No pain, no gain.

The truth will out.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's no place like home.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't take it with you.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Accidents will happen.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

To every thing there is a season.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Seize the day.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The Devil looks after his own.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time is a great healer.

Dead men tell no tales.

Haste makes waste.

Money isn't everything.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Third time lucky.

Blood is thicker than water.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Live and let live.

He who hesitates is lost.

All good things come to those that wait.

If you build it, they will come.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Pearls of wisdom.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Put your best foot forward.

Charity begins at home.

Variety is the spice of life.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

First come, first served.

East, west, home's best.

God helps those who help themselves.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Life is what you make it.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil is in the details.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Honesty is the best policy.

A man is known by his friends.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's the singer not the song.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

First things first.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It takes two to tango.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Slow but sure.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Make haste slowly.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All that glitters is not gold.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Practice makes perfect.

Good talk saves the food.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Even a worm will turn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Never tell tales out of school.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Misery loves company.

Big fish eat little fish.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You are never too old to learn.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Money makes the world go round.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let bygones be bygones.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Count your blessings.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Like father, like son.

The leopard does not change his spots.

What goes up must come down.

Virtue is its own reward.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Good things come in small packages.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Keep your chin up.

No man is an island.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All you need is love.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Give credit where credit is due.

Revenge is sweet.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

East is east, and west is west.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Love will find a way.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love makes the world go round.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Might is right.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Learn to walk before you run.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Time will tell.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best defence is a good offence.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bigger, the better.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The best things in life are free.

Many hands make light work.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Oil and water don't mix.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Bad news travels fast.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Time flies.

Speak as you find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheats never prosper.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Forgive and forget.

Every picture tells a story.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Let well alone.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't always get what you want.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

What goes around comes around.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't rock the boat.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Two heads are better than one.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's safety in numbers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

There's no time like the present.

You can't win them all.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't make bricks without straw.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It takes one to know one.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Every dog has its day.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Silence is golden.

Each to their own.

Tomorrow never comes.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Share and share alike.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No news is good news.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Go the extra mile.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love is blind.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Talk is cheap.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Money talks.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Enough is enough.

Moderation in all things.

A fish always rots from the head.

All the world loves a lover.

A bad penny always turns up.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Quid pro quo.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Always put your best foot forward.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Any port in a storm.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It goes without saying.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

History repeats itself.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Faith will move mountains.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Wonders will never cease.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You reap what you sow.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Manners maketh the man.

Great minds think alike.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Walls have ears.

Life begins at forty.

Time is money.

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

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nothing new under the sun.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All's well that ends well.

Christmas comes but once a year.

One hand washes the other.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Seek and you shall find.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Horses for courses.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't get mad, get even.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

It's never too late to mend.

Stupid is as stupid does.

For everything there is a season.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A good man is hard to find.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A cat has nine lives.

The customer is always right.

Bad money drives out good.

The end justifies the means.

There is honour among thieves.

Business before pleasure.

Actions speak louder than words.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

Opposites attract.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

More haste, less speed.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All things must pass.

The more the merrier.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no smoke without fire.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Only the good die young.

Only fools and horses work.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

No rest for the wicked.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hide in plain sight.

There's an exception to every rule.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

There's one born every minute.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Patience is a virtue.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A watched pot never boils.

Keep your powder dry.

Make love not war.

Beware the Ides of March.

One good deed deserves another.

It never rains but it pours.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Still waters run deep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Tomorrow is another day.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Truth will out.

Never speak ill of the dead.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

You are what you eat.

Look before you leap.

Practice what you preach.

Better safe than sorry.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A thing begun is half done.

Shrouds have no pockets.