There's one born every minute.

Get out while the getting is good.

To every thing there is a season.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Time is money.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Forgive and forget.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

No rest for the wicked.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Talk is cheap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Dead men tell no tales.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Like father, like son.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's an exception to every rule.

Only the good die young.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Give credit where credit is due.

Make haste slowly.

A house is not a home.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your powder dry.

All you need is love.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

When one door shuts, another opens.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

The bigger, the better.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life begins at forty.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Misery loves company.

Money isn't everything.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Life is what you make it.

Wonders will never cease.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If the cap fits, wear it.

To the victor go the spoils.

Slow but sure.

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

Look before you leap.

The show must go on.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Accidents will happen.

Tomorrow is another day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Pearls of wisdom.

Less is more.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Actions speak louder than words.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Speak as you find.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A watched pot never boils.

Nine tailors make a man.

All publicity is good publicity.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Stupid is as stupid does.

All roads lead to Rome.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't win them all.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Live and learn.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A good man is hard to find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

More haste, less speed.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A word to the wise is enough.

Silence construes consent.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Quid pro quo.

It's better to give than to receive.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All that glitters is not gold.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The wages of sin is death.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Ignorance is bliss.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Better safe than sorry.

Make love not war.

Always put your best foot forward.

The best defence is a good offence.

Easy come, easy go.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No news is good news.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Money is the root of all evil.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Live and let live.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Variety is the spice of life.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't get mad, get even.

No man is an island.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Another day, another dollar.

East is east, and west is west.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Two heads are better than one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Opposites attract.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

No pain, no gain.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

There's no time like the present.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't take it with you.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

First come, first served.

Knowledge is power.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Tomorrow never comes.

You reap what you sow.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Seize the day.

Every dog has its day.

Love will find a way.

A bad penny always turns up.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An man's home is his castle.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Business before pleasure.

Time is a great healer.

A thing begun is half done.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Love is blind.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's the singer not the song.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Enough is enough.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Let well alone.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It takes one to know one.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Each to their own.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's safety in numbers.

It goes without saying.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

While there is life, there is hope.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Waste not, want not.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Bad money drives out good.

The age of miracles is past.

Cheats never prosper.

Go the extra mile.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Silence is golden.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Third time lucky.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Keep your chin up.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Time flies.

Walls have ears.

You are what you eat.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

All's well that ends well.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

One hand washes the other.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't always get what you want.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

For everything there is a season.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The exception which proves the rule.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Patience is a virtue.

First things first.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Every picture tells a story.

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

There is honour among thieves.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

What goes around comes around.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Great minds think alike.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best things in life are free.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

The customer is always right.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Haste makes waste.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Practice what you preach.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All things must pass.

Horses for courses.

Enough is as good as a feast.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Everyone has their price.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A leopard can't change its spots.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Moderation in all things.

Youth is wasted on the young.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money makes the world go round.

Even a worm will turn.

Truth will out.

Good things come in small packages.

Fight the good fight.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Practice makes perfect.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The truth will out.

It's never too late to mend.

Never tell tales out of school.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

The end justifies the means.

Put your best foot forward.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Crime doesn't pay.

Time will tell.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Count your blessings.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Seeing is believing.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Share and share alike.

Charity begins at home.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It never rains but it pours.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Nothing new under the sun.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Any port in a storm.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The Devil is in the details.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no place like home.

A golden key can open any door.

East, west, home's best.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Better late than never.

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

The more the merrier.

Discretion is the better part of valour.