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

Many hands make light work.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Practice what you preach.

The Devil looks after his own.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Accidents will happen.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Only the good die young.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Silence construes consent.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You are what you eat.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Everyone has their price.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

First come, first served.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Charity begins at home.

There are two sides to every question.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Make love not war.

One hand washes the other.

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

All's well that ends well.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

To every thing there is a season.

Put your best foot forward.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Walls have ears.

There's no time like the present.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Count your blessings.

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

Life is what you make it.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't always get what you want.

Business before pleasure.

First things first.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

You are never too old to learn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All publicity is good publicity.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No man can serve two masters.

Forgive and forget.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best things in life are free.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Time flies.

No news is good news.

Third time lucky.

Ignorance is bliss.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can't win them all.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Different strokes for different folks.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Keep your powder dry.

Live and let live.

Enough is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

All you need is love.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A golden key can open any door.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The end justifies the means.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's the singer not the song.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nothing new under the sun.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't get mad, get even.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't rock the boat.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Go the extra mile.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Life begins at forty.

Any port in a storm.

Share and share alike.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Faith will move mountains.

Clothes do not make the man.

Less said, soon mended.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The bigger, the better.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

A bad penny always turns up.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

A watched pot never boils.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Good things come in small packages.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Little pitchers have big ears.

If you build it, they will come.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All good things must come to an end.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A word to the wise is enough.

A cat has nine lives.

No pain, no gain.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Money makes the world go round.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There is honour among thieves.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Time is money.

It goes without saying.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A man is known by his friends.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Two heads are better than one.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The more the merrier.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A good man is hard to find.

All roads lead to Rome.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Better late than never.

The wages of sin is death.

Hide in plain sight.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best defence is a good offence.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Love will find a way.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Still waters run deep.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It never rains but it pours.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Every dog has its day.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Horses for courses.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

It's all grist to the mill.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no smoke without fire.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A cat may look at a king.

Moderation in all things.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Live and learn.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Great minds think alike.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A house is not a home.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

What goes around comes around.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Physician, heal thyself.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's one born every minute.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Always put your best foot forward.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Each to their own.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Talk is cheap.

Learn to walk before you run.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Misery loves company.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Actions speak louder than words.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

Bad news travels fast.

Money talks.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

History repeats itself.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Only fools and horses work.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Get out while the getting is good.

Time will tell.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Waste not, want not.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Quid pro quo.

More haste, less speed.

Dead men tell no tales.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time is a great healer.

An man's home is his castle.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The show must go on.

Give the Devil his due.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

You can't take it with you.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Hope springs eternal.

It's better to give than to receive.

Every picture tells a story.

All that glitters is not gold.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

What goes up must come down.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Good talk saves the food.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

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

Seize the day.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

East is east, and west is west.

The exception which proves the rule.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's best to be on the safe side.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Money isn't everything.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It takes two to tango.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Never tell tales out of school.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes one to know one.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

The Devil is in the details.

Fortune favours the brave.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A thing begun is half done.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

To the victor go the spoils.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Look before you leap.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Big fish eat little fish.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Marriages are made in heaven.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Truth will out.

All things must pass.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

You reap what you sow.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's no place like home.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Virtue is its own reward.

Speak as you find.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There's safety in numbers.

Knowledge is power.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every stick has two ends.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Seeing is believing.

Make haste slowly.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Bad money drives out good.

Manners maketh the man.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Practice makes perfect.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Opposites attract.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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