East, west, home's best.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Talk is cheap.

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

First come, first served.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Keep your powder dry.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It never rains but it pours.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

To every thing there is a season.

He who hesitates is lost.

Share and share alike.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Persuasion is better than force.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no place like home.

Waste not, want not.

The best things in life are free.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All good things must come to an end.

A house is not a home.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The show must go on.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil is in the details.

Another day, another dollar.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money talks.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Less is more.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If you build it, they will come.

Tomorrow is another day.

Love makes the world go round.

Might is right.

Crime doesn't pay.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Patience is a virtue.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Better safe than sorry.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Make love not war.

All's well that ends well.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Live and let live.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The end justifies the means.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Let bygones be bygones.

There are two sides to every question.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You win some, you lose some.

Bad money drives out good.

It's never too late to mend.

All the world loves a lover.

What goes up must come down.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Fight the good fight.

Seize the day.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Good things come to those who wait.

Everyone has their price.

Love is blind.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Two heads are better than one.

There's one born every minute.

Great minds think alike.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Silence construes consent.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Enough is enough.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Give credit where credit is due.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First things first.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes two to tango.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Never speak ill of the dead.

East is east, and west is west.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's better to give than to receive.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Good things come in small packages.

Truth will out.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Get out while the getting is good.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A thing begun is half done.

History repeats itself.

It's the singer not the song.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Only fools and horses work.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Give the Devil his due.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The leopard does not change his spots.

For everything there is a season.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Paddle your own canoe.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Moderation in all things.

No rest for the wicked.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Learn to walk before you run.

Nothing succeeds like success.

No man is an island.

Time flies.

Nine tailors make a man.

One hand washes the other.

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

Each to their own.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Variety is the spice of life.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Life begins at forty.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Practice makes perfect.

Business before pleasure.

Look before you leap.

Quid pro quo.

Good talk saves the food.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Easy come, easy go.

Slow but sure.

Don't rock the boat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

The truth will out.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

God helps those who help themselves.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fortune favours the brave.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Beggars can't be choosers.

One good deed deserves another.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Accidents will happen.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The bigger, the better.

No man can serve two masters.

Any port in a storm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hide in plain sight.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Silence is golden.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's safety in numbers.

Love will find a way.

The customer is always right.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Nothing new under the sun.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Ignorance is bliss.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Every stick has two ends.

There is honour among thieves.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Practice what you preach.

Virtue is its own reward.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Charity begins at home.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A man is known by his friends.

Wonders will never cease.

What goes around comes around.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

No news is good news.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Only the good die young.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All's fair in love and war.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A bad penny always turns up.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Tomorrow never comes.

Horses for courses.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An man's home is his castle.

A word to the wise is enough.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Speak as you find.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Beware the Ides of March.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It goes without saying.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Go the extra mile.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

All roads lead to Rome.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Dead men tell no tales.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Keep your chin up.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Better late than never.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The wages of sin is death.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Like father, like son.

While there is life, there is hope.

No pain, no gain.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let the buyer beware.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Time is money.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The age of miracles is past.

There's no time like the present.

The more the merrier.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Even a worm will turn.

All that glitters is not gold.

A cat may look at a king.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't always get what you want.

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

You are what you eat.

There's no smoke without fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It's all grist to the mill.

A cat has nine lives.

To the victor go the spoils.

Third time lucky.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Revenge is sweet.

Hope springs eternal.

There's an exception to every rule.

Seeing is believing.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Every picture tells a story.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make haste slowly.

Less said, soon mended.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Let well alone.

It takes one to know one.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Haste makes waste.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Misery loves company.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Every dog has its day.

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

You can't win them all.

All things must pass.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't shoot the messenger.

In the midst of life we are in death.