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

Live and learn.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No man is an island.

The bigger, the better.

Practice what you preach.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

More haste, less speed.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Less said, soon mended.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A man is known by his friends.

While there is life, there is hope.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Horses for courses.

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

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money isn't everything.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You are never too old to learn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

One good deed deserves another.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Opposites attract.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't rock the boat.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Like father, like son.

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

History repeats itself.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Walls have ears.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Keep your chin up.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Fight the good fight.

All roads lead to Rome.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Tomorrow is another day.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Quid pro quo.

The truth will out.

What goes around comes around.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't always get what you want.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Pride comes before a fall.

Fight fire with fire.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life begins at forty.

The early bird gets the worm.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Tomorrow never comes.

Two heads are better than one.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Each to their own.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Go the extra mile.

Love makes the world go round.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The more the merrier.

A cat has nine lives.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

There's no place like home.

You win some, you lose some.

Count your blessings.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Ignorance is bliss.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No rest for the wicked.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Great minds think alike.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Hope springs eternal.

Enough is enough.

Everyone has their price.

Let well alone.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

All's fair in love and war.

Life is what you make it.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Share and share alike.

Persuasion is better than force.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Only the good die young.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It never rains but it pours.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

He who hesitates is lost.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes one to know one.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Still waters run deep.

Make love not war.

The wages of sin is death.

All the world loves a lover.

Make haste slowly.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Many hands make light work.

Let bygones be bygones.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

The best things in life are free.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You are what you eat.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Third time lucky.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Haste makes waste.

Seize the day.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Better late than never.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Even a worm will turn.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Patience is a virtue.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

First come, first served.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Bad money drives out good.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Bad news travels fast.

There's one born every minute.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The age of miracles is past.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The end justifies the means.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let the buyer beware.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Knowledge is power.

Hide in plain sight.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Less is more.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

If you build it, they will come.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Time flies.

Seek and you shall find.

An man's home is his castle.

Seeing is believing.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes two to tango.

Another day, another dollar.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A good man is hard to find.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Nine tailors make a man.

What goes up must come down.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Speak as you find.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Keep your powder dry.

Only fools and horses work.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Moderation in all things.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's never too late to mend.

Live and let live.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

East, west, home's best.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blood is thicker than water.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Every picture tells a story.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Nothing new under the sun.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't take it with you.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Truth will out.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Silence is golden.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It's the singer not the song.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Actions speak louder than words.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Practice makes perfect.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Money talks.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Beggars can't be choosers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A watched pot never boils.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

For everything there is a season.

First things first.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Time will tell.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The best defence is a good offence.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cheats never prosper.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Good things come in small packages.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's no time like the present.

Paddle your own canoe.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Love will find a way.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A cat may look at a king.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

To the victor go the spoils.

Physician, heal thyself.

All good things must come to an end.

All things must pass.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Every dog has its day.

Love is blind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Good things come to those who wait.

In the midst of life we are in death.

First impressions are the most lasting.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

God helps those who help themselves.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

The show must go on.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Small things amuse small minds.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It goes without saying.

No news is good news.

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

Talk is cheap.

It's all grist to the mill.

Crime doesn't pay.

To every thing there is a season.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Look before you leap.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Waste not, want not.

Honesty is the best policy.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All's well that ends well.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There is honour among thieves.

Time is money.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Misery loves company.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No man can serve two masters.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Third time lucky.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A thing begun is half done.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

All you need is love.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't shoot the messenger.