Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

History repeats itself.

Accidents will happen.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Pride comes before a fall.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time will tell.

Oil and water don't mix.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There's no smoke without fire.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Quid pro quo.

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

Better late than never.

The truth will out.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Revenge is sweet.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

No man is an island.

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

One good deed deserves another.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Beware the Ides of March.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hide in plain sight.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's never too late to mend.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You reap what you sow.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Live and learn.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

One swallow does not a summer make.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love makes the world go round.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All the world loves a lover.

Clothes do not make the man.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Let the buyer beware.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

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

Horses for courses.

Live and let live.

Time is money.

No news is good news.

To the victor go the spoils.

Seize the day.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The Devil is in the details.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Still waters run deep.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Less is more.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A thing begun is half done.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's safety in numbers.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A watched pot never boils.

Nine tailors make a man.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Easy come, easy go.

No pain, no gain.

Money isn't everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's no time like the present.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Silence construes consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Even a worm will turn.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Better safe than sorry.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Might is right.

Crime doesn't pay.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All good things must come to an end.

For everything there is a season.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The best is the enemy of the good.

First things first.

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Speak as you find.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't change horses in midstream.

More haste, less speed.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Haste makes waste.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

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

Slow but sure.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The more the merrier.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The show must go on.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Silence is golden.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All you need is love.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Manners maketh the man.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It takes two to tango.

You can't take it with you.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

No rest for the wicked.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Enough is enough.

Fight the good fight.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Misery loves company.

Bad money drives out good.

The best defence is a good offence.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Love is blind.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Paddle your own canoe.

What goes up must come down.

The best things in life are free.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

No man can serve two masters.

Another day, another dollar.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't always get what you want.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Practice what you preach.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The end justifies the means.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Tomorrow is another day.

Physician, heal thyself.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Different strokes for different folks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Life begins at forty.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To every thing there is a season.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

First come, first served.

Actions speak louder than words.

Pearls of wisdom.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Knowledge is power.

Opposites attract.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Make love not war.

Only the good die young.

Money makes the world go round.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

There is honour among thieves.

Patience is a virtue.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You win some, you lose some.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Dead men tell no tales.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All things must pass.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Go the extra mile.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

The bigger, the better.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Share and share alike.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

What goes around comes around.

Only fools and horses work.

It takes one to know one.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Every dog has its day.

Like father, like son.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nothing new under the sun.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The wages of sin is death.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Virtue is its own reward.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Truth will out.

A man is known by his friends.

There's an exception to every rule.

The leopard does not change his spots.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Time flies.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Give the Devil his due.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

The customer is always right.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Wonders will never cease.

Good things come to those who wait.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's one born every minute.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Forgive and forget.

It goes without saying.

Money talks.

Keep your chin up.

Each to their own.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

East, west, home's best.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If you build it, they will come.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fight fire with fire.

Moderation in all things.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All's well that ends well.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Ignorance is bliss.

You can't win them all.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Put your best foot forward.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A cat may look at a king.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Walls have ears.

Don't get mad, get even.

Third time lucky.

You are never too old to learn.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Hope springs eternal.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Many hands make light work.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All roads lead to Rome.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Small things amuse small minds.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Less said, soon mended.

Every stick has two ends.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It's better to give than to receive.

Business before pleasure.

Big fish eat little fish.

There's no place like home.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cheats never prosper.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Keep your powder dry.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never tell tales out of school.

Faith will move mountains.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

You are what you eat.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time is a great healer.

Count your blessings.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Great minds think alike.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.