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

It's the singer not the song.

East is east, and west is west.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You are never too old to learn.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Get out while the getting is good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Third time lucky.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nothing new under the sun.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Hope springs eternal.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't get mad, get even.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The exception which proves the rule.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't take it with you.

Laughter is the best medicine.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Good things come to those who wait.

Money isn't everything.

The age of miracles is past.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Different strokes for different folks.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's one born every minute.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It takes two to tango.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Variety is the spice of life.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Seize the day.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Talk is cheap.

Make love not war.

There's safety in numbers.

Slow but sure.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

A watched pot never boils.

You can't win them all.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Home is where the heart is.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

To the victor go the spoils.

The bigger, the better.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Always put your best foot forward.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence construes consent.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Life begins at forty.

There is honour among thieves.

Many hands make light work.

A cat may look at a king.

Business before pleasure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Less is more.

God helps those who help themselves.

Manners maketh the man.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Another day, another dollar.

Practice makes perfect.

You can't always get what you want.

There's no time like the present.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fight fire with fire.

It's all grist to the mill.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

One hand washes the other.

Money talks.

No man is an island.

While there is life, there is hope.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Time is money.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Pride comes before a fall.

To every thing there is a season.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The more the merrier.

A house is not a home.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

He who hesitates is lost.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time will tell.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Accidents will happen.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Knowledge is power.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Waste not, want not.

Less said, soon mended.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

What goes around comes around.

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

Life is what you make it.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

No news is good news.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Look before you leap.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Better late than never.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Seeing is believing.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The end justifies the means.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Moderation in all things.

Enough is enough.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Give the Devil his due.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Revenge is sweet.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

There's no smoke without fire.

Let well alone.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Hide in plain sight.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

First come, first served.

Persuasion is better than force.

Patience is a virtue.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The truth will out.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's never too late to mend.

Good talk saves the food.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A bad penny always turns up.

Blood is thicker than water.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

First things first.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Appearances can be deceptive.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Share and share alike.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Put your best foot forward.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Opposites attract.

An man's home is his castle.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Truth will out.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A cat has nine lives.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Misery loves company.

Honesty is the best policy.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All good things must come to an end.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Walls have ears.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Quid pro quo.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The show must go on.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Charity begins at home.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Small things amuse small minds.

Love will find a way.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Forgive and forget.

Still waters run deep.

All good things come to those that wait.

Everyone has their price.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beware the Ides of March.

Live and learn.

The best defence is a good offence.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You are what you eat.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Actions speak louder than words.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Bad news travels fast.

Only the good die young.

East, west, home's best.

All that glitters is not gold.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Possession is nine points of the law.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money is the root of all evil.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Silence is golden.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

The Devil is in the details.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Give credit where credit is due.

Money makes the world go round.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Time flies.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's no place like home.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All the world loves a lover.

Nine tailors make a man.

All publicity is good publicity.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

All things must pass.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Time is a great healer.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Each to their own.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Keep your powder dry.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Any port in a storm.

It takes one to know one.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One good deed deserves another.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Virtue is its own reward.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It goes without saying.

There are two sides to every question.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Love makes the world go round.

It never rains but it pours.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never tell tales out of school.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Crime doesn't pay.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The customer is always right.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil looks after his own.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You reap what you sow.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Go the extra mile.

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

History repeats itself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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