Blessed are the peacemakers.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The customer is always right.

It takes two to tango.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes one to know one.

Forgive and forget.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The best things in life are free.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

No rest for the wicked.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't win them all.

Money talks.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Money makes the world go round.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Nine tailors make a man.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

East, west, home's best.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't get mad, get even.

No man is an island.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Moderation in all things.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no place like home.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Paddle your own canoe.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Crime doesn't pay.

Time is money.

All's well that ends well.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

The bigger, the better.

Count your blessings.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Talk is cheap.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Haste makes waste.

Look before you leap.

There's one born every minute.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It never rains but it pours.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A man is known by his friends.

Love makes the world go round.

Slow but sure.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Practice what you preach.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't always get what you want.

Curiosity killed the cat.

What goes up must come down.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

A good man is hard to find.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Time will tell.

All good things come to those that wait.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A watched pot never boils.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let the buyer beware.

The best defence is a good offence.

Give the Devil his due.

A fish always rots from the head.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Share and share alike.

East is east, and west is west.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The truth will out.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love will find a way.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Opposites attract.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Charity begins at home.

Money isn't everything.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

The age of miracles is past.

Business before pleasure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Seek and you shall find.

A word to the wise is enough.

Life begins at forty.

A cat has nine lives.

A bad penny always turns up.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Practice makes perfect.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

He who hesitates is lost.

Clothes do not make the man.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Life is what you make it.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All good things must come to an end.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Misery loves company.

Good things come to those who wait.

You are what you eat.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All you need is love.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Never speak ill of the dead.

History repeats itself.

There is honour among thieves.

Time flies.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Manners maketh the man.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Many hands make light work.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Go the extra mile.

Silence is golden.

Better late than never.

Quid pro quo.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Still waters run deep.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every dog has its day.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Wonders will never cease.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live and learn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's an exception to every rule.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cheats never prosper.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A thing begun is half done.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Accidents will happen.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't rock the boat.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Knowledge is power.

Seeing is believing.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Revenge is sweet.

You win some, you lose some.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Love is blind.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Easy come, easy go.

It's never too late to mend.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's all grist to the mill.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

The more the merrier.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All publicity is good publicity.

The show must go on.

Let bygones be bygones.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Silence construes consent.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Pride comes before a fall.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You are never too old to learn.

Seize the day.

Stupid is as stupid does.

An army marches on its stomach.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Like father, like son.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Any port in a storm.

No news is good news.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Never tell tales out of school.

Speak as you find.

Waste not, want not.

A cat may look at a king.

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

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Even a worm will turn.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Home is where the heart is.

All things must pass.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Keep your powder dry.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No pain, no gain.

Slow and steady wins the race.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Only the good die young.

The exception which proves the rule.

One hand washes the other.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Another day, another dollar.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Make haste slowly.

Get out while the getting is good.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every stick has two ends.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It's better to give than to receive.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

It goes without saying.

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

It's the singer not the song.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

First things first.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Hope springs eternal.

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

First come, first served.

Good talk saves the food.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Pearls of wisdom.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Each to their own.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

For everything there is a season.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Let well alone.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Everyone has their price.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

A house is not a home.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Great minds think alike.

If you build it, they will come.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Third time lucky.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Walls have ears.

To every thing there is a season.

Faith will move mountains.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

You reap what you sow.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Learn to walk before you run.

Persuasion is better than force.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Horses for courses.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Enough is enough.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

The best things in life are free.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

The end justifies the means.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's safety in numbers.

Money is the root of all evil.

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