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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Oil and water don't mix.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time is money.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

An man's home is his castle.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil is in the details.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

All roads lead to Rome.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Pride comes before a fall.

All the world loves a lover.

If you build it, they will come.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The truth will out.

Practice makes perfect.

Big fish eat little fish.

No pain, no gain.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Live and let live.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You reap what you sow.

The show must go on.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Good things come in small packages.

Opposites attract.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Love makes the world go round.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

No rest for the wicked.

A thing begun is half done.

All you need is love.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Learn to walk before you run.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The customer is always right.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Truth will out.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Haste makes waste.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money makes the world go round.

Any port in a storm.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

History repeats itself.

God helps those who help themselves.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A golden key can open any door.

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

No news is good news.

Life is what you make it.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Silence is golden.

Count your blessings.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It never rains but it pours.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Charity begins at home.

The more the merrier.

Strike while the iron is hot.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Enough is enough.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Paddle your own canoe.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't rock the boat.

Manners maketh the man.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Make haste slowly.

First things first.

Cheats never prosper.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You are never too old to learn.

Honesty is the best policy.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's one born every minute.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Small things amuse small minds.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Look before you leap.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Go the extra mile.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The end justifies the means.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

A good man is hard to find.

What goes around comes around.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There are two sides to every question.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Never tell tales out of school.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Virtue is its own reward.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

A watched pot never boils.

There's no time like the present.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love will find a way.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The bigger, the better.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Patience is a virtue.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every picture tells a story.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Misery loves company.

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

Accidents will happen.

Hide in plain sight.

What goes up must come down.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beware the Ides of March.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't always get what you want.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

It takes one to know one.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Waste not, want not.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't get mad, get even.

East is east, and west is west.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Variety is the spice of life.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Time is a great healer.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Keep your chin up.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best things in life are free.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Talk is cheap.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Physician, heal thyself.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Third time lucky.

Might is right.

Money is the root of all evil.

You are what you eat.

It goes without saying.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Everyone has their price.

Slow but sure.

Put your best foot forward.

Each to their own.

Keep your powder dry.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Dead men tell no tales.

Different strokes for different folks.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Blood is thicker than water.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Children and fools tell the truth.

While there is life, there is hope.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's never too late to mend.

One hand washes the other.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A cat may look at a king.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There is honour among thieves.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The exception which proves the rule.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The age of miracles is past.

Fight the good fight.

Practice what you preach.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

First come, first served.

For everything there is a season.

Faith will move mountains.

It takes two to tango.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hope springs eternal.

Love is blind.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Horses for courses.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Every dog has its day.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Easy come, easy go.

Good talk saves the food.

The Devil looks after his own.

East, west, home's best.

Knowledge is power.

Seeing is believing.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

One good deed deserves another.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Great minds think alike.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Business before pleasure.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Seize the day.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

Less is more.

It's better to give than to receive.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Revenge is sweet.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Time will tell.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Live and learn.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Forgive and forget.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A word to the wise is enough.

All things must pass.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A man is known by his friends.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's all grist to the mill.

All's fair in love and war.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Nine tailors make a man.

No man is an island.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

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

Better late than never.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Silence construes consent.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Walls have ears.

Many hands make light work.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Still waters run deep.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You win some, you lose some.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Ignorance is bliss.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't take it with you.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Get out while the getting is good.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no place like home.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

To every thing there is a season.

Time flies.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

More haste, less speed.

You can't win them all.

There's no smoke without fire.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes two to make a quarrel.