Nothing succeeds like success.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Haste makes waste.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Paddle your own canoe.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Two heads are better than one.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Practice makes perfect.

Misery loves company.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

An man's home is his castle.

Truth will out.

It takes one to know one.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All you need is love.

Variety is the spice of life.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Silence construes consent.

A cat may look at a king.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A thing begun is half done.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time flies.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

There's no place like home.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Manners maketh the man.

All that glitters is not gold.

History repeats itself.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Go the extra mile.

No rest for the wicked.

All publicity is good publicity.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Live and let live.

Every stick has two ends.

Better late than never.

The more the merrier.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Physician, heal thyself.

The best defence is a good offence.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A golden key can open any door.

Less is more.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Only fools and horses work.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Seize the day.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The end justifies the means.

Share and share alike.

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

Waste not, want not.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Quid pro quo.

The best things in life are free.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Moderation in all things.

The Devil is in the details.

It never rains but it pours.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Still waters run deep.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Always put your best foot forward.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Honesty is the best policy.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Talk is cheap.

Look before you leap.

You win some, you lose some.

Actions speak louder than words.

Crime doesn't pay.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Never tell tales out of school.

Put your best foot forward.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

What goes up must come down.

All roads lead to Rome.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

No news is good news.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

It takes two to tango.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Bad news travels fast.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Good things come to those who wait.

There's one born every minute.

Love is blind.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Oil and water don't mix.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

While there is life, there is hope.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Speak as you find.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Everyone has their price.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Keep your chin up.

There is honour among thieves.

Beware the Ides of March.

There are two sides to every question.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't get mad, get even.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Any port in a storm.

A cat has nine lives.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All good things must come to an end.

Revenge is sweet.

Patience is a virtue.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A watched pot never boils.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Home is where the heart is.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Practice what you preach.

He who hesitates is lost.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Virtue is its own reward.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Better safe than sorry.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't always get what you want.

Never go to bed on an argument.

First things first.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Bad money drives out good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make love not war.

Give credit where credit is due.

You are what you eat.

Slow but sure.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Even a worm will turn.

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

What goes around comes around.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Pearls of wisdom.

Let the buyer beware.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There's no smoke without fire.

Many hands make light work.

Faith will move mountains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

If you build it, they will come.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A good man is hard to find.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Nothing new under the sun.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Third time lucky.

Persuasion is better than force.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Silence is golden.

Let well alone.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Money makes the world go round.

Needs must when the devil drives.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

One good deed deserves another.

Might is right.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Seek and you shall find.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Like father, like son.

Business before pleasure.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Good things come in small packages.

Small things amuse small minds.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let the dead bury the dead.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Love will find a way.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's better to give than to receive.

Seeing is believing.

The early bird gets the worm.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Give the Devil his due.

Time is a great healer.

All the world loves a lover.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life begins at forty.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Big fish eat little fish.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Each to their own.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's the singer not the song.

All's fair in love and war.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's safety in numbers.

For everything there is a season.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Enough is enough.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Every dog has its day.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't rock the boat.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

You are never too old to learn.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No man can serve two masters.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Knowledge is power.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The show must go on.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

First come, first served.

No pain, no gain.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Make haste slowly.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All's well that ends well.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Only the good die young.

Fight the good fight.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time will tell.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It goes without saying.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The age of miracles is past.

You can't win them all.

Opposites attract.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Good talk saves the food.

The truth will out.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Money talks.

The wages of sin is death.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Money isn't everything.

Life is what you make it.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All things must pass.

More haste, less speed.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Horses for courses.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Time is money.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Get out while the getting is good.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Walls have ears.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Charity begins at home.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

East, west, home's best.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Love makes the world go round.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

The customer is always right.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

No man is an island.

Live and learn.

You reap what you sow.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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