A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Practice what you preach.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life begins at forty.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

All things must pass.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The Devil looks after his own.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Cheats never prosper.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A cat has nine lives.

Give the Devil his due.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Might is right.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Actions speak louder than words.

The Devil is in the details.

Horses for courses.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A good man is hard to find.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It goes without saying.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The end justifies the means.

Silence construes consent.

Walls have ears.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Stupid is as stupid does.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Variety is the spice of life.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

What can't be cured must be endured.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A man is known by his friends.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Give credit where credit is due.

There is honour among thieves.

Paddle your own canoe.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Third time lucky.

You are never too old to learn.

Speak as you find.

Enough is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Time flies.

Slow but sure.

It's never too late to mend.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You win some, you lose some.

Any port in a storm.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

History repeats itself.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

No pain, no gain.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Waste not, want not.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There are two sides to every question.

Forgive and forget.

Easy come, easy go.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Patience is a virtue.

Hide in plain sight.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The show must go on.

Nine tailors make a man.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no place like home.

Money isn't everything.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Look before you leap.

Knowledge is power.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Money is the root of all evil.

God helps those who help themselves.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

East is east, and west is west.

Everyone has their price.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bad news travels fast.

Every dog has its day.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's all grist to the mill.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Quid pro quo.

Always put your best foot forward.

Count your blessings.

Charity begins at home.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't rock the boat.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Manners maketh the man.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You can't always get what you want.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Each to their own.

All good things come to those that wait.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Life is what you make it.

There's an exception to every rule.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Go the extra mile.

Truth will out.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money makes the world go round.

It takes two to tango.

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

The best things in life are free.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't take it with you.

All publicity is good publicity.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fight the good fight.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Talk is cheap.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Less said, soon mended.

Hope springs eternal.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Money talks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

What goes up must come down.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

The age of miracles is past.

The more the merrier.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Better late than never.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

More haste, less speed.

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

Make haste slowly.

A fish always rots from the head.

What goes around comes around.

The truth will out.

East, west, home's best.

Haste makes waste.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

You can't win them all.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The bigger, the better.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All the world loves a lover.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The best is the enemy of the good.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You are what you eat.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Good things come to those who wait.

Still waters run deep.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All that glitters is not gold.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

Seeing is believing.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A watched pot never boils.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Live and let live.

Christmas comes but once a year.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Better safe than sorry.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Only the good die young.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Opposites attract.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Only fools and horses work.

Silence is golden.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

One good deed deserves another.

A thing begun is half done.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Persuasion is better than force.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Great minds think alike.

Even a worm will turn.

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

For everything there is a season.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Accidents will happen.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Small things amuse small minds.

Keep your chin up.

Love is blind.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Two heads are better than one.

Like father, like son.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

You reap what you sow.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Love will find a way.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Misery loves company.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A house is not a home.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

Seize the day.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Let well alone.

Time is money.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Pearls of wisdom.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Put your best foot forward.

Business before pleasure.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Every picture tells a story.

First come, first served.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Share and share alike.

No man can serve two masters.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

All's well that ends well.

Time will tell.

Live and learn.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Every stick has two ends.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

One hand washes the other.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A cat may look at a king.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Seek and you shall find.

Speak as you find.

Keep your powder dry.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's the singer not the song.

The wages of sin is death.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

No man is an island.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fight fire with fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Make love not war.

Another day, another dollar.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's one born every minute.

The exception which proves the rule.

Let bygones be bygones.

Moderation in all things.

It takes one to know one.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

First things first.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's best to be on the safe side.

An empty vessel makes much noise.