Make haste slowly.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You are what you eat.

Fortune favours the brave.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Life is what you make it.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Practice what you preach.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Practice makes perfect.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Business before pleasure.

Honesty is the best policy.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

While there is life, there is hope.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

An army marches on its stomach.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The early bird gets the worm.

Bad news travels fast.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Beware the Ides of March.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Nine tailors make a man.

All things must pass.

Pride comes before a fall.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

East, west, home's best.

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

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Money isn't everything.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

There's no smoke without fire.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Keep your chin up.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A word to the wise is enough.

Different strokes for different folks.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Only fools and horses work.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Better safe than sorry.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Third time lucky.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Less said, soon mended.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Love is blind.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A cat may look at a king.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

God helps those who help themselves.

Two heads are better than one.

Money is the root of all evil.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nothing new under the sun.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

It takes one to know one.

Knowledge is power.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Each to their own.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

History repeats itself.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can't take it with you.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The best things in life are free.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Look before you leap.

Misery loves company.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An man's home is his castle.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Charity begins at home.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Horses for courses.

Oil and water don't mix.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

More haste, less speed.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Silence is golden.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You are never too old to learn.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A house is not a home.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Patience is a virtue.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's safety in numbers.

Easy come, easy go.

Tomorrow never comes.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The more the merrier.

It never rains but it pours.

There's no time like the present.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Get out while the getting is good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's an exception to every rule.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Haste makes waste.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money talks.

A man is known by his friends.

A bad penny always turns up.

Big fish eat little fish.

Time is money.

A watched pot never boils.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Live and let live.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Once a thief, always a thief.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

Quid pro quo.

There's one born every minute.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

No rest for the wicked.

If the cap fits, wear it.

All's fair in love and war.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Might is right.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beggars can't be choosers.

For everything there is a season.

There's no place like home.

What goes up must come down.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Every picture tells a story.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No man can serve two masters.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The wages of sin is death.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Possession is nine points of the law.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Fight fire with fire.

Learn to walk before you run.

No pain, no gain.

The Devil looks after his own.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

What goes around comes around.

Actions speak louder than words.

Everyone has their price.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Walls have ears.

One hand washes the other.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All you need is love.

Go the extra mile.

One good deed deserves another.

Waste not, want not.

Seize the day.

Truth will out.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Silence construes consent.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Every stick has two ends.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There is honour among thieves.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Talk is cheap.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Faith will move mountains.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The truth will out.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You can't always get what you want.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

To every thing there is a season.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's never too late to mend.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Money makes the world go round.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A cat has nine lives.

Better late than never.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time will tell.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A golden key can open any door.

Good things come in small packages.

Wonders will never cease.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The bigger, the better.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Revenge is sweet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Time flies.

Speak as you find.

First things first.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Never tell tales out of school.

Many hands make light work.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No news is good news.

Seeing is believing.

All good things come to those that wait.

The Devil is in the details.

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

The customer is always right.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't win them all.

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

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Love will find a way.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Accidents will happen.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There are two sides to every question.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make love not war.

All the world loves a lover.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

No man is an island.

Any port in a storm.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't change horses in midstream.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

If you build it, they will come.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Life begins at forty.

Still waters run deep.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Ignorance is bliss.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The exception which proves the rule.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

East is east, and west is west.

It takes two to tango.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It goes without saying.

Live and learn.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Like father, like son.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Good things come to those who wait.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Another day, another dollar.

All good things must come to an end.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Moderation in all things.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Every dog has its day.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let the dead bury the dead.