A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To every thing there is a season.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

No news is good news.

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

All you need is love.

All things must pass.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The wages of sin is death.

Life begins at forty.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There's safety in numbers.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Time flies.

The bigger, the better.

For everything there is a season.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Many hands make light work.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

One good deed deserves another.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A bad penny always turns up.

Opposites attract.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Practice what you preach.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seize the day.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Less is more.

An man's home is his castle.

Oil and water don't mix.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

Still waters run deep.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Keep your chin up.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Like father, like son.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

What goes up must come down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

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

Only the good die young.

Don't get mad, get even.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A word to the wise is enough.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A watched pot never boils.

Bad news travels fast.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The age of miracles is past.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Might is right.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Life is what you make it.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Pride comes before a fall.

Nothing new under the sun.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Another day, another dollar.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A good man is hard to find.

Keep your powder dry.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nine tailors make a man.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Blood is thicker than water.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Better late than never.

Silence is golden.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Every dog has its day.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Fortune favours the brave.

A house is not a home.

All roads lead to Rome.

Home is where the heart is.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Revenge is sweet.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Waste not, want not.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

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

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

The end justifies the means.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

East is east, and west is west.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Less said, soon mended.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Horses for courses.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't take it with you.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cheats never prosper.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Crime doesn't pay.

Clothes do not make the man.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Good talk saves the food.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The Devil looks after his own.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Moderation in all things.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Third time lucky.

All good things come to those that wait.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The truth will out.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A man is known by his friends.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Easy come, easy go.

Let well alone.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The exception which proves the rule.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Talk is cheap.

Actions speak louder than words.

Truth will out.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A fish always rots from the head.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love will find a way.

Money makes the world go round.

Appearances can be deceptive.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No man is an island.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Time is money.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Put your best foot forward.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

Good things come in small packages.

There is honour among thieves.

No pain, no gain.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Seeing is believing.

Love is blind.

Business before pleasure.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Quid pro quo.

Speak as you find.

Physician, heal thyself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone has their price.

Beware the Ides of March.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

The Devil is in the details.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One hand washes the other.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Tomorrow is another day.

Fight the good fight.

You win some, you lose some.

Make love not war.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love makes the world go round.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Pearls of wisdom.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Forgive and forget.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All good things must come to an end.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Time is a great healer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A golden key can open any door.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Enough is enough.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All's fair in love and war.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let the buyer beware.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Better safe than sorry.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's the singer not the song.

Each to their own.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Live and learn.

Live and let live.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Tomorrow never comes.

You are what you eat.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

He who hesitates is lost.

What goes around comes around.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

The best-laid plans go astray.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Misery loves company.

Share and share alike.

A cat may look at a king.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

First things first.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's one born every minute.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fight fire with fire.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Good things come to those who wait.

Persuasion is better than force.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Learn to walk before you run.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The more the merrier.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Hope springs eternal.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Money talks.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Slow but sure.

The show must go on.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

History repeats itself.

The early bird gets the worm.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

East, west, home's best.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no smoke without fire.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Always put your best foot forward.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't always get what you want.

God helps those who help themselves.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Big fish eat little fish.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Count your blessings.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Knowledge is power.

It goes without saying.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It takes one to know one.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Silence construes consent.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Haste makes waste.

Give the Devil his due.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

There's no time like the present.

Ignorance is bliss.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Go the extra mile.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Money isn't everything.

To the victor go the spoils.

Great minds think alike.

Two heads are better than one.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Any port in a storm.

Faith will move mountains.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

There's no place like home.

You are never too old to learn.

It's all grist to the mill.