Let well alone.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All roads lead to Rome.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Live and learn.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't rock the boat.

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

There's safety in numbers.

The best defence is a good offence.

Pride comes before a fall.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You reap what you sow.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Charity begins at home.

A watched pot never boils.

Many hands make light work.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Hide in plain sight.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Make haste slowly.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Revenge is sweet.

Moderation in all things.

Better late than never.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Money isn't everything.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Less is more.

Accidents will happen.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You are what you eat.

It goes without saying.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

What goes up must come down.

The Devil is in the details.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nothing new under the sun.

The age of miracles is past.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

For everything there is a season.

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

Forgive and forget.

All you need is love.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fortune favours the brave.

The best things in life are free.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

No pain, no gain.

There is honour among thieves.

Ignorance is bliss.

You are never too old to learn.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Haste makes waste.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Oil and water don't mix.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Blood is thicker than water.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Only the good die young.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Good things come to those who wait.

Third time lucky.

There are two sides to every question.

Waste not, want not.

Silence construes consent.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Fight fire with fire.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A thing begun is half done.

Actions speak louder than words.

The early bird gets the worm.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cheats never prosper.

Each to their own.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

There's no place like home.

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

You win some, you lose some.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Horses for courses.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Live and let live.

A man is known by his friends.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

No news is good news.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Time is a great healer.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

First come, first served.

If you build it, they will come.

There is no accounting for tastes.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A word to the wise is enough.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Crime doesn't pay.

One hand washes the other.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Good talk saves the food.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Paddle your own canoe.

Misery loves company.

Even a worm will turn.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Might is right.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No man is an island.

Slow but sure.

Give the Devil his due.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil looks after his own.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Every picture tells a story.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

The customer is always right.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

All's fair in love and war.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Count your blessings.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All the world loves a lover.

There's a time and a place for everything.

East, west, home's best.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A poor worker blames the tools.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Get out while the getting is good.

Every dog has its day.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

A cat may look at a king.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Seeing is believing.

Hope springs eternal.

Time and tide wait for no one.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Only fools and horses work.

Less said, soon mended.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Love will find a way.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Put your best foot forward.

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

The bigger, the better.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Knowledge is power.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

All's well that ends well.

Quid pro quo.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Keep your powder dry.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Like father, like son.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes two to tango.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Fight the good fight.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An army marches on its stomach.

Wonders will never cease.

Keep your chin up.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone has their price.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The exception which proves the rule.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Go the extra mile.

It takes one to know one.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The show must go on.

Time flies.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's never too late to mend.

The more the merrier.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Practice makes perfect.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

More haste, less speed.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

East is east, and west is west.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All that glitters is not gold.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't take it with you.

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

All things must pass.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Tomorrow is another day.

Truth will out.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Silence is golden.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's all grist to the mill.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's better to give than to receive.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

First things first.

Patience is a virtue.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Any port in a storm.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Money talks.

The end justifies the means.

Always put your best foot forward.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Home is where the heart is.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's an exception to every rule.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Look before you leap.

Bad news travels fast.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All good things must come to an end.

Every stick has two ends.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A golden key can open any door.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It's the singer not the song.

A house is not a home.

Business before pleasure.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Life begins at forty.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money makes the world go round.

A good man is hard to find.

Love is blind.

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

Speak as you find.

Good fences make good neighbours.

All publicity is good publicity.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Practice what you preach.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's no smoke without fire.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

To every thing there is a season.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

Let the buyer beware.

Time will tell.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Dead men tell no tales.

Share and share alike.

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

Talk is cheap.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Great minds think alike.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't cast pearls before swine.