If the cap fits, wear it.

Two heads are better than one.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Put your best foot forward.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Honesty is the best policy.

Only the good die young.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Let bygones be bygones.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Beggars can't be choosers.

For everything there is a season.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Forgive and forget.

Bad news travels fast.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Always put your best foot forward.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Silence is golden.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There's no place like home.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no smoke without fire.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love is blind.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The best defence is a good offence.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One good deed deserves another.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A cat has nine lives.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Might is right.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A watched pot never boils.

Go the extra mile.

Horses for courses.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Slow but sure.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Like father, like son.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's better to give than to receive.

Business before pleasure.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

First impressions are the most lasting.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Truth will out.

Don't get mad, get even.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No news is good news.

Hide in plain sight.

No pain, no gain.

The truth will out.

All publicity is good publicity.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A good man is hard to find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Good things come in small packages.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Love makes the world go round.

There's one born every minute.

Actions speak louder than words.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A word to the wise is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Good talk saves the food.

One hand washes the other.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All that glitters is not gold.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Practice makes perfect.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't take it with you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Any port in a storm.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Life begins at forty.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Opposites attract.

What goes up must come down.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Seeing is believing.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

It takes one to know one.

Wonders will never cease.

You can't always get what you want.

Waste not, want not.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Tomorrow is another day.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

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

Great minds think alike.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Time flies.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Patience is a virtue.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Money isn't everything.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Oil and water don't mix.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The customer is always right.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A cat may look at a king.

Better late than never.

All's well that ends well.

Cold hands, warm heart.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Everyone has their price.

Fight the good fight.

There is honour among thieves.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Less said, soon mended.

Every picture tells a story.

Cheats never prosper.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let well alone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

East is east, and west is west.

Tomorrow never comes.

Big fish eat little fish.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Money talks.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Variety is the spice of life.

Get out while the getting is good.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All you need is love.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Enough is enough.

Another day, another dollar.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All good things come to those that wait.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You reap what you sow.

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

Look before you leap.

An army marches on its stomach.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Each to their own.

History repeats itself.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't rock the boat.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never tell tales out of school.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A house is not a home.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Keep your chin up.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Accidents will happen.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Time will tell.

Blood is thicker than water.

Only fools and horses work.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life is what you make it.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

The best things in life are free.

Seize the day.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Walls have ears.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money makes the world go round.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The end justifies the means.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Even a worm will turn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Give credit where credit is due.

You win some, you lose some.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Crime doesn't pay.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Count your blessings.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The show must go on.

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

All the world loves a lover.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Live and let live.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

A thing begun is half done.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's no time like the present.

You can't win them all.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make love not war.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Bad money drives out good.

Time and tide wait for no one.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Easy come, easy go.

Quid pro quo.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Silence construes consent.

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

More haste, less speed.

Speak as you find.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Share and share alike.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fight fire with fire.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Manners maketh the man.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Faith will move mountains.

There's safety in numbers.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time is money.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

East, west, home's best.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Different strokes for different folks.

It takes two to tango.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There are two sides to every question.

Once a thief, always a thief.

First things first.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It never rains but it pours.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All's fair in love and war.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Live and learn.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There is no accounting for tastes.

No man is an island.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The early bird gets the worm.

Knowledge is power.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's the singer not the song.

You are what you eat.

What goes around comes around.

Virtue is its own reward.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Less is more.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Haste makes waste.

The Devil is in the details.

It goes without saying.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

All things must pass.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A golden key can open any door.