The exception which proves the rule.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Misery loves company.

Share and share alike.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Pride comes before a fall.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Make haste slowly.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

No pain, no gain.

Horses for courses.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Live and learn.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

What goes up must come down.

Go the extra mile.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Seek and you shall find.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Home is where the heart is.

More haste, less speed.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Faith will move mountains.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Forgive and forget.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Business before pleasure.

A fish always rots from the head.

Talk is cheap.

Love makes the world go round.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Love is blind.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Give credit where credit is due.

It goes without saying.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Cheats never prosper.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Even a worm will turn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

An man's home is his castle.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Only the good die young.

All's well that ends well.

Each to their own.

All the world loves a lover.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Moderation in all things.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Better late than never.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

Opposites attract.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Time is money.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't always get what you want.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All good things must come to an end.

Physician, heal thyself.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Virtue is its own reward.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Variety is the spice of life.

The best defence is a good offence.

The customer is always right.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Silence is golden.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Bad money drives out good.

One good deed deserves another.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A bad penny always turns up.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Live and let live.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The best things in life are free.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Hope springs eternal.

East is east, and west is west.

Persuasion is better than force.

Might is right.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

East, west, home's best.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The Devil is in the details.

Haste makes waste.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't rock the boat.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It's all grist to the mill.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A cat has nine lives.

You can't take it with you.

It takes two to tango.

Seize the day.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Less said, soon mended.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All's fair in love and war.

You win some, you lose some.

There are two sides to every question.

Charity begins at home.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Actions speak louder than words.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A good man is hard to find.

There's one born every minute.

Money talks.

Good things come to those who wait.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Any port in a storm.

Enough is enough.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Every picture tells a story.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

No man is an island.

Quid pro quo.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Keep your chin up.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All things must pass.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Money makes the world go round.

It's never too late to mend.

Wonders will never cease.

Keep your powder dry.

There's safety in numbers.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every dog has its day.

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

Time will tell.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Make love not war.

Ignorance is bliss.

Blood is thicker than water.

All publicity is good publicity.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Always put your best foot forward.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Bad news travels fast.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Seeing is believing.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money isn't everything.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Walls have ears.

History repeats itself.

An army marches on its stomach.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let the buyer beware.

You are what you eat.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bigger, the better.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

There's no time like the present.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Easy come, easy go.

If the cap fits, wear it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To every thing there is a season.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't get mad, get even.

The age of miracles is past.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Time flies.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Count your blessings.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The show must go on.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The more the merrier.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Practice what you preach.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Give the Devil his due.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Truth will out.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Only fools and horses work.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Crime doesn't pay.

There's no place like home.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

For everything there is a season.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every stick has two ends.

Less is more.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't win them all.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Waste not, want not.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Patience is a virtue.

Honesty is the best policy.

Speak as you find.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There's no smoke without fire.

Paddle your own canoe.

You are never too old to learn.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Silence construes consent.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Oil and water don't mix.

It never rains but it pours.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A man is known by his friends.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Tomorrow never comes.

Practice makes perfect.

Two heads are better than one.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Put your best foot forward.

Let well alone.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fortune favours the brave.

The end justifies the means.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Fight the good fight.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Good talk saves the food.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The truth will out.

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

Life is what you make it.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Still waters run deep.

Get out while the getting is good.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

God helps those who help themselves.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Shrouds have no pockets.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

All you need is love.

All roads lead to Rome.

A thing begun is half done.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A house is not a home.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Slow but sure.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Time is a great healer.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Everyone has their price.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Look before you leap.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Life begins at forty.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There is honour among thieves.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Nothing new under the sun.

Third time lucky.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Many hands make light work.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It takes one to know one.

Small things amuse small minds.

First things first.