The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Money talks.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Life begins at forty.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

It's the singer not the song.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

East is east, and west is west.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Like father, like son.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fortune favours the brave.

Everyone has their price.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All roads lead to Rome.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

Haste makes waste.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes two to tango.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Walls have ears.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Time will tell.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Silence construes consent.

Waste not, want not.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The Devil looks after his own.

Make haste slowly.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Seek and you shall find.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Knowledge is power.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Time flies.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Share and share alike.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Keep your chin up.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's no place like home.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

Accidents will happen.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Money makes the world go round.

Get out while the getting is good.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

The more the merrier.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A man is known by his friends.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There is honour among thieves.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Only fools and horses work.

To every thing there is a season.

Make love not war.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no smoke without fire.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't always get what you want.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faith will move mountains.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The show must go on.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The bigger, the better.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

It's better to give than to receive.

Paddle your own canoe.

Money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A house is not a home.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All's well that ends well.

Good things come to those who wait.

Silence is golden.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Actions speak louder than words.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

First things first.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

East, west, home's best.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

More haste, less speed.

Appearances can be deceptive.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Nothing new under the sun.

Better late than never.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A cat has nine lives.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Live and let live.

Another day, another dollar.

Fight fire with fire.

There's safety in numbers.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Live and learn.

Never tell tales out of school.

The wages of sin is death.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You can't win them all.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Forgive and forget.

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

All the world loves a lover.

He who hesitates is lost.

Every dog has its day.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A watched pot never boils.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

'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.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Virtue is its own reward.

Every stick has two ends.

Enough is enough.

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

Slow but sure.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Count your blessings.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A cat may look at a king.

Each to their own.

All things must pass.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Let well alone.

Cheats never prosper.

All's fair in love and war.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

A good man is hard to find.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Look before you leap.

It never rains but it pours.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Physician, heal thyself.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's never too late to mend.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The truth will out.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Time is a great healer.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Misery loves company.

Life is what you make it.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Pearls of wisdom.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Ignorance is bliss.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Every picture tells a story.

Truth will out.

Variety is the spice of life.

A thing begun is half done.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Put your best foot forward.

Keep your powder dry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You are what you eat.

Easy come, easy go.

An man's home is his castle.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Moderation in all things.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It goes without saying.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Practice what you preach.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Only the good die young.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The Devil is in the details.

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Always put your best foot forward.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The end justifies the means.

Even a worm will turn.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Tomorrow is another day.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

You can't take it with you.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Love makes the world go round.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Beware the Ides of March.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The customer is always right.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Might is right.

No pain, no gain.

Hide in plain sight.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes one to know one.

While there is life, there is hope.

There are two sides to every question.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Love is blind.

Manners maketh the man.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Opposites attract.

What goes around comes around.

Time is money.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Business before pleasure.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Seize the day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If you build it, they will come.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You reap what you sow.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

No news is good news.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

No man is an island.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Great minds think alike.

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

Love will find a way.

Any port in a storm.

History repeats itself.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Give the Devil his due.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

What goes up must come down.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A golden key can open any door.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All you need is love.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Give credit where credit is due.

Money isn't everything.

Horses for courses.

Dead men tell no tales.

There's one born every minute.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A bad penny always turns up.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Blood is thicker than water.

Persuasion is better than force.

Better safe than sorry.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Less said, soon mended.

All good things must come to an end.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Speak as you find.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Still waters run deep.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There but for the grace of God, go I.