A man is known by his friends.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Tomorrow never comes.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A word to the wise is enough.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Third time lucky.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Talk is cheap.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

East, west, home's best.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

No news is good news.

The age of miracles is past.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and learn.

One hand washes the other.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Seize the day.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A cat may look at a king.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Patience is a virtue.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nine tailors make a man.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Time is a great healer.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Accidents will happen.

A thing begun is half done.

There's no place like home.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Actions speak louder than words.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

While there is life, there is hope.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Better safe than sorry.

Love makes the world go round.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't win them all.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Better late than never.

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

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Give credit where credit is due.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Keep your chin up.

Beware the Ides of March.

The Devil looks after his own.

The end justifies the means.

East is east, and west is west.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's never too late to mend.

History repeats itself.

You are never too old to learn.

To every thing there is a season.

Only the good die young.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

No man can serve two masters.

The show must go on.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Time flies.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Let well alone.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Keep your powder dry.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Life begins at forty.

There is honour among thieves.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Quid pro quo.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

No pain, no gain.

Practice what you preach.

The bigger, the better.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things must come to an end.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Look before you leap.

Life is what you make it.

The wages of sin is death.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Each to their own.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

It never rains but it pours.

You win some, you lose some.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let bygones be bygones.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Misery loves company.

You reap what you sow.

Persuasion is better than force.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Seek and you shall find.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All's well that ends well.

All you need is love.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Different strokes for different folks.

Share and share alike.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Every dog has its day.

There's no time like the present.

Walls have ears.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

You can't take it with you.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Bad money drives out good.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Charity begins at home.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Silence is golden.

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

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The Devil is in the details.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Fight the good fight.

A cat has nine lives.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A good man is hard to find.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Easy come, easy go.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All things must pass.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Knowledge is power.

Good talk saves the food.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Virtue is its own reward.

Tomorrow is another day.

There are two sides to every question.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Love is blind.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's no smoke without fire.

Good things come in small packages.

Any port in a storm.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A house is not a home.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fight fire with fire.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The customer is always right.

The truth will out.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Forgive and forget.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Learn to walk before you run.

It goes without saying.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Wonders will never cease.

Put your best foot forward.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't get mad, get even.

Practice makes perfect.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Revenge is sweet.

What goes up must come down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Bad news travels fast.

Might is right.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All that glitters is not gold.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The more the merrier.

What goes around comes around.

Like father, like son.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Hide in plain sight.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Less said, soon mended.

Speak as you find.

Enough is enough.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Time will tell.

Time is money.

Money talks.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Great minds think alike.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Make love not war.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It's the singer not the song.

The early bird gets the worm.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Ignorance is bliss.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Blood is thicker than water.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A watched pot never boils.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No rest for the wicked.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best defence is a good offence.

He who hesitates is lost.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A golden key can open any door.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Cheats never prosper.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Slow but sure.

Only fools and horses work.

Horses for courses.

First things first.

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

Seeing is believing.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Truth will out.

For everything there is a season.

Live and let live.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If you build it, they will come.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It's better to give than to receive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

You are what you eat.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Silence construes consent.

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

Manners maketh the man.

No man is an island.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Let the buyer beware.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes one to know one.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Money isn't everything.

Even a worm will turn.

Count your blessings.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't rock the boat.

Everyone has their price.