its day.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Practice makes perfect.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

He who hesitates is lost.

Better safe than sorry.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Moderation in all things.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Silence construes consent.

First things first.

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

Love is blind.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.