Don't mix business with pleasure.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All's well that ends well.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Truth will out.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Forgive and forget.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Money makes the world go round.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fight the good fight.

A good man is hard to find.

An man's home is his castle.

Put your best foot forward.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Bad money drives out good.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

One hand washes the other.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Make love not war.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An army marches on its stomach.

Virtue is its own reward.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Good things come in small packages.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Nothing new under the sun.

One good deed deserves another.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Might is right.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Money is the root of all evil.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All things must pass.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time flies.

Love is blind.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes one to know one.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

The more the merrier.

A cat has nine lives.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Better late than never.

All you need is love.

Seek and you shall find.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

First come, first served.

The pen is mightier than sword.

All good things come to those that wait.

No man is an island.

The bigger, the better.

Don't throw good money after bad.

To the victor go the spoils.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Home is where the heart is.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Money isn't everything.

To every thing there is a season.

Only the good die young.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

A house is not a home.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It's all grist to the mill.

All good things must come to an end.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Waste not, want not.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Share and share alike.

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

Like father, like son.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Give credit where credit is due.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The end justifies the means.

It never rains but it pours.

Love will find a way.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't rock the boat.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Walls have ears.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Faith will move mountains.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No man can serve two masters.

Make haste slowly.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Never tell tales out of school.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Opposites attract.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

No pain, no gain.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Business before pleasure.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A thing begun is half done.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Time will tell.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A poor worker blames the tools.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All's fair in love and war.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A picture paints a thousand words.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Enough is enough.

Less said, soon mended.

The early bird gets the worm.

History repeats itself.

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

It goes without saying.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Man does not live by bread alone.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's an exception to every rule.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Love makes the world go round.

There are two sides to every question.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Keep your powder dry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Different strokes for different folks.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Less is more.

Better safe than sorry.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Time is a great healer.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You reap what you sow.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You win some, you lose some.

Each to their own.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Horses for courses.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Paddle your own canoe.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Give the Devil his due.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Dead men tell no tales.

Count your blessings.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's safety in numbers.

Beauty is only skin deep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hide in plain sight.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Live and learn.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No news is good news.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

East is east, and west is west.

East, west, home's best.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Even a worm will turn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Youth is wasted on the young.

God helps those who help themselves.

First things first.

There's no place like home.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Everyone has their price.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beware the Ides of March.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Any port in a storm.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Time is money.

Go the extra mile.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You are what you eat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The truth will out.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A miss is as good as a mile.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Look before you leap.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Keep your chin up.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The age of miracles is past.

Only fools and horses work.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It takes two to tango.

It's the singer not the song.

Let well alone.

Every picture tells a story.

Seeing is believing.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Manners maketh the man.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Life begins at forty.

Slow but sure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Variety is the spice of life.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

While there is life, there is hope.

A word to the wise is enough.

Wonders will never cease.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Haste makes waste.

There is honour among thieves.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Charity begins at home.

Life is what you make it.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Persuasion is better than force.

All publicity is good publicity.

Great minds think alike.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Silence construes consent.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Another day, another dollar.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money talks.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A cat may look at a king.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Misery loves company.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Pride comes before a fall.

Talk is cheap.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Seize the day.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Ignorance is bliss.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Patience is a virtue.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cheats never prosper.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Practice what you preach.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't win them all.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Every dog has its day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Many hands make light work.

The show must go on.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Easy come, easy go.

The best things in life are free.