All good things come to those that wait.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

East is east, and west is west.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Time flies.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The truth will out.

Two heads are better than one.

Cheats never prosper.

Love makes the world go round.

Seeing is believing.

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

Put your best foot forward.

The age of miracles is past.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The best defence is a good offence.

There are two sides to every question.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Crime doesn't pay.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Live and let live.

Make haste slowly.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Faith will move mountains.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't take it with you.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Make love not war.

Great minds think alike.

Love is blind.

Wonders will never cease.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

God helps those who help themselves.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Everyone has their price.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Pride comes before a fall.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Enough is enough.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The best things in life are free.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let the dead bury the dead.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Good things come to those who wait.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

No man is an island.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Dead men tell no tales.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't throw good money after bad.

While there is life, there is hope.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

More haste, less speed.

You reap what you sow.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Talk is cheap.

Seek and you shall find.

Bad news travels fast.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Charity begins at home.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Walls have ears.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A leopard can't change its spots.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every dog has its day.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All the world loves a lover.

Every picture tells a story.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Seize the day.

Time is money.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Less is more.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Haste makes waste.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

First come, first served.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Life is what you make it.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Blood is thicker than water.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A cat has nine lives.

You are what you eat.

Speak as you find.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A man is known by his friends.

Nine tailors make a man.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Love will find a way.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All things must pass.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It goes without saying.

Forewarned is forearmed.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Live and learn.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Let well alone.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Give credit where credit is due.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Time is a great healer.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A watched pot never boils.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Money isn't everything.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A golden key can open any door.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The wages of sin is death.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Physician, heal thyself.

Ignorance is bliss.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Life begins at forty.

Misery loves company.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Business before pleasure.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

There's no time like the present.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A poor worker blames the tools.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

To the victor go the spoils.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Tomorrow is another day.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Oil and water don't mix.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Practice what you preach.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

What goes up must come down.

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

There's no place like home.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Better late than never.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Big fish eat little fish.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No news is good news.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many hands make light work.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All's fair in love and war.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Time will tell.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Give the Devil his due.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Nothing new under the sun.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All roads lead to Rome.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's the singer not the song.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fight fire with fire.

Silence construes consent.

To every thing there is a season.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

If you build it, they will come.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Variety is the spice of life.

You win some, you lose some.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Keep your chin up.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One hand washes the other.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Beware the Ides of March.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Each to their own.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Waste not, want not.

Out of sight, out of mind.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You can't always get what you want.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Handsome is as handsome does.

East, west, home's best.

It takes two to tango.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Tomorrow never comes.

For everything there is a season.

No rest for the wicked.

All that glitters is not gold.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A thing begun is half done.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Silence is golden.

Only the good die young.

Only fools and horses work.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't win them all.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

First things first.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

The more the merrier.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Good talk saves the food.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A word to the wise is enough.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A house is not a home.

An man's home is his castle.

It's all grist to the mill.

All good things must come to an end.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Share and share alike.

Truth will out.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Good things come in small packages.

Count your blessings.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All publicity is good publicity.

Revenge is sweet.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

No pain, no gain.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Forgive and forget.

Go the extra mile.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A cat may look at a king.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

Like father, like son.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Knowledge is power.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Look before you leap.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Moderation in all things.

There's one born every minute.

Actions speak louder than words.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All you need is love.

He who hesitates is lost.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Might is right.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't get mad, get even.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

There is honour among thieves.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Money is the root of all evil.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Hide in plain sight.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Home is where the heart is.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

An army marches on its stomach.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

All's well that ends well.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

What goes around comes around.

Horses for courses.

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

Accidents will happen.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Go the extra mile.

Any port in a storm.

Money talks.

Get out while the getting is good.