The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The exception which proves the rule.

The early bird gets the worm.

Make haste slowly.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If you build it, they will come.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Make love not war.

Time will tell.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fight fire with fire.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Better late than never.

Seek and you shall find.

Count your blessings.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Like father, like son.

First come, first served.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Strike while the iron is hot.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The show must go on.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Look before you leap.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

While there is life, there is hope.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let well alone.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Small things amuse small minds.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A watched pot never boils.

No news is good news.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Love is blind.

Money makes the world go round.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Practice makes perfect.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Even a worm will turn.

A good man is hard to find.

Persuasion is better than force.

Horses for courses.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Time flies.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Money talks.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

All the world loves a lover.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Moderation in all things.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You are what you eat.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Manners maketh the man.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Might is right.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Two heads are better than one.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

No man is an island.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Seize the day.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Shrouds have no pockets.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Bad news travels fast.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

East is east, and west is west.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

To the victor go the spoils.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You reap what you sow.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Life begins at forty.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

For everything there is a season.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A thing begun is half done.

It never rains but it pours.

Revenge is sweet.

Keep your chin up.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A house is not a home.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Actions speak louder than words.

Any port in a storm.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

There's one born every minute.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You are never too old to learn.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

All roads lead to Rome.

There's no time like the present.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Silence construes consent.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't always get what you want.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

All things must pass.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Pride comes before a fall.

Still waters run deep.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Third time lucky.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Time is money.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Every dog has its day.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

All that glitters is not gold.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Speak as you find.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Knowledge is power.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Quid pro quo.

Good things come to those who wait.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Practice what you preach.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Only the good die young.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Let the buyer beware.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Better safe than sorry.

Go the extra mile.

Charity begins at home.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't win them all.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Good things come in small packages.

Beggars can't be choosers.

An man's home is his castle.

The Devil is in the details.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can't take it with you.

Accidents will happen.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Silence is golden.

The more the merrier.

Slow but sure.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Get out while the getting is good.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Honesty is the best policy.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

No man can serve two masters.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Hope springs eternal.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The truth will out.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

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

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

All's well that ends well.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Everyone has their price.

Let bygones be bygones.

More haste, less speed.

Live and learn.

Patience is a virtue.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Different strokes for different folks.

The best things in life are free.

A man is known by his friends.

Every picture tells a story.

Life is what you make it.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to tango.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Misery loves company.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's the singer not the song.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Business before pleasure.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's safety in numbers.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Paddle your own canoe.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One hand washes the other.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It takes one to know one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Money isn't everything.

You win some, you lose some.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Less said, soon mended.

The end justifies the means.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Crime doesn't pay.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Fight the good fight.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Talk is cheap.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

He who hesitates is lost.

Physician, heal thyself.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Haste makes waste.

A golden key can open any door.

Nine tailors make a man.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Home is where the heart is.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Clothes do not make the man.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Truth will out.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Big fish eat little fish.

Enough is enough.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

An army marches on its stomach.

To every thing there is a season.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's best to be on the safe side.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A word to the wise is enough.

Great minds think alike.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Love will find a way.

Each to their own.

A new broom sweeps clean.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All good things must come to an end.

Always put your best foot forward.

The Devil looks after his own.

Opposites attract.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Only fools and horses work.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

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

East, west, home's best.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A cat may look at a king.

What goes up must come down.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Less is more.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't rock the boat.

Out of sight, out of mind.

What can't be cured must be endured.

History repeats itself.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Easy come, easy go.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A picture paints a thousand words.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Give the Devil his due.

Every stick has two ends.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Walls have ears.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There are two sides to every question.