What can't be cured must be endured.

Speak as you find.

While there is life, there is hope.

Love is blind.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Easy come, easy go.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All good things come to those that wait.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Life is what you make it.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Quid pro quo.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Less said, soon mended.

Good talk saves the food.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Pearls of wisdom.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The early bird gets the worm.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Ignorance is bliss.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All's fair in love and war.

Good things come in small packages.

Silence is golden.

The Devil looks after his own.

Accidents will happen.

A golden key can open any door.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Business before pleasure.

Truth will out.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Like father, like son.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Everyone has their price.

You are never too old to learn.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Bad news travels fast.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Fight the good fight.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Seeing is believing.

The best defence is a good offence.

The wages of sin is death.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's better to give than to receive.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Different strokes for different folks.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Haste makes waste.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Money isn't everything.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every stick has two ends.

Time will tell.

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

You can't always get what you want.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A man is known by his friends.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Each to their own.

No man is an island.

Never speak ill of the dead.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Tomorrow is another day.

The Devil is in the details.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Give the Devil his due.

You win some, you lose some.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A thing begun is half done.

Might is right.

Even a worm will turn.

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

The show must go on.

A good man is hard to find.

The end justifies the means.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

Live and let live.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

There's no place like home.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Time is money.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The best things in life are free.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Fight fire with fire.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Another day, another dollar.

Once bitten, twice shy.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bigger, the better.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Enough is enough.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

All things must pass.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Money makes the world go round.

The customer is always right.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A watched pot never boils.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Any port in a storm.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Go the extra mile.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hope springs eternal.

Pride comes before a fall.

Share and share alike.

Tomorrow never comes.

The exception which proves the rule.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fortune favours the brave.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Opposites attract.

Persuasion is better than force.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A fish always rots from the head.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Love makes the world go round.

No news is good news.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let the buyer beware.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Still waters run deep.

You can't win them all.

Horses for courses.

Cheats never prosper.

There is honour among thieves.

Practice makes perfect.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's no time like the present.

East is east, and west is west.

Charity begins at home.

A house is not a home.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let bygones be bygones.

Better late than never.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Knowledge is power.

Waste not, want not.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Paddle your own canoe.

What goes up must come down.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Dead men tell no tales.

It takes one to know one.

Count your blessings.

Moderation in all things.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's one born every minute.

Seek and you shall find.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Many hands make light work.

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

Make haste slowly.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

No pain, no gain.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

East, west, home's best.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It goes without saying.

There are two sides to every question.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

All good things must come to an end.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Never tell tales out of school.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

What goes around comes around.

It takes two to tango.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Oil and water don't mix.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Talk is cheap.

It never rains but it pours.

All roads lead to Rome.

Nothing new under the sun.

All you need is love.

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

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

Silence construes consent.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Clothes do not make the man.

To the victor go the spoils.

The truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Learn to walk before you run.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Crime doesn't pay.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Walls have ears.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There's no smoke without fire.

Only fools and horses work.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Slow but sure.

First things first.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Less is more.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Make love not war.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Give credit where credit is due.

Good things come to those who wait.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Love will find a way.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You are what you eat.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let well alone.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Time flies.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The more the merrier.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Seize the day.

Look before you leap.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Put your best foot forward.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't take it with you.

A cat has nine lives.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Third time lucky.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Strike while the iron is hot.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Big fish eat little fish.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

First come, first served.

Only the good die young.

Patience is a virtue.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Forgive and forget.

It's never too late to mend.

All's well that ends well.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Blood is thicker than water.

To every thing there is a season.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

An man's home is his castle.

Beware the Ides of March.

It's the singer not the song.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One hand washes the other.

All publicity is good publicity.

Keep your chin up.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

History repeats itself.