It's the singer not the song.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

An man's home is his castle.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Like father, like son.

Opposites attract.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All publicity is good publicity.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The bigger, the better.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Bad money drives out good.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Two heads are better than one.

Slow and steady wins the race.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Honesty is the best policy.

Give the Devil his due.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You can't win them all.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

More haste, less speed.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's one born every minute.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

No rest for the wicked.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Nine tailors make a man.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Different strokes for different folks.

Patience is a virtue.

While there is life, there is hope.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All things must pass.

It goes without saying.

Go the extra mile.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

The best things in life are free.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You are what you eat.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fight fire with fire.

Life begins at forty.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Every dog has its day.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Less said, soon mended.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes two to tango.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no time like the present.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Easy come, easy go.

Small things amuse small minds.

Every picture tells a story.

Slow but sure.

All that glitters is not gold.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

An army marches on its stomach.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All the world loves a lover.

The truth will out.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let well alone.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't take it with you.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Money talks.

For everything there is a season.

A golden key can open any door.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nothing new under the sun.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Any port in a storm.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Love will find a way.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Misery loves company.

East, west, home's best.

Practice what you preach.

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

Seeing is believing.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A cat has nine lives.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

The more the merrier.

Great minds think alike.

Better late than never.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Everyone has their price.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The Devil is in the details.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Make haste slowly.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Get out while the getting is good.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Still waters run deep.

No news is good news.

A good man is hard to find.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All's well that ends well.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Enough is enough.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love is blind.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cheats never prosper.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Persuasion is better than force.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Silence is golden.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Horses for courses.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A word to the wise is enough.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Tomorrow is another day.

If you build it, they will come.

Paddle your own canoe.

Share and share alike.

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

All you need is love.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Less is more.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

No man is an island.

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

You reap what you sow.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Actions speak louder than words.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Forgive and forget.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

What goes around comes around.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

All's fair in love and war.

A house is not a home.

Live and let live.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Even a worm will turn.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Bad news travels fast.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Put your best foot forward.

There's an exception to every rule.

Laughter is the best medicine.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Count your blessings.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Hope springs eternal.

First come, first served.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A cat may look at a king.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Might is right.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Learn to walk before you run.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The age of miracles is past.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The end justifies the means.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It's better to give than to receive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Truth will out.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The customer is always right.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Home is where the heart is.

Big fish eat little fish.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Give credit where credit is due.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Time is money.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Blood is thicker than water.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Only fools and horses work.

Physician, heal thyself.

First things first.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It never rains but it pours.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Quid pro quo.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Business before pleasure.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time flies.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time will tell.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time is a great healer.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Good things come in small packages.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

What goes up must come down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All good things come to those that wait.

Fight the good fight.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Walls have ears.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Waste not, want not.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Let bygones be bygones.

Third time lucky.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Each to their own.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All good things must come to an end.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There is honour among thieves.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Accidents will happen.

Money isn't everything.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no place like home.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Knowledge is power.

Make love not war.

Fortune favours the brave.

Only the good die young.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Silence construes consent.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There are two sides to every question.

There's safety in numbers.

A thing begun is half done.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's never too late to mend.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It takes one to know one.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Speak as you find.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Seize the day.

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

Live and learn.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A fish always rots from the head.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

No pain, no gain.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Keep your powder dry.

A bad penny always turns up.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.