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

What goes around comes around.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Share and share alike.

God helps those who help themselves.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fight fire with fire.

A house is not a home.

Live and let live.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Horses for courses.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Walls have ears.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The end justifies the means.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A man is known by his friends.

The bigger, the better.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Get out while the getting is good.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

East, west, home's best.

A word to the wise is enough.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Knowledge is power.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Let the dead bury the dead.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nothing new under the sun.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Keep your chin up.

Another day, another dollar.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Seeing is believing.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

It's the singer not the song.

No news is good news.

It never rains but it pours.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

The wages of sin is death.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

There's no time like the present.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Always put your best foot forward.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

An man's home is his castle.

First come, first served.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A fish always rots from the head.

Any port in a storm.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All you need is love.

It takes one to know one.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Physician, heal thyself.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Learn to walk before you run.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You can't win them all.

You can't always get what you want.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

It goes without saying.

Oil and water don't mix.

Count your blessings.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There is honour among thieves.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No rest for the wicked.

Each to their own.

A good man is hard to find.

All the world loves a lover.

There's no place like home.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Give the Devil his due.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Time will tell.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Revenge is sweet.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let well alone.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Life begins at forty.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Paddle your own canoe.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Crime doesn't pay.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The early bird gets the worm.

Honesty is the best policy.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The pen is mightier than sword.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's safety in numbers.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Bad money drives out good.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

It takes two to tango.

It's best to be on the safe side.

First things first.

Pearls of wisdom.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Haste makes waste.

All's fair in love and war.

Love is blind.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Talk is cheap.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Home is where the heart is.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Love makes the world go round.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The customer is always right.

Two heads are better than one.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Beware the Ides of March.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Even a worm will turn.

Beauty is only skin deep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

An army marches on its stomach.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Put your best foot forward.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Still waters run deep.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

All's well that ends well.

East is east, and west is west.

Silence construes consent.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

If the cap fits, wear it.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Live and learn.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

To every thing there is a season.

Wonders will never cease.

Blood is thicker than water.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Manners maketh the man.

The age of miracles is past.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Quid pro quo.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Hope springs eternal.

Charity begins at home.

Accidents will happen.

Seize the day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Marriages are made in heaven.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No man is an island.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't take it with you.

Bad news travels fast.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Hide in plain sight.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The show must go on.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fortune favours the brave.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

More haste, less speed.

Opposites attract.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Good talk saves the food.

Silence is golden.

No pain, no gain.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Every picture tells a story.

Every dog has its day.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A cat may look at a king.

Make love not war.

Let the buyer beware.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Time is money.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Go the extra mile.

Speak as you find.

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

You reap what you sow.

The exception which proves the rule.

The more the merrier.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

All publicity is good publicity.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All good things come to those that wait.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Forgive and forget.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Good things come to those who wait.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Might is right.

Laughter is the best medicine.

For everything there is a season.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Practice what you preach.

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

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Look before you leap.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's an exception to every rule.

The Devil looks after his own.

Seek and you shall find.

Misery loves company.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Tomorrow is another day.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

There's one born every minute.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love will find a way.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Make haste slowly.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you build it, they will come.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Better safe than sorry.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Only the good die young.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Life is what you make it.

Patience is a virtue.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Everyone has their price.

Give credit where credit is due.

Money is the root of all evil.

You win some, you lose some.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Money talks.

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

Only fools and horses work.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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

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

Slow but sure.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

History repeats itself.

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

Time flies.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's never too late to mend.

The truth will out.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Many hands make light work.

Keep your powder dry.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Like father, like son.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

You are what you eat.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Business before pleasure.