A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Third time lucky.

There's an exception to every rule.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Money talks.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hide in plain sight.

Let the buyer beware.

You are what you eat.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

A cat has nine lives.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Better late than never.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Good fences make good neighbours.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Time is a great healer.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No pain, no gain.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's the singer not the song.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Big fish eat little fish.

Bad money drives out good.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It's never too late to mend.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All roads lead to Rome.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Truth will out.

Seize the day.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Silence is golden.

Make love not war.

Fight the good fight.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The early bird gets the worm.

Slow but sure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The best things in life are free.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

While there is life, there is hope.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Count your blessings.

Even a worm will turn.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All things must pass.

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

Quid pro quo.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Practice makes perfect.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fortune favours the brave.

No rest for the wicked.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bigger, the better.

Practice what you preach.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Pearls of wisdom.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's no time like the present.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All you need is love.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Money makes the world go round.

Speak as you find.

Waste not, want not.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Like father, like son.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Do as I say, not as I do.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Live and let live.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Always put your best foot forward.

Might is right.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There is honour among thieves.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Live and learn.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Life is what you make it.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A word to the wise is enough.

Two heads are better than one.

Great minds think alike.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

Enough is enough.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Easy come, easy go.

Every picture tells a story.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Accidents will happen.

Everyone has their price.

Different strokes for different folks.

Home is where the heart is.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

All's fair in love and war.

All that glitters is not gold.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's better to give than to receive.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

The show must go on.

Virtue is its own reward.

It goes without saying.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Manners maketh the man.

Every dog has its day.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Love is blind.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Good talk saves the food.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Opposites attract.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Better safe than sorry.

No news is good news.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Get out while the getting is good.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your chin up.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Time will tell.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Look before you leap.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

More haste, less speed.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Talk is cheap.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Only the good die young.

Another day, another dollar.

Each to their own.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Love will find a way.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fight fire with fire.

He who hesitates is lost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The more the merrier.

Money isn't everything.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's one born every minute.

Make haste slowly.

Seeing is believing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

To every thing there is a season.

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

For everything there is a season.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Less is more.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Only fools and horses work.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

No man is an island.

East, west, home's best.

Time flies.

Wonders will never cease.

Tomorrow is another day.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

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

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

An man's home is his castle.

Life begins at forty.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Clothes do not make the man.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Good things come to those who wait.

No man can serve two masters.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

There are two sides to every question.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The end justifies the means.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Any port in a storm.

First come, first served.

You can't take it with you.

The best defence is a good offence.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Knowledge is power.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

What goes up must come down.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It takes one to know one.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Blood is thicker than water.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Time is money.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Patience is a virtue.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Bad news travels fast.

Haste makes waste.

All's well that ends well.

Never tell tales out of school.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Hope springs eternal.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Seek and you shall find.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An army marches on its stomach.

Many hands make light work.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Let bygones be bygones.

One good deed deserves another.

Oil and water don't mix.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

One hand washes the other.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Give credit where credit is due.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Still waters run deep.

All good things come to those that wait.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't always get what you want.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The customer is always right.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There's no place like home.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The wages of sin is death.

A good man is hard to find.

The Devil is in the details.

You win some, you lose some.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Moderation in all things.

Misery loves company.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't rock the boat.

Horses for courses.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All good things must come to an end.

Go the extra mile.

History repeats itself.

The truth will out.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Forgive and forget.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Love makes the world go round.

What goes around comes around.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A golden key can open any door.

First things first.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The best is the enemy of the good.