Handsome is as handsome does.

Third time lucky.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

Great minds think alike.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Seek and you shall find.

Oil and water don't mix.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The best defence is a good offence.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The end justifies the means.

Live and let live.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The wages of sin is death.

Revenge is sweet.

Virtue is its own reward.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Tomorrow is another day.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Silence construes consent.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Stupid is as stupid does.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't throw good money after bad.

All good things must come to an end.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never tell tales out of school.

Let the buyer beware.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

It goes without saying.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

East is east, and west is west.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Truth will out.

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

Seize the day.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Look before you leap.

Horses for courses.

All's fair in love and war.

Tomorrow never comes.

It takes two to tango.

Better late than never.

Haste makes waste.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Every picture tells a story.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fight the good fight.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Any port in a storm.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Pride comes before a fall.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Time is a great healer.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never speak ill of the dead.

No pain, no gain.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The truth will out.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Every stick has two ends.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let well alone.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Talk is cheap.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Time is money.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A cat may look at a king.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Might is right.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Less said, soon mended.

The exception which proves the rule.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Youth is wasted on the young.

What goes around comes around.

An man's home is his castle.

Learn to walk before you run.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Charity begins at home.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Nothing new under the sun.

When one door shuts, another opens.

No man is an island.

Get out while the getting is good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Each to their own.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Moderation in all things.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Life begins at forty.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

East, west, home's best.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Quid pro quo.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't rock the boat.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Practice what you preach.

Every dog has its day.

All roads lead to Rome.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Blood is thicker than water.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Bad news travels fast.

Good talk saves the food.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Good fences make good neighbours.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Only fools and horses work.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Love will find a way.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All the world loves a lover.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Practice makes perfect.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone has their price.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You are what you eat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Business before pleasure.

Live and learn.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Manners maketh the man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Nine tailors make a man.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Actions speak louder than words.

Misery loves company.

A bad penny always turns up.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Slow but sure.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you build it, they will come.

Opposites attract.

Patience is a virtue.

Good things come in small packages.

Give the Devil his due.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Half a loaf is better than none.

An army marches on its stomach.

Money talks.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's safety in numbers.

No news is good news.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Make love not war.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The best things in life are free.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It never rains but it pours.

Forgive and forget.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

To the victor go the spoils.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Speak as you find.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The bigger, the better.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Like father, like son.

The more the merrier.

Small things amuse small minds.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no smoke without fire.

Keep your chin up.

Make haste slowly.

You reap what you sow.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

For everything there is a season.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Count your blessings.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Keep your powder dry.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The show must go on.

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

The customer is always right.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can't take it with you.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's better to give than to receive.

Bad money drives out good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Waste not, want not.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Go the extra mile.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is golden.

Only the good die young.

There is honour among thieves.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Time will tell.

Still waters run deep.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All good things come to those that wait.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Two heads are better than one.

All things must pass.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Knowledge is power.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Another day, another dollar.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Money isn't everything.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Appearances can be deceptive.

First things first.

You win some, you lose some.

Walls have ears.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All you need is love.

A man is known by his friends.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

What goes up must come down.

The age of miracles is past.

Less is more.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time flies.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Wonders will never cease.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

First come, first served.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Life is what you make it.

Faith will move mountains.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The Devil looks after his own.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Cheats never prosper.

Share and share alike.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money makes the world go round.

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

One hand washes the other.

A watched pot never boils.

A word to the wise is enough.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Love is blind.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil is in the details.

There's one born every minute.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Paddle your own canoe.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

More haste, less speed.