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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Fortune favours the brave.

There's no time like the present.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Money makes the world go round.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money isn't everything.

Always put your best foot forward.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Forewarned is forearmed.

More haste, less speed.

For everything there is a season.

One good deed deserves another.

There's no place like home.

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

All you need is love.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Beauty is only skin deep.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Get out while the getting is good.

All the world loves a lover.

Quid pro quo.

Less is more.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

You are never too old to learn.

It takes one to know one.

Good things come in small packages.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Clothes do not make the man.

He who hesitates is lost.

A word to the wise is enough.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Talk is cheap.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bigger, the better.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It never rains but it pours.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Keep your chin up.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

History repeats itself.

You win some, you lose some.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's better to give than to receive.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The customer is always right.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All good things must come to an end.

Easy come, easy go.

Waste not, want not.

Seize the day.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Life is what you make it.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An man's home is his castle.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Persuasion is better than force.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What goes around comes around.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Small things amuse small minds.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Let well alone.

The more the merrier.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Tomorrow is another day.

A bad penny always turns up.

To the victor go the spoils.

A house is not a home.

You can't win them all.

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

The truth will out.

Make haste slowly.

Enough is enough.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Might is right.

Honesty is the best policy.

Wonders will never cease.

First come, first served.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A watched pot never boils.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Put your best foot forward.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Seeing is believing.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Seek and you shall find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Silence is golden.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

Time will tell.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's never too late to mend.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Bad money drives out good.

Actions speak louder than words.

While there is life, there is hope.

Another day, another dollar.

Forgive and forget.

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

Love is blind.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Walls have ears.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Variety is the spice of life.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Every stick has two ends.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Like father, like son.

Time is money.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Slow but sure.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Knowledge is power.

The best things in life are free.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Keep your powder dry.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Still waters run deep.

Don't rock the boat.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Children should be seen and not heard.

To every thing there is a season.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Good talk saves the food.

All that glitters is not gold.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A thing begun is half done.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Love makes the world go round.

You are what you eat.

Everyone has their price.

No pain, no gain.

Cheats never prosper.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Each to their own.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Only the good die young.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Speak as you find.

A cat has nine lives.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

The age of miracles is past.

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

There's one born every minute.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

East, west, home's best.

Hide in plain sight.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

God helps those who help themselves.

Horses for courses.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You reap what you sow.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A golden key can open any door.

Only fools and horses work.

A good man is hard to find.

Pearls of wisdom.

Moderation in all things.

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

Live and let live.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All things must pass.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Look before you leap.

First things first.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Nine tailors make a man.

The wages of sin is death.

The best defence is a good offence.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The end justifies the means.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every dog has its day.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Time flies.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't take it with you.

Great minds think alike.

Fight the good fight.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Money is the root of all evil.

An army marches on its stomach.

The show must go on.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A cat may look at a king.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Many hands make light work.

Truth will out.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East is east, and west is west.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Virtue is its own reward.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Silence construes consent.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No man is an island.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Love will find a way.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Misery loves company.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Count your blessings.

Go the extra mile.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Different strokes for different folks.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Live and learn.

Patience is a virtue.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Give the Devil his due.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

All roads lead to Rome.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Even a worm will turn.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

All's well that ends well.

Haste makes waste.

Less said, soon mended.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Time is a great healer.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Learn to walk before you run.

Share and share alike.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Accidents will happen.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

The early bird gets the worm.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Fight fire with fire.

No man can serve two masters.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Practice what you preach.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let bygones be bygones.

Any port in a storm.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Only fools and horses work.

All good things come to those that wait.

What goes up must come down.

Practice makes perfect.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.