A new broom sweeps clean.

No news is good news.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

What goes around comes around.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't win them all.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Cold hands, warm heart.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Every stick has two ends.

The best things in life are free.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All good things must come to an end.

Life is what you make it.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Live and learn.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Go the extra mile.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Pride comes before a fall.

Only fools and horses work.

If you build it, they will come.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Slow and steady wins the race.

East, west, home's best.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no time like the present.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Accidents will happen.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Charity begins at home.

Don't get mad, get even.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

One good deed deserves another.

Quid pro quo.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's better to give than to receive.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Put your best foot forward.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You are never too old to learn.

The wages of sin is death.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Honesty is the best policy.

Count your blessings.

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

There's no place like home.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Money makes the world go round.

The show must go on.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The Devil is in the details.

A house is not a home.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Let well alone.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Silence construes consent.

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

Misery loves company.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let bygones be bygones.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

More haste, less speed.

Walls have ears.

Seeing is believing.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Love is blind.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Nine tailors make a man.

Tomorrow never comes.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cheats never prosper.

Hide in plain sight.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time is money.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Hope springs eternal.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It never rains but it pours.

Life begins at forty.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Time flies.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Good talk saves the food.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Better safe than sorry.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Actions speak louder than words.

Forgive and forget.

No pain, no gain.

What goes up must come down.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The truth will out.

Patience is a virtue.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Great minds think alike.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Seek and you shall find.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

History repeats itself.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Children should be seen and not heard.

No rest for the wicked.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The age of miracles is past.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

First come, first served.

Virtue is its own reward.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There are two sides to every question.

You are what you eat.

A watched pot never boils.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Business before pleasure.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A man is known by his friends.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Slow but sure.

Look before you leap.

Easy come, easy go.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Ignorance is bliss.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

He who hesitates is lost.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Silence is golden.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't change horses in midstream.

An army marches on its stomach.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't rock the boat.

Crime doesn't pay.

Give the Devil his due.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Get out while the getting is good.

Money talks.

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

Time is a great healer.

No man can serve two masters.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Every picture tells a story.

Enough is enough.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Speak as you find.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The best defence is a good offence.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice makes perfect.

Any port in a storm.

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

Money isn't everything.

One hand washes the other.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Always put your best foot forward.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Moderation in all things.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A good man is hard to find.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't throw good money after bad.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Make love not war.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A golden key can open any door.

All things must pass.

All's fair in love and war.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You can't take it with you.

It's the singer not the song.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Knowledge is power.

Laughter is the best medicine.

All you need is love.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Good things come in small packages.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Time will tell.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Live and let live.

Fortune favours the brave.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You win some, you lose some.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nothing new under the sun.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It takes two to tango.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Seize the day.

All's well that ends well.

Many hands make light work.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There is honour among thieves.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Two heads are better than one.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No man is an island.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Haste makes waste.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Another day, another dollar.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

God helps those who help themselves.

Keep your powder dry.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Oil and water don't mix.

The more the merrier.

Pearls of wisdom.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Fight the good fight.

Wonders will never cease.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Every dog has its day.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beware the Ides of March.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Paddle your own canoe.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Horses for courses.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Might is right.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Faith will move mountains.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Only the good die young.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't always get what you want.

Manners maketh the man.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Share and share alike.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Third time lucky.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Different strokes for different folks.

Still waters run deep.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Better late than never.

To every thing there is a season.

Keep your chin up.

The Devil looks after his own.

The bigger, the better.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

It goes without saying.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Talk is cheap.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

First things first.

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

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