To the victor go the spoils.

You are what you eat.

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Speak as you find.

Slow but sure.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Great minds think alike.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A watched pot never boils.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Nine tailors make a man.

Patience is a virtue.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The age of miracles is past.

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It takes two to tango.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Give the Devil his due.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A golden key can open any door.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life is what you make it.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

No man is an island.

Love will find a way.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Bad money drives out good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It goes without saying.

Make haste slowly.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Pride comes before a fall.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Fight the good fight.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

First things first.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You win some, you lose some.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All the world loves a lover.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's never too late to mend.

Let the buyer beware.

Beware the Ides of March.

It's better to give than to receive.

All that glitters is not gold.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Business before pleasure.

Home is where the heart is.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Better late than never.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hide in plain sight.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Hope springs eternal.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fight fire with fire.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Oil and water don't mix.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It's all grist to the mill.

Keep your chin up.

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

Opposites attract.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You can't always get what you want.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Still waters run deep.

Let well alone.

Walls have ears.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The best defence is a good offence.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Less is more.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The show must go on.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Fortune favours the brave.

An army marches on its stomach.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

For everything there is a season.

While there is life, there is hope.

One good deed deserves another.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Go the extra mile.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't win them all.

There's no place like home.

An man's home is his castle.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Truth will out.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Easy come, easy go.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Bad news travels fast.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

It takes one to know one.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A house is not a home.

The leopard does not change his spots.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The exception which proves the rule.

Paddle your own canoe.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

He who hesitates is lost.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Charity begins at home.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

History repeats itself.

Put your best foot forward.

Live and let live.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Moderation in all things.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Share and share alike.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It never rains but it pours.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You reap what you sow.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Seize the day.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Less said, soon mended.

Third time lucky.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

No rest for the wicked.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The end justifies the means.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Like father, like son.

A good man is hard to find.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Knowledge is power.

Any port in a storm.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Seeing is believing.

Clothes do not make the man.

The truth will out.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A thing begun is half done.

More haste, less speed.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Practice what you preach.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

First come, first served.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil is in the details.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's one born every minute.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

If you build it, they will come.

Haste makes waste.

Revenge is sweet.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Only the good die young.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Different strokes for different folks.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A cat may look at a king.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time is a great healer.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Many hands make light work.

Accidents will happen.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

What goes around comes around.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A word to the wise is enough.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

East is east, and west is west.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Two heads are better than one.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Count your blessings.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Make love not war.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The more the merrier.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

No pain, no gain.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

All's well that ends well.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Actions speak louder than words.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

All things must pass.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things must come to an end.

Tomorrow is another day.

Even a worm will turn.

Love is blind.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Waste not, want not.

Big fish eat little fish.

You can't take it with you.

Practice makes perfect.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Look before you leap.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The best things in life are free.

Money talks.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Time will tell.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Enough is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Quid pro quo.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

East, west, home's best.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Money is the root of all evil.

Another day, another dollar.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Silence is golden.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Talk is cheap.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

All publicity is good publicity.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Good talk saves the food.

Forgive and forget.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Horses for courses.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money isn't everything.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never tell tales out of school.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

What goes up must come down.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Silence construes consent.

There's no smoke without fire.