Get out while the getting is good.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A cat may look at a king.

Another day, another dollar.

All you need is love.

Ignorance is bliss.

Virtue is its own reward.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The Devil is in the details.

There's one born every minute.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nine tailors make a man.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Look before you leap.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

All good things must come to an end.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A fish always rots from the head.

Let bygones be bygones.

Hope springs eternal.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The more the merrier.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Practice makes perfect.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Seeing is believing.

Love is blind.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Home is where the heart is.

The best things in life are free.

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

Time is money.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Talk is cheap.

Pride comes before a fall.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no time like the present.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing new under the sun.

Always put your best foot forward.

No man is an island.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Live and learn.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's best to be on the safe side.

First things first.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You are what you eat.

Count your blessings.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Better safe than sorry.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Haste makes waste.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Give the Devil his due.

For everything there is a season.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Accidents will happen.

What goes around comes around.

No rest for the wicked.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Forgive and forget.

Two heads are better than one.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Beware the Ides of March.

East, west, home's best.

Practice what you preach.

The bigger, the better.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Crime doesn't pay.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Less is more.

The show must go on.

First come, first served.

A watched pot never boils.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A thing begun is half done.

Any port in a storm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It goes without saying.

Let well alone.

Love will find a way.

A good man is hard to find.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

To every thing there is a season.

All good things come to those that wait.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All the world loves a lover.

Truth will out.

Money makes the world go round.

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

You reap what you sow.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If you build it, they will come.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Misery loves company.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Quid pro quo.

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

The end justifies the means.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The age of miracles is past.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A bad penny always turns up.

Paddle your own canoe.

All's fair in love and war.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's safety in numbers.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Enough is enough.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let the buyer beware.

Money is the root of all evil.

Might is right.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The exception which proves the rule.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Make love not war.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Good talk saves the food.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fight the good fight.

What goes up must come down.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Silence is golden.

It takes two to tango.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A golden key can open any door.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The best is the enemy of the good.

One hand washes the other.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Still waters run deep.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Dead men tell no tales.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The customer is always right.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Only fools and horses work.

Never tell tales out of school.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't take it with you.

Slow but sure.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A word to the wise is enough.

Clothes do not make the man.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Keep your chin up.

Life begins at forty.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Waste not, want not.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Go the extra mile.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

It never rains but it pours.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Time flies.

Third time lucky.

Walls have ears.

Share and share alike.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Life is what you make it.

You can't win them all.

Time will tell.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Live and let live.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

No pain, no gain.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Opposites attract.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All things must pass.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The wages of sin is death.

The early bird gets the worm.

Give credit where credit is due.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Even a worm will turn.

Every picture tells a story.

History repeats itself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Money talks.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's an exception to every rule.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Hide in plain sight.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes one to know one.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Only the good die young.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All's well that ends well.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Charity begins at home.

Patience is a virtue.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

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

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Bad money drives out good.

Better late than never.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Seize the day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Seek and you shall find.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's no place like home.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There is honour among thieves.

You win some, you lose some.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Money isn't everything.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Persuasion is better than force.

Moderation in all things.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Horses for courses.

God helps those who help themselves.

Each to their own.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make haste slowly.

Business before pleasure.

It's all grist to the mill.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A man is known by his friends.

Like father, like son.

Time is a great healer.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Never go to bed on an argument.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Every dog has its day.