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

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

You are what you eat.

Another day, another dollar.

Learn to walk before you run.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Each to their own.

Nine tailors make a man.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

More haste, less speed.

Love makes the world go round.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheats never prosper.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Might is right.

Any port in a storm.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

To every thing there is a season.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Truth will out.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All's well that ends well.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Fight fire with fire.

The wages of sin is death.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Revenge is sweet.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's no place like home.

A cat may look at a king.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Little pitchers have big ears.

An man's home is his castle.

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

All you need is love.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Small things amuse small minds.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

All good things come to those that wait.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

History repeats itself.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Great minds think alike.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's the singer not the song.

Variety is the spice of life.

What goes around comes around.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Life is what you make it.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Only the good die young.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Live and learn.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Tomorrow never comes.

Ignorance is bliss.

Honesty is the best policy.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's safety in numbers.

You win some, you lose some.

Forewarned is forearmed.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

It takes two to tango.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

First things first.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Practice what you preach.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Easy come, easy go.

The truth will out.

Love is blind.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Time will tell.

Love will find a way.

Every dog has its day.

If you can't be good, be careful.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Make haste slowly.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Enough is enough.

Good things come to those who wait.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Paddle your own canoe.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Count your blessings.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Good things come in small packages.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time flies.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Seize the day.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Dead men tell no tales.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A watched pot never boils.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

The customer is always right.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's no smoke without fire.

You can't win them all.

Share and share alike.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

No man is an island.

Knowledge is power.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

What goes up must come down.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

All good things must come to an end.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

No man can serve two masters.

Home is where the heart is.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The end justifies the means.

Haste makes waste.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Everyone has their price.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Always put your best foot forward.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Even a worm will turn.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Talk is cheap.

No news is good news.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Two heads are better than one.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The best things in life are free.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Virtue is its own reward.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Look before you leap.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Charity begins at home.

Less said, soon mended.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your powder dry.

Seek and you shall find.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Quid pro quo.

Silence is golden.

Accidents will happen.

Money talks.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All publicity is good publicity.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Money makes the world go round.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It goes without saying.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Crime doesn't pay.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Business before pleasure.

It takes one to know one.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life begins at forty.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Pride comes before a fall.

The more the merrier.

Slow but sure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Get out while the getting is good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The best defence is a good offence.

Go the extra mile.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Put your best foot forward.

No rest for the wicked.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

No pain, no gain.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's never too late to mend.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The Devil looks after his own.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The show must go on.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Bad news travels fast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's better to give than to receive.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Third time lucky.

You reap what you sow.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Horses for courses.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Cold hands, warm heart.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Time is a great healer.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Forgive and forget.

One hand washes the other.

There's one born every minute.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hope springs eternal.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

There are two sides to every question.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The age of miracles is past.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Seeing is believing.

It never rains but it pours.

Like father, like son.

First come, first served.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Live and let live.

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

Better late than never.

The bigger, the better.

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

Misery loves company.

East, west, home's best.

To the victor go the spoils.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Pearls of wisdom.

Bad money drives out good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Waste not, want not.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Less is more.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Patience is a virtue.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Different strokes for different folks.

Clothes do not make the man.

Let well alone.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Moderation in all things.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Speak as you find.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Faith will move mountains.

Half a loaf is better than none.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Opposites attract.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

For everything there is a season.

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

All the world loves a lover.