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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

One hand washes the other.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The bigger, the better.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Good talk saves the food.

The early bird gets the worm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Speak as you find.

There's no smoke without fire.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Even a worm will turn.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Time will tell.

Cheats never prosper.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes one to know one.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There is honour among thieves.

Love will find a way.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Crime doesn't pay.

Quid pro quo.

All's well that ends well.

Good fences make good neighbours.

No man can serve two masters.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All good things must come to an end.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The wages of sin is death.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Fortune favours the brave.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Only fools and horses work.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

To every thing there is a season.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Walls have ears.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Time is a great healer.

The truth will out.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes two to tango.

A bad penny always turns up.

A thing begun is half done.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Bad news travels fast.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Share and share alike.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

What goes around comes around.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

The end justifies the means.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

No pain, no gain.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Easy come, easy go.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Oil and water don't mix.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Less said, soon mended.

It's better to give than to receive.

Like father, like son.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A good man is hard to find.

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

You can't take it with you.

A golden key can open any door.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Two heads are better than one.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Go the extra mile.

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

Forgive and forget.

A house is not a home.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's no time like the present.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Never give a sucker an even break.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Make haste slowly.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Silence is golden.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

If you build it, they will come.

All you need is love.

Beware the Ides of March.

The more the merrier.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Look before you leap.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

The show must go on.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man is an island.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Learn to walk before you run.

Truth will out.

Keep your chin up.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

First come, first served.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't rock the boat.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Less is more.

Knowledge is power.

There's safety in numbers.

Misery loves company.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's no place like home.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

An man's home is his castle.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

One good deed deserves another.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The customer is always right.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Every stick has two ends.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Better late than never.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All the world loves a lover.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Get out while the getting is good.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Silence construes consent.

Give credit where credit is due.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Only the good die young.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Third time lucky.

First things first.

Live and let live.

It never rains but it pours.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The age of miracles is past.

God helps those who help themselves.

Keep your powder dry.

Nothing new under the sun.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Charity begins at home.

Patience is a virtue.

All things must pass.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Time is money.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Everyone has their price.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It goes without saying.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

More haste, less speed.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Pride comes before a fall.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

He who hesitates is lost.

Life begins at forty.

Better safe than sorry.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Honesty is the best policy.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Put your best foot forward.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Enough is enough.

Bad money drives out good.

You can't always get what you want.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

What goes up must come down.

The best things in life are free.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You are what you eat.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Count your blessings.

Talk is cheap.

Money isn't everything.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Curiosity killed the cat.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Paddle your own canoe.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Every dog has its day.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Opposites attract.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's one born every minute.

Let well alone.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Each to their own.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All publicity is good publicity.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Fight fire with fire.

Small things amuse small minds.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Make hay while the sun shines.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Live and learn.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Manners maketh the man.

Seize the day.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

An army marches on its stomach.

Give the Devil his due.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Different strokes for different folks.

Any port in a storm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Practice what you preach.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

East is east, and west is west.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Horses for courses.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't get mad, get even.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

You can't win them all.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Accidents will happen.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You win some, you lose some.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Moderation in all things.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All roads lead to Rome.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Seeing is believing.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Variety is the spice of life.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Waste not, want not.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Haste makes waste.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.