Don't upset the apple-cart.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Get out while the getting is good.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The bigger, the better.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Hide in plain sight.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Better late than never.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Many hands make light work.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Revenge is sweet.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Time will tell.

The Devil looks after his own.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Live and learn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Never tell tales out of school.

No news is good news.

Good fences make good neighbours.

An army marches on its stomach.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Easy come, easy go.

Walls have ears.

Actions speak louder than words.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

More haste, less speed.

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

Every dog has its day.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money isn't everything.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

You are what you eat.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The customer is always right.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

First things first.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Share and share alike.

Make haste slowly.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Even a worm will turn.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Give the Devil his due.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Still waters run deep.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All roads lead to Rome.

Put your best foot forward.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All things must pass.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It goes without saying.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A man is known by his friends.

Manners maketh the man.

Keep your powder dry.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

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

Silence is golden.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Variety is the spice of life.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Less is more.

Big fish eat little fish.

All good things must come to an end.

One good deed deserves another.

Faith will move mountains.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Practice what you preach.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Misery loves company.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Time is money.

There's an exception to every rule.

It's never too late to mend.

History repeats itself.

All's well that ends well.

A good man is hard to find.

Knowledge is power.

There's safety in numbers.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Patience is a virtue.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You win some, you lose some.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

No rest for the wicked.

Enough is enough.

It's all grist to the mill.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Forgive and forget.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Every picture tells a story.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes two to tango.

A golden key can open any door.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Silence construes consent.

Seeing is believing.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cheats never prosper.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's no smoke without fire.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Accidents will happen.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Third time lucky.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Always put your best foot forward.

The show must go on.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Like father, like son.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The truth will out.

Let bygones be bygones.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no place like home.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Money makes the world go round.

A watched pot never boils.

Go the extra mile.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Bad news travels fast.

Home is where the heart is.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the buyer beware.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't win them all.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There is honour among thieves.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The exception which proves the rule.

Talk is cheap.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

What goes up must come down.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

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

Time flies.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The age of miracles is past.

Virtue is its own reward.

Love will find a way.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fight fire with fire.

Count your blessings.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Two heads are better than one.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Tomorrow never comes.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Life begins at forty.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Bad money drives out good.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Love makes the world go round.

Seize the day.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Dead men tell no tales.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A cat may look at a king.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Speak as you find.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Pearls of wisdom.

East is east, and west is west.

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

No man is an island.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It never rains but it pours.

What goes around comes around.

Persuasion is better than force.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's better to give than to receive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Look before you leap.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Better safe than sorry.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Great minds think alike.

There are two sides to every question.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Any port in a storm.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes one to know one.

A fish always rots from the head.

First come, first served.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Quid pro quo.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Less said, soon mended.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love is blind.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Waste not, want not.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You reap what you sow.

Haste makes waste.

Give credit where credit is due.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fight the good fight.

The best defence is a good offence.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fortune favours the brave.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Everyone has their price.

Only the good die young.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Moderation in all things.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

One hand washes the other.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

No pain, no gain.

Each to their own.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Horses for courses.

Make love not war.

The end justifies the means.

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

Live and let live.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All you need is love.

Let well alone.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's one born every minute.

Money talks.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

East, west, home's best.

The early bird gets the worm.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Blood is thicker than water.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The wages of sin is death.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Slow but sure.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Might is right.

There's no time like the present.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Tomorrow is another day.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.