Slow but sure.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Every picture tells a story.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If you build it, they will come.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Third time lucky.

There's no time like the present.

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

A golden key can open any door.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Oil and water don't mix.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You reap what you sow.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All things must pass.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

What goes around comes around.

Life is what you make it.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Time will tell.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Never tell tales out of school.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

No news is good news.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The more the merrier.

Fortune favours the brave.

It goes without saying.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Time is money.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Learn to walk before you run.

It's never too late to mend.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Silence is golden.

Attack is the best form of defence.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Revenge is sweet.

Good things come to those who wait.

Money talks.

Truth will out.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All you need is love.

Seize the day.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Honesty is the best policy.

East, west, home's best.

Pride comes before a fall.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Look before you leap.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Business before pleasure.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Go the extra mile.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Silence construes consent.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There are two sides to every question.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Manners maketh the man.

A thing begun is half done.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Waste not, want not.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Accidents will happen.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The best things in life are free.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All good things must come to an end.

Still waters run deep.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

You are what you eat.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Love will find a way.

Great minds think alike.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The bigger, the better.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Better late than never.

Hope springs eternal.

There's one born every minute.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Everyone has their price.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Share and share alike.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Moderation in all things.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

First come, first served.

To the victor go the spoils.

Like father, like son.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

You can't win them all.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All's fair in love and war.

The Devil is in the details.

The Devil looks after his own.

History repeats itself.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The exception which proves the rule.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Horses for courses.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beware the Ides of March.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Knowledge is power.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Make love not war.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love is blind.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Even a worm will turn.

Less is more.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Give the Devil his due.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Love makes the world go round.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Time is a great healer.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Good talk saves the food.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Another day, another dollar.

Any port in a storm.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Variety is the spice of life.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Cheats never prosper.

You can't take it with you.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Opposites attract.

One hand washes the other.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Every dog has its day.

The age of miracles is past.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Live and let live.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Quid pro quo.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Give credit where credit is due.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A house is not a home.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's the singer not the song.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Let the dead bury the dead.

No man is an island.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The end justifies the means.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Make haste slowly.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The wages of sin is death.

Bad money drives out good.

Speak as you find.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

A cat has nine lives.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Only fools and horses work.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Money isn't everything.

An man's home is his castle.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no place like home.

Practice what you preach.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A cat may look at a king.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Seeing is believing.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

First things first.

Keep your powder dry.

Appearances can be deceptive.

What goes up must come down.

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

Keep your chin up.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's better to give than to receive.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Dead men tell no tales.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Life begins at forty.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't rock the boat.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It takes one to know one.

Don't get mad, get even.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Never go to bed on an argument.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One good deed deserves another.

Always put your best foot forward.

Time flies.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Virtue is its own reward.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The early bird gets the worm.

Home is where the heart is.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's an exception to every rule.

The truth will out.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Haste makes waste.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Two heads are better than one.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

To every thing there is a season.

No man can serve two masters.

Let bygones be bygones.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A good man is hard to find.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no smoke without fire.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Every stick has two ends.

Charity begins at home.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Clothes do not make the man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Forgive and forget.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Walls have ears.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A fish always rots from the head.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Only the good die young.

Never give a sucker an even break.

He who hesitates is lost.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let well alone.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Enough is enough.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

An army marches on its stomach.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Procrastination is the thief of time.