You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

No man is an island.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All good things must come to an end.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Knowledge is power.

Make love not war.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Speak as you find.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Love will find a way.

It takes one to know one.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Hide in plain sight.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

First things first.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

No rest for the wicked.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Misery loves company.

A bad penny always turns up.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Make hay while the sun shines.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Everyone has their price.

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

Forgive and forget.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A house is not a home.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Revenge is sweet.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Money makes the world go round.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Charity begins at home.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

There is honour among thieves.

The customer is always right.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Easy come, easy go.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Any port in a storm.

Different strokes for different folks.

A good man is hard to find.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Christmas comes but once a year.

One hand washes the other.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every dog has its day.

Quid pro quo.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Horses for courses.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Less said, soon mended.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

East, west, home's best.

Keep your chin up.

Moderation in all things.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Truth will out.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Count your blessings.

One good deed deserves another.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let bygones be bygones.

Live and let live.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

More haste, less speed.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

While there is life, there is hope.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Give the Devil his due.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Life begins at forty.

Life is what you make it.

Blood is thicker than water.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All you need is love.

Silence construes consent.

No pain, no gain.

The Devil is in the details.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Even a worm will turn.

What goes around comes around.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Time flies.

Good things come to those who wait.

East is east, and west is west.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Clothes do not make the man.

Hope springs eternal.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Actions speak louder than words.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Bad money drives out good.

The best defence is a good offence.

The best things in life are free.

First come, first served.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Seize the day.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's never too late to mend.

A watched pot never boils.

Ignorance is bliss.

Accidents will happen.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't always get what you want.

Fight fire with fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Always put your best foot forward.

No news is good news.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Many hands make light work.

It goes without saying.

Look before you leap.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Faith will move mountains.

Crime doesn't pay.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Time is money.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Give credit where credit is due.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All things must pass.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Silence is golden.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

No man can serve two masters.

Only fools and horses work.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The more the merrier.

Only the good die young.

Live and learn.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money is the root of all evil.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The age of miracles is past.

Seeing is believing.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

It takes two to tango.

Tomorrow never comes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Do as I say, not as I do.

There's one born every minute.

The bigger, the better.

Practice what you preach.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Walls have ears.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cheats never prosper.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil looks after his own.

Out of sight, out of mind.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Go the extra mile.

Better safe than sorry.

There are two sides to every question.

An man's home is his castle.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You reap what you sow.

Share and share alike.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't take it with you.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Talk is cheap.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Better late than never.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money talks.

Third time lucky.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A cat has nine lives.

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

What goes up must come down.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's safety in numbers.

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All's well that ends well.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Waste not, want not.

The wages of sin is death.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time is a great healer.

A thing begun is half done.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Nine tailors make a man.

The end justifies the means.

An army marches on its stomach.

God helps those who help themselves.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Variety is the spice of life.

Get out while the getting is good.

Every picture tells a story.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Paddle your own canoe.

All publicity is good publicity.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Might is right.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Another day, another dollar.

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

For everything there is a season.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Wonders will never cease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Slow but sure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You are what you eat.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

If you build it, they will come.

A fish always rots from the head.

Pride comes before a fall.

The exception which proves the rule.

Oil and water don't mix.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Let well alone.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Never tell tales out of school.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

History repeats itself.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A word to the wise is enough.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Each to their own.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Love is blind.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Every stick has two ends.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

You are never too old to learn.

A thing begun is half done.

A man is known by his friends.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fortune favours the brave.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Great minds think alike.