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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Nothing new under the sun.

The truth will out.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Never tell tales out of school.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Silence construes consent.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Let well alone.

All's well that ends well.

A cat may look at a king.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

East, west, home's best.

Time is a great healer.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Fight the good fight.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Good things come to those who wait.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A fish always rots from the head.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The best-laid plans go astray.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Like father, like son.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Seeing is believing.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Get out while the getting is good.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't take it with you.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Another day, another dollar.

Life begins at forty.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't win them all.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Speak as you find.

An army marches on its stomach.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Hide in plain sight.

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

The bigger, the better.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beware the Ides of March.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Faith will move mountains.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Great minds think alike.

Nine tailors make a man.

Oil and water don't mix.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Might is right.

There's safety in numbers.

Charity begins at home.

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

A watched pot never boils.

There is honour among thieves.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's no smoke without fire.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The show must go on.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Money makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Any port in a storm.

Third time lucky.

He who hesitates is lost.

Pride comes before a fall.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Misery loves company.

It's all grist to the mill.

Every stick has two ends.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A golden key can open any door.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Live and let live.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

To every thing there is a season.

You are never too old to learn.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Every picture tells a story.

Give credit where credit is due.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Business before pleasure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

What goes around comes around.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money isn't everything.

The best defence is a good offence.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The end justifies the means.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Talk is cheap.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The more the merrier.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Home is where the heart is.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Each to their own.

Easy come, easy go.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Knowledge is power.

You reap what you sow.

Bad news travels fast.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time is money.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Walls have ears.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Two heads are better than one.

A man is known by his friends.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Good talk saves the food.

All's fair in love and war.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Different strokes for different folks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

For everything there is a season.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All roads lead to Rome.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Less said, soon mended.

Everyone has their price.

Manners maketh the man.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't rock the boat.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Horses for courses.

Better safe than sorry.

No news is good news.

The age of miracles is past.

One hand washes the other.

All things must pass.

The Devil is in the details.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Big fish eat little fish.

Life is what you make it.

Waste not, want not.

Forgive and forget.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Time flies.

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

There's no time like the present.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The best things in life are free.

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

Time will tell.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Only fools and horses work.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Money talks.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

All you need is love.

It goes without saying.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Good things come in small packages.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A house is not a home.

Make love not war.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

No man can serve two masters.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Seize the day.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Keep your chin up.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no place like home.

Paddle your own canoe.

Make haste slowly.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

You are what you eat.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Share and share alike.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Blood is thicker than water.

Learn to walk before you run.

All publicity is good publicity.

Revenge is sweet.

East is east, and west is west.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Count your blessings.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

First things first.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's one born every minute.

Still waters run deep.

A miss is as good as a mile.

It never rains but it pours.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Slow but sure.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Put your best foot forward.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Truth will out.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Live and learn.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No rest for the wicked.

The wages of sin is death.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Persuasion is better than force.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Only the good die young.

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

Love will find a way.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Crime doesn't pay.

Actions speak louder than words.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If you build it, they will come.

A thing begun is half done.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

God helps those who help themselves.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Enough is enough.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

No pain, no gain.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Many hands make light work.

Better late than never.

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

Accidents will happen.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Every dog has its day.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes one to know one.

Patience is a virtue.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A good man is hard to find.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Cheats never prosper.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Moderation in all things.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Look before you leap.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It's never too late to mend.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The customer is always right.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Even a worm will turn.

Fight fire with fire.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Practice what you preach.