The show must go on.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

No news is good news.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Dead men tell no tales.

Quid pro quo.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's no smoke without fire.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Knowledge is power.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

What goes around comes around.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Charity begins at home.

A watched pot never boils.

All things must pass.

Talk is cheap.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You are never too old to learn.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

The customer is always right.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Great minds think alike.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Share and share alike.

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

Faith will move mountains.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't make bricks without straw.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Shrouds have no pockets.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The end justifies the means.

No man is an island.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Many hands make light work.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The age of miracles is past.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A word to the wise is enough.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Bad news travels fast.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fight the good fight.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Like father, like son.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One good deed deserves another.

Each to their own.

Silence is golden.

Practice makes perfect.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

It never rains but it pours.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seeing is believing.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Once bitten, twice shy.

He who hesitates is lost.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

All you need is love.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

A fish always rots from the head.

Life is what you make it.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It takes two to tango.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Beware the Ides of March.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Misery loves company.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Third time lucky.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Love makes the world go round.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Every dog has its day.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

For everything there is a season.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The wages of sin is death.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You win some, you lose some.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First things first.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Different strokes for different folks.

All the world loves a lover.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

All publicity is good publicity.

You are what you eat.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Fight fire with fire.

A man is known by his friends.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Small things amuse small minds.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Money is the root of all evil.

More haste, less speed.

Good things come in small packages.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Accidents will happen.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The more the merrier.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Slow but sure.

You can't win them all.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't rock the boat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Life begins at forty.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Truth will out.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Forgive and forget.

Give the Devil his due.

The early bird gets the worm.

East is east, and west is west.

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

No rest for the wicked.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Still waters run deep.

It's better to give than to receive.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Every stick has two ends.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A thing begun is half done.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love is blind.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's one born every minute.

Learn to walk before you run.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Easy come, easy go.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Only the good die young.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Let well alone.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

An army marches on its stomach.

It goes without saying.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Patience is a virtue.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Slow and steady wins the race.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No pain, no gain.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Blood is thicker than water.

All good things come to those that wait.

Cheats never prosper.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's safety in numbers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Wonders will never cease.

Enough is enough.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Might is right.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Any port in a storm.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Moderation in all things.

Less is more.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Hide in plain sight.

Haste makes waste.

There's no time like the present.

Honesty is the best policy.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Time will tell.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

The best things in life are free.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nothing new under the sun.

One hand washes the other.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All's fair in love and war.

There's no place like home.

It takes one to know one.

Virtue is its own reward.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A good man is hard to find.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Look before you leap.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Actions speak louder than words.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Walls have ears.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Big fish eat little fish.

Even a worm will turn.

Money talks.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Make love not war.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Live and learn.

Waste not, want not.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Go the extra mile.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Seek and you shall find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Silence construes consent.

Curiosity killed the cat.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Time flies.

A house is not a home.

Time is a great healer.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The bigger, the better.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The Devil is in the details.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An man's home is his castle.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Manners maketh the man.

Persuasion is better than force.

Paddle your own canoe.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Practice what you preach.

Better late than never.

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

East, west, home's best.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

While there is life, there is hope.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The pen is mightier than sword.

All that glitters is not gold.

Horses for courses.

You can't always get what you want.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Opposites attract.

Home is where the heart is.

What goes up must come down.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Better safe than sorry.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Make haste slowly.

Keep your chin up.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't get blood out of a stone.

No rest for the wicked.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Speak as you find.

A person is known by the company they keep.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Count your blessings.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Every picture tells a story.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Business before pleasure.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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