Flattery will get you nowhere.

Do as I say, not as I do.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Wonders will never cease.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Seek and you shall find.

If you build it, they will come.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Opposites attract.

Bad news travels fast.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

East, west, home's best.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Every stick has two ends.

A golden key can open any door.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Knowledge is power.

It's all grist to the mill.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's one born every minute.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

The customer is always right.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Don't rock the boat.

An army marches on its stomach.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Fortune favours the brave.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It takes one to know one.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One hand washes the other.

Charity begins at home.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Still waters run deep.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't win them all.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All that glitters is not gold.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Talk is cheap.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cheats never prosper.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nine tailors make a man.

Money isn't everything.

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

Accidents will happen.

Keep your powder dry.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Pearls of wisdom.

Actions speak louder than words.

It takes two to tango.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Curiosity killed the cat.

No pain, no gain.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

Time is a great healer.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Better safe than sorry.

The exception which proves the rule.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Business before pleasure.

Any port in a storm.

All's well that ends well.

Every dog has its day.

Horses for courses.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Learn to walk before you run.

Moderation in all things.

A cat has nine lives.

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

All you need is love.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Hope springs eternal.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Slow but sure.

Keep your chin up.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The age of miracles is past.

No man is an island.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A man is known by his friends.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Never tell tales out of school.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There's an exception to every rule.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

While there is life, there is hope.

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Bad money drives out good.

History repeats itself.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's never too late to mend.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Third time lucky.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

All's fair in love and war.

Time flies.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Less is more.

The show must go on.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

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

Speak as you find.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A watched pot never boils.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Everyone has their price.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A bad penny always turns up.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Seeing is believing.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Tomorrow never comes.

Tomorrow is another day.

Truth will out.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All publicity is good publicity.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

The truth will out.

Life begins at forty.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Money talks.

Only the good die young.

Forgive and forget.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The more the merrier.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

There are two sides to every question.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The best things in life are free.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beware the Ides of March.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Half a loaf is better than none.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Nothing new under the sun.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Walls have ears.

Ignorance is bliss.

Misery loves company.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Only fools and horses work.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Haste makes waste.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Better late than never.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Love is blind.

Love will find a way.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's no time like the present.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Make love not war.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Silence is golden.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Seize the day.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Great minds think alike.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Life is what you make it.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Live and learn.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Dead men tell no tales.

Manners maketh the man.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Persuasion is better than force.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's safety in numbers.

Time will tell.

A thing begun is half done.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Like father, like son.

Time is money.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

First come, first served.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It goes without saying.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

To every thing there is a season.

Variety is the spice of life.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The best defence is a good offence.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Enough is enough.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All the world loves a lover.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

No news is good news.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Revenge is sweet.

A cat may look at a king.

You are never too old to learn.

You reap what you sow.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

All good things come to those that wait.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Look before you leap.

There's no smoke without fire.

A house is not a home.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't always get what you want.

Make haste slowly.

Let well alone.

East is east, and west is west.

Go the extra mile.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Quid pro quo.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There is honour among thieves.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Hide in plain sight.

Waste not, want not.

You win some, you lose some.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It never rains but it pours.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Practice makes perfect.

Each to their own.

Practice what you preach.

Possession is nine points of the law.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The wages of sin is death.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

The Devil is in the details.

Even a worm will turn.

The bigger, the better.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A word to the wise is enough.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Home is where the heart is.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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