Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It goes without saying.

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

The more the merrier.

Wonders will never cease.

It's the singer not the song.

Let the buyer beware.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

More haste, less speed.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's all grist to the mill.

All good things must come to an end.

Love will find a way.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Knowledge is power.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The truth will out.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Forgive and forget.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Get out while the getting is good.

A bad penny always turns up.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's one born every minute.

Seeing is believing.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The exception which proves the rule.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A man is known by his friends.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Money makes the world go round.

Variety is the spice of life.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Seek and you shall find.

A thing begun is half done.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Less is more.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

A golden key can open any door.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Speak as you find.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time is a great healer.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Time is money.

The end justifies the means.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

The best things in life are free.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Moderation in all things.

Different strokes for different folks.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Count your blessings.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No pain, no gain.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Learn to walk before you run.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Money is the root of all evil.

If the cap fits, wear it.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Life is what you make it.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Oil and water don't mix.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Truth will out.

One good deed deserves another.

Put your best foot forward.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It takes one to know one.

God helps those who help themselves.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Keep your powder dry.

Everyone has their price.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Horses for courses.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Big fish eat little fish.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

East is east, and west is west.

Live and learn.

Even a worm will turn.

You win some, you lose some.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It takes two to tango.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The age of miracles is past.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

No news is good news.

Small things amuse small minds.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Enough is enough.

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

Time will tell.

Two heads are better than one.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can't win them all.

You are never too old to learn.

An army marches on its stomach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The Devil looks after his own.

All publicity is good publicity.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Like father, like son.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All good things come to those that wait.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Still waters run deep.

Hope springs eternal.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Share and share alike.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Bad news travels fast.

Each to their own.

There's an exception to every rule.

Practice makes perfect.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Physician, heal thyself.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Honesty is the best policy.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Make love not war.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

No man is an island.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Accidents will happen.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Money isn't everything.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Talk is cheap.

One hand washes the other.

You can't make bricks without straw.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's no time like the present.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let well alone.

Let bygones be bygones.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's no smoke without fire.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There are two sides to every question.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Time flies.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Beware the Ides of March.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Bad money drives out good.

Nothing new under the sun.

Home is where the heart is.

Opposites attract.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Every dog has its day.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Look before you leap.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Slow but sure.

Less said, soon mended.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Many hands make light work.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't rock the boat.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Clothes do not make the man.

Faith will move mountains.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Pearls of wisdom.

Haste makes waste.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Keep your chin up.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's never too late to mend.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The show must go on.

Pride comes before a fall.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Stupid is as stupid does.

History repeats itself.

Another day, another dollar.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't always get what you want.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Money talks.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

Any port in a storm.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Never speak ill of the dead.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Waste not, want not.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Quid pro quo.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Misery loves company.

Revenge is sweet.

First things first.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Silence is golden.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Easy come, easy go.

What goes up must come down.

Go the extra mile.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't get mad, get even.

Better late than never.

A cat may look at a king.

The bigger, the better.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no place like home.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

All you need is love.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The customer is always right.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

All's well that ends well.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Only the good die young.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Charity begins at home.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

You reap what you sow.

Crime doesn't pay.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

Might is right.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The Devil is in the details.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

First come, first served.

Fight the good fight.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every picture tells a story.

Life begins at forty.

Love is blind.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Live and let live.

More haste, less speed.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

All things must pass.