Talk is cheap.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There are two sides to every question.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Fortune favours the brave.

Seize the day.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Great minds think alike.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Truth will out.

There's no time like the present.

Time is a great healer.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The show must go on.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love will find a way.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A house is not a home.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Money isn't everything.

Live and let live.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's all grist to the mill.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Love makes the world go round.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Make love not war.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Knowledge is power.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Different strokes for different folks.

Give the Devil his due.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes two to tango.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Good things come in small packages.

Bad money drives out good.

A fish always rots from the head.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You are what you eat.

Slow but sure.

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

Haste makes waste.

Keep your chin up.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A watched pot never boils.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Virtue is its own reward.

Life begins at forty.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Less is more.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Better safe than sorry.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Wonders will never cease.

Might is right.

Variety is the spice of life.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The truth will out.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Less said, soon mended.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A good man is hard to find.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Every picture tells a story.

Revenge is sweet.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Look before you leap.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Walls have ears.

The Devil is in the details.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

To every thing there is a season.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

All roads lead to Rome.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Love is blind.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is the root of all evil.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Practice what you preach.

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

There's one born every minute.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There's an exception to every rule.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The best things in life are free.

Two heads are better than one.

Tomorrow never comes.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No pain, no gain.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Speak as you find.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Any port in a storm.

Once a thief, always a thief.

For everything there is a season.

Faith will move mountains.

Possession is nine points of the law.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A word to the wise is enough.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Good things come to those who wait.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

An man's home is his castle.

Home is where the heart is.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Tomorrow is another day.

A man is known by his friends.

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

No news is good news.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Beware the Ides of March.

Let the buyer beware.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes one to know one.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All good things must come to an end.

Go the extra mile.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Enough is enough.

Never tell tales out of school.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Forgive and forget.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Better late than never.

First come, first served.

History repeats itself.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Nine tailors make a man.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Count your blessings.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

It's the singer not the song.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

What goes up must come down.

Every dog has its day.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Horses for courses.

Learn to walk before you run.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The more the merrier.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let well alone.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The exception which proves the rule.

Money talks.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Seeing is believing.

Practice makes perfect.

Waste not, want not.

Nothing new under the sun.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Money makes the world go round.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fight fire with fire.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Every stick has two ends.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Time is money.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Silence is golden.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time flies.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There's safety in numbers.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

No rest for the wicked.

East, west, home's best.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Hope springs eternal.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

No man can serve two masters.

Charity begins at home.

Like father, like son.

Hide in plain sight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Time will tell.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An army marches on its stomach.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's no place like home.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Fight the good fight.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Business before pleasure.

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

You win some, you lose some.

What goes around comes around.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All the world loves a lover.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Life is what you make it.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No man is an island.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Moderation in all things.

All you need is love.

East is east, and west is west.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All's well that ends well.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Everyone has their price.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Ignorance is bliss.

The bigger, the better.

A thing begun is half done.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

He who hesitates is lost.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never go to bed on an argument.

One hand washes the other.

Easy come, easy go.

Blood is thicker than water.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't rock the boat.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Crime doesn't pay.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Still waters run deep.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

While there is life, there is hope.

There's a time and a place for everything.

More haste, less speed.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's never too late to mend.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

To the victor go the spoils.

All that glitters is not gold.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Each to their own.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Even a worm will turn.

Many hands make light work.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A cat has nine lives.

You can't win them all.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Third time lucky.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All things must pass.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.