Less is more.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The best things in life are free.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't get mad, get even.

Hide in plain sight.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Slow but sure.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Big fish eat little fish.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Great minds think alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Seeing is believing.

You are never too old to learn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Might is right.

Practice makes perfect.

Life is what you make it.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A fish always rots from the head.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Truth will out.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Practice what you preach.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing new under the sun.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't rock the boat.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

All good things come to those that wait.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Paddle your own canoe.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All you need is love.

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

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Charity begins at home.

You can't always get what you want.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

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

There's one born every minute.

The bigger, the better.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There's no time like the present.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

All's fair in love and war.

There is honour among thieves.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't win them all.

All things must pass.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

East, west, home's best.

No man is an island.

A watched pot never boils.

Money makes the world go round.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Walls have ears.

Physician, heal thyself.

First come, first served.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Third time lucky.

Keep your chin up.

An man's home is his castle.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love will find a way.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

One hand washes the other.

It's never too late to mend.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Hope springs eternal.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Beauty is only skin deep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time flies.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Misery loves company.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Less said, soon mended.

Seize the day.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All good things must come to an end.

The show must go on.

A thing begun is half done.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time is a great healer.

Fortune favours the brave.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Actions speak louder than words.

The best defence is a good offence.

Haste makes waste.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

Many hands make light work.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Enough is enough.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Let well alone.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Money talks.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All's well that ends well.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Virtue is its own reward.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes two to tango.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The end justifies the means.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Horses for courses.

Look before you leap.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

If you build it, they will come.

No rest for the wicked.

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

The customer is always right.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Only the good die young.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Variety is the spice of life.

Money is the root of all evil.

Moderation in all things.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The exception which proves the rule.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Better safe than sorry.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

More haste, less speed.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The age of miracles is past.

Time is money.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

Always put your best foot forward.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Make haste slowly.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Silence is golden.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Forgive and forget.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Bad news travels fast.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fight the good fight.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Two heads are better than one.

Everyone has their price.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Talk is cheap.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

For everything there is a season.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fight fire with fire.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Patience is a virtue.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Opposites attract.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Wonders will never cease.

Tomorrow is another day.

You are what you eat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Speak as you find.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's the singer not the song.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There's an exception to every rule.

God helps those who help themselves.

Honesty is the best policy.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

History repeats itself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't take it with you.

A good man is hard to find.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Business before pleasure.

Easy come, easy go.

Better late than never.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It takes one to know one.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Every dog has its day.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A golden key can open any door.

Each to their own.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The truth will out.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Accidents will happen.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Clothes do not make the man.

One good deed deserves another.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The more the merrier.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Live and let live.

There's no place like home.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

All publicity is good publicity.

Love makes the world go round.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

All that glitters is not gold.

Quid pro quo.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Persuasion is better than force.

Tomorrow never comes.

Learn to walk before you run.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Pride comes before a fall.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

What goes up must come down.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Even a worm will turn.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Life begins at forty.

Pearls of wisdom.

Dead men tell no tales.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All the world loves a lover.

It's better to give than to receive.

It never rains but it pours.

Share and share alike.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's all grist to the mill.

The wages of sin is death.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

An army marches on its stomach.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time will tell.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Make love not war.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

What goes around comes around.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

First things first.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

A cat may look at a king.

East is east, and west is west.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One swallow does not a summer make.