Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Any port in a storm.

What goes up must come down.

Time will tell.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Life begins at forty.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Moderation in all things.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Quid pro quo.

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

Opposites attract.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The more the merrier.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Even a worm will turn.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Get out while the getting is good.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Good things come in small packages.

Every dog has its day.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let bygones be bygones.

The Devil is in the details.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The leopard does not change his spots.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You are what you eat.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's all grist to the mill.

Live and let live.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Faith will move mountains.

First come, first served.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The best things in life are free.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Business before pleasure.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's the singer not the song.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Practice makes perfect.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Honesty is the best policy.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nothing new under the sun.

Marriages are made in heaven.

All's fair in love and war.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make love not war.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

God helps those who help themselves.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All the world loves a lover.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no time like the present.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Cheats never prosper.

Different strokes for different folks.

Nothing succeeds like success.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money talks.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let the buyer beware.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes two to tango.

Physician, heal thyself.

Money is the root of all evil.

A fish always rots from the head.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

It takes one to know one.

No rest for the wicked.

A house is not a home.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Keep your chin up.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Only the good die young.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Time is money.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A cat may look at a king.

The truth will out.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

Slow but sure.

Persuasion is better than force.

All that glitters is not gold.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Make haste slowly.

Time flies.

Fight the good fight.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Time is a great healer.

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

Waste not, want not.

Great minds think alike.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Better late than never.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

You win some, you lose some.

There's no smoke without fire.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's one born every minute.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

It goes without saying.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good talk saves the food.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What goes around comes around.

A cat has nine lives.

Count your blessings.

It's better to give than to receive.

Love is blind.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Live and learn.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Easy come, easy go.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Love will find a way.

A picture paints a thousand words.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Devil looks after his own.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The wages of sin is death.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Talk is cheap.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't get mad, get even.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Truth will out.

Patience is a virtue.

No man can serve two masters.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You can't win them all.

Children should be seen and not heard.

No pain, no gain.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

History repeats itself.

East, west, home's best.

There are two sides to every question.

Money makes the world go round.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

For everything there is a season.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Learn to walk before you run.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Always put your best foot forward.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let well alone.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Bad news travels fast.

A thing begun is half done.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No man is an island.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Silence construes consent.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Might is right.

A watched pot never boils.

Haste makes waste.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A bad penny always turns up.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Seize the day.

All's well that ends well.

A good man is hard to find.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The customer is always right.

Keep your powder dry.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A word to the wise is enough.

Love makes the world go round.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Blood is thicker than water.

Every picture tells a story.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Like father, like son.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Many hands make light work.

A golden key can open any door.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Go the extra mile.

Don't rock the boat.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Life is what you make it.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Forgive and forget.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fight fire with fire.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Walls have ears.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Better safe than sorry.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If you build it, they will come.

To every thing there is a season.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Still waters run deep.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The early bird gets the worm.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Charity begins at home.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

One good deed deserves another.

Seeing is believing.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

First things first.

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

Horses for courses.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Share and share alike.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

East is east, and west is west.

Put your best foot forward.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Tomorrow never comes.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Oil and water don't mix.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't always get what you want.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Accidents will happen.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Every stick has two ends.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All you need is love.

Enough is enough.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Virtue is its own reward.

All publicity is good publicity.

Speak as you find.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The end justifies the means.

Look before you leap.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Bad money drives out good.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You are never too old to learn.

One hand washes the other.

If the cap fits, wear it.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All the world loves a lover.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

All things must pass.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.