It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

All roads lead to Rome.

All's well that ends well.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't take it with you.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Silence construes consent.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Live and let live.

Seek and you shall find.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Beware the Ides of March.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Variety is the spice of life.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Money makes the world go round.

The bigger, the better.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The best things in life are free.

Every dog has its day.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Good talk saves the food.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Wonders will never cease.

There's one born every minute.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Like father, like son.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Good things come to those who wait.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Never go to bed on an argument.

First things first.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Each to their own.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You reap what you sow.

A new broom sweeps clean.

God helps those who help themselves.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All publicity is good publicity.

Accidents will happen.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Manners maketh the man.

Two heads are better than one.

A bad penny always turns up.

If you can't be good, be careful.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Charity begins at home.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Slow but sure.

Enough is enough.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Go the extra mile.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Share and share alike.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Practice makes perfect.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Let well alone.

Live and learn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Bad news travels fast.

Less said, soon mended.

Hide in plain sight.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

To every thing there is a season.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All you need is love.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fight the good fight.

Nothing new under the sun.

Better safe than sorry.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Forgive and forget.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Better late than never.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Bad money drives out good.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It takes one to know one.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All good things come to those that wait.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

East is east, and west is west.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

No news is good news.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Quid pro quo.

Horses for courses.

He who hesitates is lost.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Great minds think alike.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Honesty is the best policy.

Never tell tales out of school.

There are two sides to every question.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The more the merrier.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

No man is an island.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Speak as you find.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

East, west, home's best.

All the world loves a lover.

Practice what you preach.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Money talks.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Time will tell.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every stick has two ends.

Fortune favours the brave.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

Only the good die young.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A man is known by his friends.

One good deed deserves another.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The truth will out.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Give the Devil his due.

An man's home is his castle.

Moderation in all things.

Tomorrow is another day.

To the victor go the spoils.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

There's no time like the present.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Money isn't everything.

You win some, you lose some.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's better to give than to receive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

All's fair in love and war.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

What goes around comes around.

Keep your powder dry.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Christmas comes but once a year.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Less is more.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Actions speak louder than words.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Always put your best foot forward.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Talk is cheap.

Put your best foot forward.

There's no place like home.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money is the root of all evil.

Hope springs eternal.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Life is what you make it.

Don't rock the boat.

Oil and water don't mix.

Truth will out.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

What goes up must come down.

The end justifies the means.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Physician, heal thyself.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Love will find a way.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blood is thicker than water.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Even a worm will turn.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Everyone has their price.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

More haste, less speed.

The customer is always right.

Make love not war.

Walls have ears.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It's all grist to the mill.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A watched pot never boils.

Virtue is its own reward.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All that glitters is not gold.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's a time and a place for everything.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A word to the wise is enough.

You are never too old to learn.

Fight fire with fire.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Any port in a storm.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Let bygones be bygones.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It's never too late to mend.

Make haste slowly.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A cat may look at a king.

A cat has nine lives.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

Love is blind.

Time flies.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Many hands make light work.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Pride comes before a fall.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Time is a great healer.

An army marches on its stomach.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nine tailors make a man.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

You are what you eat.

You can't win them all.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Might is right.

The wages of sin is death.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Opposites attract.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Silence is golden.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Faith will move mountains.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Haste makes waste.

All things must pass.

Keep your chin up.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The age of miracles is past.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

First come, first served.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

History repeats itself.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The exception which proves the rule.

Give credit where credit is due.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Look before you leap.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Cheats never prosper.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Revenge is sweet.

Time is money.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Business before pleasure.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A house is not a home.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.