Seek and you shall find.

Put your best foot forward.

Seize the day.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Good talk saves the food.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There is no accounting for tastes.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Nine tailors make a man.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Money talks.

There's no time like the present.

Pearls of wisdom.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Time will tell.

Big fish eat little fish.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Love will find a way.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A man is known by his friends.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All publicity is good publicity.

Speak as you find.

It goes without saying.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It's never too late to mend.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Forewarned is forearmed.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every picture tells a story.

Tomorrow is another day.

Oil and water don't mix.

No pain, no gain.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Silence is golden.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope springs eternal.

All good things come to those that wait.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A thing begun is half done.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Love is blind.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Truth will out.

One good deed deserves another.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All you need is love.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's better to give than to receive.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Great minds think alike.

Slow but sure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

First things first.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All roads lead to Rome.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Even a worm will turn.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your powder dry.

Better late than never.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Let well alone.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Two heads are better than one.

A golden key can open any door.

No man is an island.

Still waters run deep.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Look before you leap.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Haste makes waste.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's no smoke without fire.

Any port in a storm.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Physician, heal thyself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Variety is the spice of life.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the buyer beware.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Blood is thicker than water.

Less said, soon mended.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East is east, and west is west.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Wonders will never cease.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

You can't win them all.

History repeats itself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Money isn't everything.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

What goes around comes around.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A house is not a home.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Honesty is the best policy.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Forgive and forget.

Patience is a virtue.

It never rains but it pours.

Share and share alike.

Silence construes consent.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

There's one born every minute.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The truth will out.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't rock the boat.

Give the Devil his due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If you build it, they will come.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Make haste slowly.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Fight the good fight.

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

Charity begins at home.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A cat may look at a king.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Bad news travels fast.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

Live and let live.

Every dog has its day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fight fire with fire.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fortune favours the brave.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money makes the world go round.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

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

No news is good news.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Go the extra mile.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All that glitters is not gold.

Horses for courses.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Easy come, easy go.

Only the good die young.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never go to bed on an argument.

Faith will move mountains.

Might is right.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Let bygones be bygones.

Small things amuse small minds.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If the cap fits, wear it.

First come, first served.

Another day, another dollar.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The end justifies the means.

No man can serve two masters.

Knowledge is power.

The exception which proves the rule.

Talk is cheap.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

All the world loves a lover.

The customer is always right.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The Devil looks after his own.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to tango.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All good things must come to an end.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

One hand washes the other.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

More haste, less speed.

Practice what you preach.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A fish always rots from the head.

Opposites attract.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

For everything there is a season.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Give credit where credit is due.

You are what you eat.

Time is a great healer.

Enough is enough.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

The best-laid plans go astray.

No rest for the wicked.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

An army marches on its stomach.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Get out while the getting is good.

Tomorrow never comes.

The early bird gets the worm.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Accidents will happen.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Count your blessings.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good things come in small packages.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Everyone has their price.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Quid pro quo.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Each to their own.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't take it with you.

The bigger, the better.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The age of miracles is past.

Waste not, want not.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing new under the sun.

There are two sides to every question.

Persuasion is better than force.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Live and learn.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There is honour among thieves.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Never tell tales out of school.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To every thing there is a season.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

Crime doesn't pay.

You are never too old to learn.

The wages of sin is death.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Home is where the heart is.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Moderation in all things.

Less is more.

Keep your chin up.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Life begins at forty.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The Devil is in the details.

Time flies.

It takes one to know one.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The Devil looks after his own.