There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Count your blessings.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Physician, heal thyself.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You are never too old to learn.

Time flies.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Live and let live.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

What goes around comes around.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A word to the wise is enough.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A golden key can open any door.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A cat may look at a king.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Pride comes before a fall.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All good things must come to an end.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Persuasion is better than force.

Only fools and horses work.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Two heads are better than one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life begins at forty.

Many hands make light work.

Every dog has its day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Look before you leap.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Money isn't everything.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

No rest for the wicked.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Silence is golden.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Do as I say, not as I do.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You can't take it with you.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A good man is hard to find.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

More haste, less speed.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All's well that ends well.

One good deed deserves another.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Quid pro quo.

A bad penny always turns up.

You win some, you lose some.

Shrouds have no pockets.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Keep your powder dry.

Give the Devil his due.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Business before pleasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There's no time like the present.

Accidents will happen.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Each to their own.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Love is blind.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Manners maketh the man.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Misery loves company.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Bad money drives out good.

You can't win them all.

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

The truth will out.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Forewarned is forearmed.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Life is what you make it.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Half a loaf is better than none.

For everything there is a season.

First come, first served.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

There's no fool like an old fool.

History repeats itself.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Moderation in all things.

Forgive and forget.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

No news is good news.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The best things in life are free.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing new under the sun.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

All's fair in love and war.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Seize the day.

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

All you need is love.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Third time lucky.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Bad news travels fast.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Enough is enough.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There is honour among thieves.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The end justifies the means.

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

It never rains but it pours.

An army marches on its stomach.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Money talks.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil looks after his own.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Dead men tell no tales.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The bigger, the better.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Speak as you find.

Make love not war.

Let bygones be bygones.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Every picture tells a story.

Even a worm will turn.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Make haste slowly.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

It goes without saying.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You are what you eat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You reap what you sow.

Different strokes for different folks.

Any port in a storm.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Everyone has their price.

Good talk saves the food.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beware the Ides of March.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's an exception to every rule.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

If you build it, they will come.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Go the extra mile.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The more the merrier.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Like father, like son.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Opposites attract.

A fish always rots from the head.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A thing begun is half done.

There's no place like home.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Variety is the spice of life.

One hand washes the other.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Live and learn.

No man is an island.

Truth will out.

Good things come in small packages.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A house is not a home.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Cheats never prosper.

The Devil is in the details.

The age of miracles is past.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Time will tell.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Keep your chin up.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't rock the boat.

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

East, west, home's best.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All things must pass.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Fight fire with fire.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There are two sides to every question.

Talk is cheap.

Seek and you shall find.

An man's home is his castle.

The customer is always right.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let the dead bury the dead.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Out of sight, out of mind.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't get mad, get even.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The best defence is a good offence.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love makes the world go round.

Learn to walk before you run.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All roads lead to Rome.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A watched pot never boils.

Put your best foot forward.

Patience is a virtue.

Share and share alike.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Better late than never.

Honesty is the best policy.

To the victor go the spoils.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let the buyer beware.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Actions speak louder than words.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's no smoke without fire.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Easy come, easy go.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Another day, another dollar.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

Might is right.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't always get what you want.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Haste makes waste.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's better to give than to receive.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A man is known by his friends.

Great minds think alike.

Still waters run deep.

All the world loves a lover.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love will find a way.

Practice what you preach.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Nine tailors make a man.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hope springs eternal.

Hide in plain sight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Tomorrow is another day.

No man can serve two masters.

Revenge is sweet.

Less is more.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Less said, soon mended.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never tell tales out of school.

There but for the grace of God, go I.