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

Time is money.

Persuasion is better than force.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Might is right.

Life is what you make it.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Fortune favours the brave.

Put your best foot forward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Only fools and horses work.

Practice makes perfect.

Practice what you preach.

God helps those who help themselves.

A good man is hard to find.

It never rains but it pours.

Make love not war.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

All things must pass.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All good things must come to an end.

There are two sides to every question.

A leopard can't change its spots.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Forgive and forget.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

All publicity is good publicity.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

Give the Devil his due.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Pearls of wisdom.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Better late than never.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All the world loves a lover.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

No man is an island.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All's well that ends well.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Love makes the world go round.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Keep your chin up.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

For everything there is a season.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The customer is always right.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Tomorrow is another day.

Keep your powder dry.

Money makes the world go round.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Share and share alike.

Seeing is believing.

Live and let live.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Stupid is as stupid does.

First things first.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Like father, like son.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's better to give than to receive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A thing begun is half done.

Two heads are better than one.

Let bygones be bygones.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Misery loves company.

All that glitters is not gold.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

What goes up must come down.

Go the extra mile.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Variety is the spice of life.

A man is known by his friends.

The Devil is in the details.

East, west, home's best.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Third time lucky.

The show must go on.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Waste not, want not.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A golden key can open any door.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It goes without saying.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Many hands make light work.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Moderation in all things.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Time will tell.

You can't win them all.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Seize the day.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

There's no place like home.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Silence construes consent.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

History repeats itself.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

No news is good news.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Let well alone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Truth will out.

It's best to be on the safe side.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Slow but sure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Patience is a virtue.

The bigger, the better.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Virtue is its own reward.

Fight fire with fire.

You reap what you sow.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

What goes around comes around.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beware the Ides of March.

Pride comes before a fall.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Less is more.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Love is blind.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You can't take it with you.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Still waters run deep.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

One hand washes the other.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Speak as you find.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Enough is enough.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

A cat may look at a king.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Better safe than sorry.

It's all grist to the mill.

Even a worm will turn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no time like the present.

Money isn't everything.

Make haste slowly.

Nothing new under the sun.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All you need is love.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The more the merrier.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

Life begins at forty.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All good things come to those that wait.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Manners maketh the man.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

It takes two to tango.

The age of miracles is past.

Walls have ears.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never tell tales out of school.

Let the buyer beware.

A word to the wise is enough.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The early bird gets the worm.

The best things in life are free.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One good deed deserves another.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Every dog has its day.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Another day, another dollar.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't rock the boat.

Good things come in small packages.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Look before you leap.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cheats never prosper.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Bad news travels fast.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Count your blessings.

If you build it, they will come.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Each to their own.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Ignorance is bliss.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

No pain, no gain.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Oil and water don't mix.

Time is a great healer.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You win some, you lose some.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The end justifies the means.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

It's the singer not the song.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best defence is a good offence.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Every picture tells a story.

Money talks.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't get mad, get even.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Everyone has their price.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Money is the root of all evil.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Business before pleasure.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Horses for courses.

You are what you eat.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Only the good die young.

Always put your best foot forward.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Talk is cheap.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Home is where the heart is.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Opposites attract.

Time flies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Tomorrow never comes.

Live and learn.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

First impressions are the most lasting.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A cat has nine lives.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Physician, heal thyself.

Great minds think alike.

Seek and you shall find.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

The best-laid plans go astray.

He who hesitates is lost.

Easy come, easy go.

You are never too old to learn.

Charity begins at home.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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