It takes two to tango.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Great minds think alike.

Seek and you shall find.

Misery loves company.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

First things first.

Knowledge is power.

Fortune favours the brave.

The early bird gets the worm.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Make haste slowly.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No rest for the wicked.

Love makes the world go round.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A golden key can open any door.

Tomorrow never comes.

A thing begun is half done.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Might is right.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Love will find a way.

Fight fire with fire.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The bigger, the better.

It goes without saying.

For everything there is a season.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money is the root of all evil.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Only fools and horses work.

Home is where the heart is.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil looks after his own.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Forgive and forget.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All publicity is good publicity.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The customer is always right.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Business before pleasure.

One good deed deserves another.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

No pain, no gain.

The pen is mightier than sword.

What goes up must come down.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't take it with you.

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

Let well alone.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best defence is a good offence.

Every picture tells a story.

First come, first served.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

An man's home is his castle.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

The more the merrier.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Bad news travels fast.

Better safe than sorry.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Money makes the world go round.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

Slow but sure.

Get out while the getting is good.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Oil and water don't mix.

There's no fool like an old fool.

All things must pass.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Time is a great healer.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Blood is thicker than water.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Live and let live.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Bad money drives out good.

Tomorrow is another day.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Learn to walk before you run.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes one to know one.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Seize the day.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Manners maketh the man.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fight the good fight.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

There's one born every minute.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

To the victor go the spoils.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Money talks.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Every dog has its day.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Waste not, want not.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Revenge is sweet.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

All you need is love.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's safety in numbers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Faith will move mountains.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Keep your powder dry.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You reap what you sow.

Paddle your own canoe.

Enough is enough.

A good man is hard to find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Patience is a virtue.

It's better to give than to receive.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

East, west, home's best.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

History repeats itself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

There's no time like the present.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

East is east, and west is west.

Dead men tell no tales.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't win them all.

He who hesitates is lost.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Good talk saves the food.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Silence is golden.

It's the singer not the song.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Only the good die young.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Clothes do not make the man.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Practice makes perfect.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Life begins at forty.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Less is more.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Money isn't everything.

Any port in a storm.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Physician, heal thyself.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Truth will out.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All roads lead to Rome.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Moderation in all things.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Keep your chin up.

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

Count your blessings.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Share and share alike.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You win some, you lose some.

It's all grist to the mill.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Haste makes waste.

All that glitters is not gold.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Everyone has their price.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Third time lucky.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time is money.

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

Charity begins at home.

All's fair in love and war.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Never give a sucker an even break.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Easy come, easy go.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It's never too late to mend.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The end justifies the means.

Every stick has two ends.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Each to their own.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

More haste, less speed.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

The truth will out.

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

There's no place like home.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A man is known by his friends.

Time flies.

Less said, soon mended.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Love is blind.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Accidents will happen.

The best things in life are free.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Nine tailors make a man.

Better late than never.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Opposites attract.

Even a worm will turn.

There are two sides to every question.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

One hand washes the other.

Walls have ears.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Like father, like son.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

To every thing there is a season.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the buyer beware.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The show must go on.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Small things amuse small minds.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Beware the Ides of March.

The wages of sin is death.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

A cat may look at a king.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things come to those that wait.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's an exception to every rule.

Seeing is believing.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Persuasion is better than force.

Nothing new under the sun.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Good things come to those who wait.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Look before you leap.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A house is not a home.

Horses for courses.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

You are what you eat.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Dead men tell no tales.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Time will tell.

Live and learn.

Variety is the spice of life.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

No news is good news.

A good man is hard to find.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Every stick has two ends.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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