What can't be cured must be endured.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Pearls of wisdom.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The show must go on.

Home is where the heart is.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

When one door shuts, another opens.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Still waters run deep.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's never too late to mend.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Even a worm will turn.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Knowledge is power.

Paddle your own canoe.

Time is a great healer.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Seize the day.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Go the extra mile.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A golden key can open any door.

Every stick has two ends.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Walls have ears.

All things must pass.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Ignorance is bliss.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Get out while the getting is good.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Talk is cheap.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Like father, like son.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Business before pleasure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Patience is a virtue.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Silence is golden.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Time is money.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Let bygones be bygones.

More haste, less speed.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

No man is an island.

No pain, no gain.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seeing is believing.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Great minds think alike.

Many hands make light work.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

You can't take it with you.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One hand washes the other.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life is what you make it.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You are what you eat.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Slow but sure.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There is honour among thieves.

Every dog has its day.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's all grist to the mill.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Let the buyer beware.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Waste not, want not.

You win some, you lose some.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Love will find a way.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

East, west, home's best.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Charity begins at home.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Tomorrow is another day.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Keep your chin up.

Look before you leap.

The wages of sin is death.

Practice what you preach.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All good things must come to an end.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Life begins at forty.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The Devil looks after his own.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Wonders will never cease.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Time will tell.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

East is east, and west is west.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fight fire with fire.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Keep your powder dry.

Love makes the world go round.

Love is blind.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Different strokes for different folks.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

For everything there is a season.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's an exception to every rule.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The more the merrier.

There are two sides to every question.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best things in life are free.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

No news is good news.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Forgive and forget.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Physician, heal thyself.

What goes around comes around.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Third time lucky.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

The customer is always right.

It goes without saying.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no place like home.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Each to their own.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Might is right.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The truth will out.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It takes two to tango.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

First come, first served.

Faith will move mountains.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You can't win them all.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's safety in numbers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

There's no time like the present.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All publicity is good publicity.

Bad news travels fast.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To every thing there is a season.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Good things come to those who wait.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Speak as you find.

Misery loves company.

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

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

Opposites attract.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Count your blessings.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Moderation in all things.

If you build it, they will come.

Cheats never prosper.

It's better to give than to receive.

God helps those who help themselves.

You are never too old to learn.

Only fools and horses work.

All's well that ends well.

Pride comes before a fall.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Make haste slowly.

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

No rest for the wicked.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Practice makes perfect.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Better late than never.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Less is more.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Big fish eat little fish.

Everyone has their price.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It takes one to know one.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Horses for courses.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

While there is life, there is hope.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

A cat has nine lives.

All the world loves a lover.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Any port in a storm.

One good deed deserves another.

All you need is love.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Money talks.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Quid pro quo.

You reap what you sow.

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

Make love not war.

It's the singer not the song.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fight the good fight.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An man's home is his castle.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Another day, another dollar.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The Devil is in the details.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Seek and you shall find.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

All roads lead to Rome.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Haste makes waste.

Good talk saves the food.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Manners maketh the man.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Accidents will happen.

The early bird gets the worm.

Blood is thicker than water.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live and learn.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

History repeats itself.

A house is not a home.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The bigger, the better.

Persuasion is better than force.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

To the victor go the spoils.

Good things come in small packages.

If you build it, they will come.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Two heads are better than one.

Silence construes consent.

Live and let live.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beware the Ides of March.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The end justifies the means.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The show must go on.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Oil and water don't mix.

What goes up must come down.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

A thing begun is half done.

Enough is enough.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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