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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hope springs eternal.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You are what you eat.

Two heads are better than one.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't take it with you.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A watched pot never boils.

It takes two to tango.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A word to the wise is enough.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Seeing is believing.

Every dog has its day.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

While there is life, there is hope.

Might is right.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Many hands make light work.

Bad money drives out good.

The truth will out.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Variety is the spice of life.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Talk is cheap.

There's no smoke without fire.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's no place like home.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Time will tell.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Less said, soon mended.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Youth is wasted on the young.

An man's home is his castle.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Money isn't everything.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Opposites attract.

Forgive and forget.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Tomorrow is another day.

No man can serve two masters.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Better late than never.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Less is more.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No news is good news.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

No pain, no gain.

Needs must when the devil drives.

For everything there is a season.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's all grist to the mill.

Look before you leap.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Honesty is the best policy.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The more the merrier.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give the Devil his due.

Pearls of wisdom.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Ignorance is bliss.

Enough is enough.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Live and let live.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There's one born every minute.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It goes without saying.

The end justifies the means.

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Misery loves company.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

Horses for courses.

All things must pass.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every picture tells a story.

Another day, another dollar.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't get mad, get even.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

What goes up must come down.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let bygones be bygones.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Slow but sure.

An army marches on its stomach.

All you need is love.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Nine tailors make a man.

A house is not a home.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

It takes one to know one.

There's safety in numbers.

Walls have ears.

Any port in a storm.

There is honour among thieves.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Small things amuse small minds.

Time is a great healer.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

East, west, home's best.

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

Knowledge is power.

A golden key can open any door.

Practice makes perfect.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Faith will move mountains.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Blood is thicker than water.

Tomorrow never comes.

A person is known by the company they keep.

More haste, less speed.

Moderation in all things.

Truth will out.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The best things in life are free.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Silence is golden.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Enough is as good as a feast.

It's never too late to mend.

Let the buyer beware.

All that glitters is not gold.

One hand washes the other.

Haste makes waste.

Waste not, want not.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Make love not war.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

You win some, you lose some.

The early bird gets the worm.

Persuasion is better than force.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Don't rock the boat.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Good things come in small packages.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Life begins at forty.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The Devil looks after his own.

You are never too old to learn.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Only fools and horses work.

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

History repeats itself.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

First come, first served.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Each to their own.

Silence construes consent.

Like father, like son.

All publicity is good publicity.

You reap what you sow.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fortune favours the brave.

The wages of sin is death.

Manners maketh the man.

A good man is hard to find.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Even a worm will turn.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A man is known by his friends.

Seek and you shall find.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

All's well that ends well.

Keep your powder dry.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Third time lucky.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Better safe than sorry.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Seize the day.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

First things first.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Home is where the heart is.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Still waters run deep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

To every thing there is a season.

Go the extra mile.

Easy come, easy go.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The show must go on.

Beware the Ides of March.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A cat has nine lives.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Time is money.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

East is east, and west is west.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Time and tide wait for no one.

What goes around comes around.

All's fair in love and war.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All good things come to those that wait.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A cat may look at a king.

Love makes the world go round.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Let well alone.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Love is blind.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Cheats never prosper.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone has their price.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Give credit where credit is due.

Practice what you preach.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

Hide in plain sight.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Love will find a way.

There are two sides to every question.

No man is an island.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Revenge is sweet.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A fish always rots from the head.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Time flies.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

If you build it, they will come.

Never tell tales out of school.

Share and share alike.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is only skin deep.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

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

Speak as you find.

You can't win them all.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The age of miracles is past.

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

All the world loves a lover.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Only the good die young.

Enough is enough.

Money talks.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Different strokes for different folks.

It never rains but it pours.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bigger, the better.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Every stick has two ends.