In the midst of life we are in death.

Talk is cheap.

Crime doesn't pay.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Keep your chin up.

Money is the root of all evil.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Life begins at forty.

Get out while the getting is good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every dog has its day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Great minds think alike.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Money isn't everything.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Revenge is sweet.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Time is a great healer.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Time flies.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Beware the Ides of March.

Time will tell.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

East is east, and west is west.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Let well alone.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cheats never prosper.

Another day, another dollar.

History repeats itself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Practice what you preach.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Misery loves company.

One hand washes the other.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

All that glitters is not gold.

Third time lucky.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Look before you leap.

Tomorrow never comes.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes one to know one.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You reap what you sow.

The Devil looks after his own.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Love will find a way.

Pearls of wisdom.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Keep your powder dry.

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

A house is not a home.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The best things in life are free.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

While there is life, there is hope.

Speak as you find.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

First things first.

Money talks.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Haste makes waste.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A fish always rots from the head.

Slow but sure.

Enough is enough.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Silence is golden.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Good fences make good neighbours.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Live and learn.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't always get what you want.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Moderation in all things.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

The exception which proves the rule.

There's one born every minute.

No man can serve two masters.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No news is good news.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It never rains but it pours.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Honesty is the best policy.

Home is where the heart is.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Live and let live.

Paddle your own canoe.

The bigger, the better.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Still waters run deep.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

More haste, less speed.

A good man is hard to find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

He who hesitates is lost.

Many hands make light work.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Like father, like son.

Easy come, easy go.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Time is money.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Make love not war.

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

Better safe than sorry.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Better late than never.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Walls have ears.

It's the singer not the song.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

All you need is love.

Small things amuse small minds.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Hope springs eternal.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Tomorrow is another day.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

No rest for the wicked.

There is honour among thieves.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An man's home is his castle.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Any port in a storm.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Good talk saves the food.

What goes around comes around.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't take it with you.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Seize the day.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Persuasion is better than force.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Practice makes perfect.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The customer is always right.

All good things come to those that wait.

The wages of sin is death.

Fight the good fight.

Love is blind.

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

A golden key can open any door.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Dead men tell no tales.

Each to their own.

The more the merrier.

There's no place like home.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Bad money drives out good.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Horses for courses.

Seeing is believing.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Quid pro quo.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Handsome is as handsome does.

East, west, home's best.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Accidents will happen.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Learn to walk before you run.

Bad news travels fast.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't win them all.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Count your blessings.

No man is an island.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fortune favours the brave.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Every picture tells a story.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't get mad, get even.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Forgive and forget.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

The show must go on.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Forewarned is forearmed.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Manners maketh the man.

All things must pass.

There's safety in numbers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Might is right.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Opposites attract.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Business before pleasure.

Clothes do not make the man.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't shoot the messenger.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

For everything there is a season.

Big fish eat little fish.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Always put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

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

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

Charity begins at home.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It goes without saying.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Good things come in small packages.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Ignorance is bliss.

Life is what you make it.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Actions speak louder than words.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The early bird gets the worm.

A dog is a man's best friend.

To every thing there is a season.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A thing begun is half done.

Every stick has two ends.

It's never too late to mend.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Different strokes for different folks.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All publicity is good publicity.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Only the good die young.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You are what you eat.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Less said, soon mended.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

The truth will out.

Knowledge is power.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Less is more.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let the buyer beware.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.