It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

The best defence is a good offence.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Speak as you find.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no place like home.

No rest for the wicked.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Truth will out.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Even a worm will turn.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Haste makes waste.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Better late than never.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All publicity is good publicity.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Oil and water don't mix.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

Money isn't everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Quid pro quo.

A fish always rots from the head.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

A golden key can open any door.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Good things come in small packages.

History repeats itself.

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

The bigger, the better.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Look before you leap.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

No man can serve two masters.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Misery loves company.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Walls have ears.

Better safe than sorry.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't change horses in midstream.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Still waters run deep.

Every stick has two ends.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Keep your chin up.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life begins at forty.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

If you build it, they will come.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Go the extra mile.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Charity begins at home.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Horses for courses.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Good talk saves the food.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

A cat has nine lives.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The best things in life are free.

Knowledge is power.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Love is blind.

Nothing new under the sun.

The customer is always right.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Fight fire with fire.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You can't take it with you.

You win some, you lose some.

Seek and you shall find.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Love will find a way.

One swallow does not a summer make.

What goes around comes around.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Practice what you preach.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A watched pot never boils.

The end justifies the means.

Count your blessings.

All good things must come to an end.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Bad money drives out good.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Stupid is as stupid does.

All's well that ends well.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Pearls of wisdom.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Tomorrow is another day.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Blood is thicker than water.

What goes up must come down.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's one born every minute.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Time is money.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's never too late to mend.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Never tell tales out of school.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Enough is enough.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All you need is love.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Keep your powder dry.

First come, first served.

Silence construes consent.

Let the buyer beware.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is golden.

Persuasion is better than force.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Clothes do not make the man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Pride comes before a fall.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Tomorrow never comes.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

First things first.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let well alone.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

To every thing there is a season.

Easy come, easy go.

Money is the root of all evil.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

For everything there is a season.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All things must pass.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It never rains but it pours.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't rock the boat.

Let bygones be bygones.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All that glitters is not gold.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Business before pleasure.

Ignorance is bliss.

Make love not war.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Like father, like son.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

East, west, home's best.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Always put your best foot forward.

Practice makes perfect.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Put your best foot forward.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Wonders will never cease.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Half a loaf is better than none.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There are two sides to every question.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No pain, no gain.

Children should be seen and not heard.

One hand washes the other.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Slow but sure.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You are what you eat.

It takes two to tango.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Share and share alike.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time flies.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A cat may look at a king.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A man is known by his friends.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Everyone has their price.

Bad news travels fast.

Home is where the heart is.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

Seeing is believing.

The early bird gets the worm.

Patience is a virtue.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It goes without saying.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No news is good news.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Give the Devil his due.

Talk is cheap.

Give credit where credit is due.

Make haste slowly.

An army marches on its stomach.

To the victor go the spoils.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Only the good die young.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

The exception which proves the rule.

Time is a great healer.

Accidents will happen.

Third time lucky.

It's best to be on the safe side.

All roads lead to Rome.

Waste not, want not.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Less is more.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Variety is the spice of life.

Love makes the world go round.

Every dog has its day.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Less said, soon mended.

You can't always get what you want.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's no time like the present.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Different strokes for different folks.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A house is not a home.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A bad penny always turns up.

Many hands make light work.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

While there is life, there is hope.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It takes one to know one.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All's fair in love and war.

He who hesitates is lost.

One good deed deserves another.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Paddle your own canoe.