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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't win them all.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Seize the day.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no smoke without fire.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

One good deed deserves another.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Manners maketh the man.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There is no accounting for tastes.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Many hands make light work.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Pearls of wisdom.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It's all grist to the mill.

Moderation in all things.

Everyone has their price.

Give the Devil his due.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All you need is love.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Never tell tales out of school.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The truth will out.

It takes one to know one.

Blood is thicker than water.

Wonders will never cease.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

No pain, no gain.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope springs eternal.

Less is more.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Talk is cheap.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A good man is hard to find.

Love makes the world go round.

The age of miracles is past.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The show must go on.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

He who hesitates is lost.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Keep your chin up.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Faith will move mountains.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

All good things come to those that wait.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Money talks.

Knowledge is power.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

No news is good news.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let well alone.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Two heads are better than one.

Any port in a storm.

Do as I say, not as I do.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

You are never too old to learn.

Horses for courses.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Revenge is sweet.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Live and learn.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Great minds think alike.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Make haste slowly.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

All roads lead to Rome.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Count your blessings.

The best things in life are free.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Third time lucky.

Put your best foot forward.

A man is known by his friends.

Patience is a virtue.

First come, first served.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Truth will out.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Forgive and forget.

The customer is always right.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Let the buyer beware.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Like father, like son.

A fish always rots from the head.

Time is money.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All's well that ends well.

Money isn't everything.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't take it with you.

There's no place like home.

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Make love not war.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Each to their own.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Seek and you shall find.

Tomorrow is another day.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

What goes up must come down.

Easy come, easy go.

Only the good die young.

There is honour among thieves.

Cheats never prosper.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

The end justifies the means.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Still waters run deep.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It never rains but it pours.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Only fools and horses work.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't get mad, get even.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Live and let live.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Clothes do not make the man.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't rock the boat.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Share and share alike.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One hand washes the other.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every dog has its day.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Charity begins at home.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You reap what you sow.

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

Misery loves company.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You are what you eat.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Always put your best foot forward.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Waste not, want not.

No man is an island.

To every thing there is a season.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

No man can serve two masters.

Better safe than sorry.

Seeing is believing.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's safety in numbers.

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

The wages of sin is death.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There are two sides to every question.

Big fish eat little fish.

Walls have ears.

Home is where the heart is.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All publicity is good publicity.

A cat has nine lives.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All that glitters is not gold.

Practice what you preach.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

History repeats itself.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A cat may look at a king.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Every picture tells a story.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's never too late to mend.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Possession is nine points of the law.

First things first.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Accidents will happen.

Pride comes before a fall.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A word to the wise is enough.

The bigger, the better.

More haste, less speed.

There's one born every minute.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Haste makes waste.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Business before pleasure.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Speak as you find.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All the world loves a lover.

It goes without saying.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Silence construes consent.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Quid pro quo.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Time flies.

Look before you leap.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The more the merrier.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

You can't always get what you want.

The Devil looks after his own.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All things must pass.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Silence is golden.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You win some, you lose some.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Time will tell.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's the singer not the song.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Life is what you make it.

Love will find a way.

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

A golden key can open any door.

East, west, home's best.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Good things come in small packages.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's best to be on the safe side.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Keep your powder dry.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Variety is the spice of life.

No rest for the wicked.

A house is not a home.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Go the extra mile.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Life begins at forty.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Might is right.

What goes around comes around.