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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

All's well that ends well.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Count your blessings.

The more the merrier.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Paddle your own canoe.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Good talk saves the food.

Keep your chin up.

The show must go on.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A good man is hard to find.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A cat may look at a king.

Home is where the heart is.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All good things must come to an end.

Nine tailors make a man.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

East, west, home's best.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

First come, first served.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The bigger, the better.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Clothes do not make the man.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Horses for courses.

Each to their own.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Waste not, want not.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

He who hesitates is lost.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All that glitters is not gold.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Life begins at forty.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Christmas comes but once a year.

For everything there is a season.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Great minds think alike.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Go the extra mile.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Hide in plain sight.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A thing begun is half done.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Fight fire with fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

Enough is as good as a feast.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Opposites attract.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth will out.

Money talks.

The age of miracles is past.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Accidents will happen.

A cat has nine lives.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

Speak as you find.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Ignorance is bliss.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Different strokes for different folks.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Money isn't everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Possession is nine points of the law.

First things first.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Give credit where credit is due.

If you build it, they will come.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Live and learn.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Like father, like son.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All things must pass.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

To every thing there is a season.

You win some, you lose some.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Practice makes perfect.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's an exception to every rule.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Hope springs eternal.

Talk is cheap.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Make love not war.

The best defence is a good offence.

Every stick has two ends.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Enough is enough.

An army marches on its stomach.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Might is right.

The best things in life are free.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's no time like the present.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

History repeats itself.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Seek and you shall find.

Time will tell.

Love will find a way.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Tomorrow never comes.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Good things come to those who wait.

Keep your powder dry.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Still waters run deep.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't get mad, get even.

Time is money.

Many hands make light work.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Learn to walk before you run.

Less is more.

Crime doesn't pay.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Bad money drives out good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's never too late to mend.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All you need is love.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

The truth will out.

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

The customer is always right.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Beauty is only skin deep.

East is east, and west is west.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

An man's home is his castle.

All the world loves a lover.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Third time lucky.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Practice what you preach.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You reap what you sow.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It never rains but it pours.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fight the good fight.

Every dog has its day.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Moderation in all things.

There's no place like home.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Life is what you make it.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Silence construes consent.

It takes one to know one.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

A house is not a home.

Seize the day.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Another day, another dollar.

Blood is thicker than water.

Virtue is its own reward.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cheats never prosper.

All's fair in love and war.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Walls have ears.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Good things come in small packages.

More haste, less speed.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The wages of sin is death.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Any port in a storm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Small things amuse small minds.

Let the buyer beware.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Less said, soon mended.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Haste makes waste.

No pain, no gain.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Quid pro quo.

Knowledge is power.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's the singer not the song.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Love is blind.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Better late than never.

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No man is an island.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

What goes up must come down.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You are never too old to learn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Easy come, easy go.

No man can serve two masters.

A watched pot never boils.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Physician, heal thyself.

What goes around comes around.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Misery loves company.

A man is known by his friends.

Give the Devil his due.

Let well alone.

You can't take it with you.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Everyone has their price.

No news is good news.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The end justifies the means.

Seeing is believing.

Oil and water don't mix.

A fish always rots from the head.

Put your best foot forward.

The exception which proves the rule.

There is honour among thieves.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A golden key can open any door.

Share and share alike.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It goes without saying.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't win them all.

Only the good die young.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.