Less is more.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The truth will out.

You are never too old to learn.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The end justifies the means.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Seeing is believing.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A thing begun is half done.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fight the good fight.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Love will find a way.

A house is not a home.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Slow but sure.

Live and let live.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Always put your best foot forward.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Money makes the world go round.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You are what you eat.

Fight fire with fire.

Enough is enough.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A cat has nine lives.

There's safety in numbers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Life begins at forty.

Stupid is as stupid does.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

No man is an island.

Every picture tells a story.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Cheats never prosper.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't win them all.

Time will tell.

It's never too late to mend.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes two to tango.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Let bygones be bygones.

Faith will move mountains.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't shoot the messenger.

What goes up must come down.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Pride comes before a fall.

Silence is golden.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Silence construes consent.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Great minds think alike.

Each to their own.

More haste, less speed.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All you need is love.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Keep your powder dry.

What goes around comes around.

Life is what you make it.

Don't rock the boat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Truth will out.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Live and learn.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Only the good die young.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Quid pro quo.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The Devil looks after his own.

East, west, home's best.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Get out while the getting is good.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

The wages of sin is death.

It takes one to know one.

Good things come in small packages.

He who hesitates is lost.

All publicity is good publicity.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Make haste slowly.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Actions speak louder than words.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All roads lead to Rome.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Share and share alike.

Money talks.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Manners maketh the man.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

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

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Money is the root of all evil.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The exception which proves the rule.

Blood is thicker than water.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Waste not, want not.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Practice what you preach.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Look before you leap.

Time is money.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Variety is the spice of life.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Let the buyer beware.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Go the extra mile.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Good talk saves the food.

Accidents will happen.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

You win some, you lose some.

A cat may look at a king.

Put your best foot forward.

The show must go on.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's no fool like an old fool.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's no place like home.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

When one door shuts, another opens.

If you build it, they will come.

All's fair in love and war.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Virtue is its own reward.

Give the Devil his due.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The Devil is in the details.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't throw good money after bad.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Still waters run deep.

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

There's one born every minute.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Speak as you find.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Misery loves company.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You reap what you sow.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

No pain, no gain.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The customer is always right.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An army marches on its stomach.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nine tailors make a man.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Third time lucky.

Give credit where credit is due.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Might is right.

Time is a great healer.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Good things come to those who wait.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's all grist to the mill.

First come, first served.

Don't get mad, get even.

All's well that ends well.

Seek and you shall find.

Forgive and forget.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bigger, the better.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There is honour among thieves.

Many hands make light work.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Like father, like son.

Persuasion is better than force.

The best things in life are free.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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.

Honesty is the best policy.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Talk is cheap.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

While there is life, there is hope.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You can't take it with you.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Make love not war.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love is blind.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

No news is good news.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Ignorance is bliss.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Different strokes for different folks.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

No rest for the wicked.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Money isn't everything.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Knowledge is power.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A man is known by his friends.

You can't always get what you want.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

It never rains but it pours.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Hide in plain sight.

Oil and water don't mix.

Never tell tales out of school.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

All things must pass.

For everything there is a season.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A golden key can open any door.

Only fools and horses work.

Another day, another dollar.

Every dog has its day.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Everyone has their price.

Pearls of wisdom.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The age of miracles is past.

Count your blessings.

A word to the wise is enough.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love makes the world go round.

Walls have ears.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.