When one door shuts, another opens.

A thing begun is half done.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Seek and you shall find.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Still waters run deep.

Count your blessings.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Patience is a virtue.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The customer is always right.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Pride comes before a fall.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A house is not a home.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Better safe than sorry.

What goes around comes around.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Pearls of wisdom.

Only fools and horses work.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beware the Ides of March.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Time will tell.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fortune favours the brave.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't rock the boat.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The show must go on.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It takes one to know one.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

For everything there is a season.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Once a thief, always a thief.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

No pain, no gain.

Bad money drives out good.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

All publicity is good publicity.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's no place like home.

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

First come, first served.

Cheats never prosper.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All's fair in love and war.

Big fish eat little fish.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A watched pot never boils.

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

All's well that ends well.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A man is known by his friends.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't take it with you.

Dead men tell no tales.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Wonders will never cease.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

All good things must come to an end.

All roads lead to Rome.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Many hands make light work.

Let well alone.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The best things in life are free.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to tango.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Give credit where credit is due.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The wages of sin is death.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A cat may look at a king.

Truth will out.

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

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

You are never too old to learn.

Christmas comes but once a year.

All things must pass.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Good things come in small packages.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No man can serve two masters.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Money isn't everything.

Blood is thicker than water.

Less is more.

There's no time like the present.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Like father, like son.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

More haste, less speed.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The best defence is a good offence.

To the victor go the spoils.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It never rains but it pours.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Each to their own.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

It goes without saying.

Ignorance is bliss.

Time is money.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Speak as you find.

Any port in a storm.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All that glitters is not gold.

Love makes the world go round.

Crime doesn't pay.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You reap what you sow.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Opposites attract.

Even a worm will turn.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Enough is enough.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

Charity begins at home.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East, west, home's best.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fight fire with fire.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

No news is good news.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Time flies.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fight the good fight.

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

Seeing is believing.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Silence is golden.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Children and fools tell the truth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The exception which proves the rule.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Seize the day.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's the singer not the song.

Horses for courses.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Forgive and forget.

Another day, another dollar.

The Devil is in the details.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Always put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A dog is a man's best friend.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Only the good die young.

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

There's one born every minute.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

No man is an island.

Might is right.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Life is what you make it.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Oil and water don't mix.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Business before pleasure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Practice makes perfect.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Great minds think alike.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Make haste slowly.

Never tell tales out of school.

Live and learn.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The early bird gets the worm.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

First things first.

Third time lucky.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Make love not war.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Money talks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

To every thing there is a season.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's better to give than to receive.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Slow but sure.

Share and share alike.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Moderation in all things.

Knowledge is power.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time is a great healer.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hope springs eternal.

Easy come, easy go.

Look before you leap.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All you need is love.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Bad news travels fast.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Hide in plain sight.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Give the Devil his due.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bigger, the better.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Keep your chin up.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Accidents will happen.

The end justifies the means.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Better late than never.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Misery loves company.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Less said, soon mended.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love will find a way.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

History repeats itself.

Let bygones be bygones.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's safety in numbers.

A fish always rots from the head.

One good deed deserves another.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East is east, and west is west.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The truth will out.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Practice what you preach.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Walls have ears.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You win some, you lose some.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Revenge is sweet.

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