Good talk saves the food.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Give credit where credit is due.

Less is more.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A house is not a home.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Slow but sure.

East is east, and west is west.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Only fools and horses work.

You reap what you sow.

Good things come to those who wait.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Clothes do not make the man.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

All things must pass.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Virtue is its own reward.

All that glitters is not gold.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Talk is cheap.

Nothing new under the sun.

Faith will move mountains.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Might is right.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Let well alone.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

It never rains but it pours.

A watched pot never boils.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Speak as you find.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Live and learn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An army marches on its stomach.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Let the buyer beware.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love is blind.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Home is where the heart is.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Life is what you make it.

There's an exception to every rule.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There is honour among thieves.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All you need is love.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Quid pro quo.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Time is money.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Only the good die young.

Money talks.

There are two sides to every question.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

No man is an island.

To the victor go the spoils.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

One hand washes the other.

Pearls of wisdom.

Revenge is sweet.

Moderation in all things.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

First come, first served.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A fish always rots from the head.

What goes around comes around.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Charity begins at home.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All roads lead to Rome.

East, west, home's best.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Knowledge is power.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All's well that ends well.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil looks after his own.

The best defence is a good offence.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It's the singer not the song.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Each to their own.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Another day, another dollar.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The age of miracles is past.

The wages of sin is death.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Make haste slowly.

The bigger, the better.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

In the midst of life we are in death.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You win some, you lose some.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Easy come, easy go.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't rock the boat.

Silence construes consent.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fight the good fight.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Money makes the world go round.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The leopard does not change his spots.

History repeats itself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

You can't win them all.

Keep your powder dry.

The more the merrier.

Youth is wasted on the young.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Blood is thicker than water.

Hide in plain sight.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Honesty is the best policy.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

First things first.

Pride comes before a fall.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Money is the root of all evil.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You are what you eat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

There's one born every minute.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Crime doesn't pay.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Live and let live.

No news is good news.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Give the Devil his due.

A cat has nine lives.

The customer is always right.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The show must go on.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Share and share alike.

Count your blessings.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All good things must come to an end.

Big fish eat little fish.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Seize the day.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The truth will out.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

To every thing there is a season.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Variety is the spice of life.

Time will tell.

There's no smoke without fire.

Haste makes waste.

He who hesitates is lost.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Walls have ears.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Every picture tells a story.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Dead men tell no tales.

Accidents will happen.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't always get what you want.

Different strokes for different folks.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Many hands make light work.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A golden key can open any door.

One good deed deserves another.

Enough is as good as a feast.

What goes up must come down.

Cheats never prosper.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Time flies.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A man is known by his friends.

A thing begun is half done.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

More haste, less speed.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The best things in life are free.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Everyone has their price.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good things come in small packages.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's safety in numbers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

There's no place like home.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

It takes two to tango.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Time is a great healer.

Bad money drives out good.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Keep your chin up.

Like father, like son.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Third time lucky.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

It goes without saying.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Two heads are better than one.

A good man is hard to find.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A cat may look at a king.

Truth will out.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Seeing is believing.

The exception which proves the rule.

Fortune favours the brave.

Oil and water don't mix.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no time like the present.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Get out while the getting is good.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Great minds think alike.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Practice makes perfect.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A bad penny always turns up.

Better late than never.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't throw good money after bad.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's never too late to mend.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Practice what you preach.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Seek and you shall find.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Money isn't everything.

It takes one to know one.

Make love not war.

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