Small things amuse small minds.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There are two sides to every question.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

No rest for the wicked.

Good talk saves the food.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The show must go on.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

Love is blind.

Life is what you make it.

Silence construes consent.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

An man's home is his castle.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Let the dead bury the dead.

One hand washes the other.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

History repeats itself.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Handsome is as handsome does.

First impressions are the most lasting.

God helps those who help themselves.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Only the good die young.

The customer is always right.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Less is more.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You are never too old to learn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Make love not war.

In the midst of life we are in death.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The Devil looks after his own.

Horses for courses.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Beware the Ides of March.

Pride comes before a fall.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Fight fire with fire.

Money talks.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Moderation in all things.

Forewarned is forearmed.

No pain, no gain.

Everyone has their price.

Love makes the world go round.

Each to their own.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Might is right.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't get mad, get even.

Good things come to those who wait.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Talk is cheap.

To every thing there is a season.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ignorance is bliss.

Children should be seen and not heard.

For everything there is a season.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Revenge is sweet.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't always get what you want.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Wonders will never cease.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Walls have ears.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Always put your best foot forward.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Haste makes waste.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Good fences make good neighbours.

All that glitters is not gold.

One good deed deserves another.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Give the Devil his due.

A house is not a home.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Patience is a virtue.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It goes without saying.

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

There's one born every minute.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Every stick has two ends.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's an exception to every rule.

Live and learn.

All you need is love.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

First come, first served.

More haste, less speed.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes all sorts to make a world.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Love will find a way.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't rock the boat.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time flies.

You can't win them all.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's the singer not the song.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Practice what you preach.

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

No news is good news.

Any port in a storm.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Pearls of wisdom.

No man can serve two masters.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Better late than never.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Physician, heal thyself.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Slow but sure.

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

Fight the good fight.

Time is a great healer.

Still waters run deep.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The best-laid plans go astray.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Look before you leap.

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your chin up.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Let well alone.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Speak as you find.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Honesty is the best policy.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's no place like home.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Bad news travels fast.

Even a worm will turn.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

You can't take it with you.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Charity begins at home.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Paddle your own canoe.

Give credit where credit is due.

Tomorrow is another day.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Truth will out.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every dog has its day.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Faith will move mountains.

Practice makes perfect.

Put your best foot forward.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Business before pleasure.

Knowledge is power.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You reap what you sow.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Accidents will happen.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

To the victor go the spoils.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Count your blessings.

The bigger, the better.

The leopard does not change his spots.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

First things first.

Get out while the getting is good.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Only fools and horses work.

All publicity is good publicity.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

No man is an island.

Silence is golden.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Seeing is believing.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Money makes the world go round.

Life begins at forty.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A bad penny always turns up.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The wages of sin is death.

The best things in life are free.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let bygones be bygones.

What goes around comes around.

All things must pass.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Home is where the heart is.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It takes two to tango.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Third time lucky.

Misery loves company.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Money isn't everything.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make haste slowly.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Cold hands, warm heart.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A cat has nine lives.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All's well that ends well.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Enough is enough.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Forgive and forget.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Opposites attract.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Great minds think alike.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

East is east, and west is west.

You win some, you lose some.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Waste not, want not.

Time is money.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Seize the day.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Hope springs eternal.

There's safety in numbers.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Keep your powder dry.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Go the extra mile.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

You are what you eat.

A man is known by his friends.

A house is not a home.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Share and share alike.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Less said, soon mended.

It takes one to know one.