A soft answer turneth away wrath.

What goes up must come down.

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

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

Look before you leap.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

All's fair in love and war.

Cheats never prosper.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Bad news travels fast.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

First things first.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Accidents will happen.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

For everything there is a season.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A fish always rots from the head.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All things must pass.

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

Speak as you find.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Time is a great healer.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Wonders will never cease.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Knowledge is power.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The bigger, the better.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No man can serve two masters.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Oil and water don't mix.

Put your best foot forward.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

All roads lead to Rome.

No man is an island.

Never tell tales out of school.

Every dog has its day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Virtue is its own reward.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A house is not a home.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Good things come in small packages.

You are never too old to learn.

The truth will out.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Time will tell.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Money makes the world go round.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't get mad, get even.

God helps those who help themselves.

The Devil is in the details.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

While there is life, there is hope.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The end justifies the means.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Might is right.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The age of miracles is past.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't win them all.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The best things in life are free.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Moderation in all things.

The early bird gets the worm.

Money is the root of all evil.

East, west, home's best.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Let bygones be bygones.

Life begins at forty.

Manners maketh the man.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Seek and you shall find.

All the world loves a lover.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time is money.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The best defence is a good offence.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Walls have ears.

Practice makes perfect.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't change horses in midstream.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Count your blessings.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Everyone has their price.

Good talk saves the food.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Forgive and forget.

Waste not, want not.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A cat may look at a king.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Any port in a storm.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Misery loves company.

Every picture tells a story.

Money isn't everything.

Time flies.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't take it with you.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It takes two to tango.

Fortune favours the brave.

Keep your chin up.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Live and let live.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's better to give than to receive.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

History repeats itself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Great minds think alike.

East is east, and west is west.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beware the Ides of March.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You are what you eat.

No pain, no gain.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Money talks.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Seize the day.

Only the good die young.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Opposites attract.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All's well that ends well.

Two heads are better than one.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You reap what you sow.

Always put your best foot forward.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no smoke without fire.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Make haste slowly.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Practice what you preach.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Another day, another dollar.

Crime doesn't pay.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Enough is enough.

Ignorance is bliss.

Slow but sure.

Make hay while the sun shines.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Every stick has two ends.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No news is good news.

A cat has nine lives.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One hand washes the other.

Keep your powder dry.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The more the merrier.

Pride comes before a fall.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Big fish eat little fish.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Different strokes for different folks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

You win some, you lose some.

What goes around comes around.

Less said, soon mended.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A good man is hard to find.

Each to their own.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Charity begins at home.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It never rains but it pours.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Variety is the spice of life.

Go the extra mile.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The show must go on.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Give the Devil his due.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Life is what you make it.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The customer is always right.

Many hands make light work.

First come, first served.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad money drives out good.

Truth will out.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Nine tailors make a man.

Never go to bed on an argument.

One good deed deserves another.

To every thing there is a season.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Talk is cheap.

Love will find a way.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

An man's home is his castle.

Faith will move mountains.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no place like home.

Only fools and horses work.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

All publicity is good publicity.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Pearls of wisdom.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Horses for courses.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Paddle your own canoe.

Christmas comes but once a year.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Better late than never.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Share and share alike.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

It takes one to know one.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It goes without saying.

Small things amuse small minds.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

It's all grist to the mill.

There is honour among thieves.

A golden key can open any door.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Silence construes consent.

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The exception which proves the rule.

Let well alone.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

To the victor go the spoils.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Quid pro quo.

There's one born every minute.

Nothing new under the sun.

Silence is golden.