The bigger, the better.

Any port in a storm.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Walls have ears.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A cat may look at a king.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Enough is enough.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Time will tell.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

To every thing there is a season.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Make love not war.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Good things come to those who wait.

Home is where the heart is.

Patience is a virtue.

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

The best things in life are free.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Like father, like son.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

You reap what you sow.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's better to give than to receive.

All that glitters is not gold.

Physician, heal thyself.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Every picture tells a story.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Seek and you shall find.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Easy come, easy go.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Forgive and forget.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Love will find a way.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't win them all.

Love is blind.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Better late than never.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Still waters run deep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes two to tango.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A fish always rots from the head.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A thing begun is half done.

Third time lucky.

Oil and water don't mix.

Another day, another dollar.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time is money.

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

Live and learn.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money isn't everything.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Accidents will happen.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Give the Devil his due.

All you need is love.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Revenge is sweet.

There's an exception to every rule.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The leopard does not change his spots.

What goes around comes around.

No news is good news.

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Might is right.

History repeats itself.

Less is more.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Go the extra mile.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Manners maketh the man.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Speak as you find.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

Every dog has its day.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Paddle your own canoe.

The truth will out.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Business before pleasure.

Never tell tales out of school.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No man is an island.

Let well alone.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If you build it, they will come.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

For everything there is a season.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The show must go on.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Practice what you preach.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Knowledge is power.

Many hands make light work.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Pearls of wisdom.

Truth will out.

There's no place like home.

To the victor go the spoils.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It never rains but it pours.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A watched pot never boils.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Faith will move mountains.

You are what you eat.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Talk is cheap.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Small things amuse small minds.

Waste not, want not.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

One good deed deserves another.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can't always get what you want.

Share and share alike.

Keep your powder dry.

Misery loves company.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

No pain, no gain.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Fortune favours the brave.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All's well that ends well.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

All roads lead to Rome.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

No man can serve two masters.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Seize the day.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An army marches on its stomach.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Life is what you make it.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Look before you leap.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Even a worm will turn.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Silence is golden.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There is honour among thieves.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's never too late to mend.

Tomorrow is another day.

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love makes the world go round.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Persuasion is better than force.

It takes one to know one.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Only fools and horses work.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Bad news travels fast.

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

There's no time like the present.

There's one born every minute.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fight fire with fire.

It goes without saying.

More haste, less speed.

All things must pass.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cold hands, warm heart.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Everyone has their price.

Life begins at forty.

A bad penny always turns up.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Charity begins at home.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things must come to an end.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The end justifies the means.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

A dog is a man's best friend.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

First come, first served.

Fight the good fight.

Each to their own.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

What goes up must come down.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Actions speak louder than words.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A golden key can open any door.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The customer is always right.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Pride comes before a fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A new broom sweeps clean.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

East, west, home's best.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Seeing is believing.

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

The Devil is in the details.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Money talks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Virtue is its own reward.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Variety is the spice of life.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Make haste slowly.

He who hesitates is lost.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

A man is known by his friends.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's safety in numbers.

All publicity is good publicity.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't rock the boat.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Great minds think alike.

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

Live and let live.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Slow but sure.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Bad money drives out good.

The best defence is a good offence.

First things first.

It goes without saying.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Put your best foot forward.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

A house is not a home.

You can't take it with you.

A good man is hard to find.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.