Good things come to those who wait.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's safety in numbers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Quid pro quo.

The Devil is in the details.

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

All's well that ends well.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Put your best foot forward.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All that glitters is not gold.

Give the Devil his due.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A cat may look at a king.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Charity begins at home.

Better late than never.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

Horses for courses.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Wonders will never cease.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

All you need is love.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Time flies.

Good talk saves the food.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Make haste slowly.

Variety is the spice of life.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All good things come to those that wait.

Even a worm will turn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't get mad, get even.

Oil and water don't mix.

Everyone has their price.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

To every thing there is a season.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Forgive and forget.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Let well alone.

You are never too old to learn.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Live and learn.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If you build it, they will come.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Bad money drives out good.

Life is what you make it.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Each to their own.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nine tailors make a man.

There are two sides to every question.

All roads lead to Rome.

Count your blessings.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Patience is a virtue.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Every dog has its day.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

First come, first served.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Time will tell.

For everything there is a season.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Practice makes perfect.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Enough is enough.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Physician, heal thyself.

No news is good news.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

What can't be cured must be endured.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can't take it with you.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A golden key can open any door.

Seize the day.

Persuasion is better than force.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Manners maketh the man.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fight fire with fire.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Paddle your own canoe.

Opposites attract.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let bygones be bygones.

Better safe than sorry.

The customer is always right.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Waste not, want not.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Great minds think alike.

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Only the good die young.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Might is right.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Less is more.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Every stick has two ends.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time is a great healer.

Accidents will happen.

The best defence is a good offence.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

History repeats itself.

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

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Small things amuse small minds.

A bad penny always turns up.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A man is known by his friends.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't always get what you want.

Truth will out.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give credit where credit is due.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Strike while the iron is hot.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Virtue is its own reward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Money talks.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Speak as you find.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Talk is cheap.

A watched pot never boils.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The best things in life are free.

Love makes the world go round.

Moderation in all things.

The more the merrier.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

One hand washes the other.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Revenge is sweet.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Easy come, easy go.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Share and share alike.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There's an exception to every rule.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Seeing is believing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Love will find a way.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's never too late to mend.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Learn to walk before you run.

Time is money.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

What goes up must come down.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Never tell tales out of school.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The truth will out.

Business before pleasure.

A house is not a home.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You reap what you sow.

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

No man is an island.

Life begins at forty.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Silence is golden.

Practice what you preach.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It goes without saying.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your chin up.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The show must go on.

Silence construes consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There is honour among thieves.

He who hesitates is lost.

Pearls of wisdom.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

First things first.

Tomorrow never comes.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

East, west, home's best.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Dead men tell no tales.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Still waters run deep.

All publicity is good publicity.

All things must pass.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't rock the boat.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You win some, you lose some.

Love is blind.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Haste makes waste.

Knowledge is power.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fight the good fight.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One good deed deserves another.

All good things must come to an end.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

Every picture tells a story.

It takes one to know one.

Make love not war.

While there is life, there is hope.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Once bitten, twice shy.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An army marches on its stomach.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Money isn't everything.

No pain, no gain.

Keep your powder dry.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

There's no time like the present.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Hope springs eternal.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Walls have ears.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Big fish eat little fish.

It never rains but it pours.

Any port in a storm.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Once a thief, always a thief.