Good things come to those who wait.

The end justifies the means.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Let well alone.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Even a worm will turn.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's a time and a place for everything.

East is east, and west is west.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It takes one to know one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Speak as you find.

Fight the good fight.

No man can serve two masters.

Make love not war.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let bygones be bygones.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Give credit where credit is due.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Everyone has their price.

All the world loves a lover.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Pride comes before a fall.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Charity begins at home.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Small things amuse small minds.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Home is where the heart is.

The age of miracles is past.

Manners maketh the man.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Moderation in all things.

Seek and you shall find.

Accidents will happen.

Don't get mad, get even.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Never tell tales out of school.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If you build it, they will come.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fortune favours the brave.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

East, west, home's best.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

One hand washes the other.

Dead men tell no tales.

Love is blind.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

Less is more.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

What goes around comes around.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Blood is thicker than water.

Tomorrow never comes.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time flies.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Waste not, want not.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The customer is always right.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Each to their own.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Put your best foot forward.

No news is good news.

Go the extra mile.

Variety is the spice of life.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All's well that ends well.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Haste makes waste.

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

You can't always get what you want.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The Devil looks after his own.

While there is life, there is hope.

Patience is a virtue.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You win some, you lose some.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Slow but sure.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You are never too old to learn.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Enough is enough.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All that glitters is not gold.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Revenge is sweet.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Learn to walk before you run.

Better safe than sorry.

You are what you eat.

Birds of a feather flock together.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It takes two to tango.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Life begins at forty.

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

Love will find a way.

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

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

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

What goes up must come down.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

First come, first served.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Good things come in small packages.

Share and share alike.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Crime doesn't pay.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Opposites attract.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your chin up.

Time will tell.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The show must go on.

Tomorrow is another day.

All good things must come to an end.

Honesty is the best policy.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money isn't everything.

To every thing there is a season.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's never too late to mend.

Keep your powder dry.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Great minds think alike.

Business before pleasure.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Practice what you preach.

Money is the root of all evil.

Look before you leap.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Quid pro quo.

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

No man is an island.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Live and let live.

Time is money.

Live and learn.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's one born every minute.

Third time lucky.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A good man is hard to find.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hope springs eternal.

Make haste slowly.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's the singer not the song.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Misery loves company.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hide in plain sight.

A cat has nine lives.

Easy come, easy go.

Silence is golden.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Time is a great healer.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A golden key can open any door.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Less said, soon mended.

All good things come to those that wait.

Nine tailors make a man.

Like father, like son.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The bigger, the better.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Ignorance is bliss.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

An army marches on its stomach.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It goes without saying.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Two heads are better than one.

There's no time like the present.

Forgive and forget.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

If you can't be good, be careful.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A house is not a home.

Better late than never.

The truth will out.

Pearls of wisdom.

Truth will out.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The more the merrier.

Many hands make light work.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Might is right.

All publicity is good publicity.

The early bird gets the worm.

Love makes the world go round.

Never give a sucker an even break.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Good talk saves the food.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Life is what you make it.

Give the Devil his due.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Walls have ears.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A man is known by his friends.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Horses for courses.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

One good deed deserves another.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A word to the wise is enough.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

There's safety in numbers.

For everything there is a season.

Money makes the world go round.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Only the good die young.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The best things in life are free.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bad money drives out good.

Every picture tells a story.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It never rains but it pours.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't take it with you.

The wages of sin is death.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You reap what you sow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Nothing new under the sun.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Bad news travels fast.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Let the buyer beware.

History repeats itself.

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

There are two sides to every question.

An man's home is his castle.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The exception which proves the rule.