Beggars can't be choosers.

First impressions are the most lasting.

All publicity is good publicity.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Time will tell.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Live and let live.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Horses for courses.

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

Count your blessings.

All that glitters is not gold.

You reap what you sow.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It goes without saying.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Make haste slowly.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

There's no place like home.

Oil and water don't mix.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Keep your powder dry.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Forgive and forget.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Time is money.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Faith will move mountains.

The end justifies the means.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All good things must come to an end.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Live and learn.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Patience is a virtue.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Walls have ears.

There's one born every minute.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The exception which proves the rule.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Great minds think alike.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

The customer is always right.

Fight fire with fire.

A cat may look at a king.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Waste not, want not.

Misery loves company.

A golden key can open any door.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Go the extra mile.

There's no smoke without fire.

The show must go on.

What goes around comes around.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't get mad, get even.

A leopard can't change its spots.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

One hand washes the other.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Money isn't everything.

The wages of sin is death.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Still waters run deep.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Talk is cheap.

For everything there is a season.

There's no time like the present.

Let bygones be bygones.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Let the buyer beware.

Wonders will never cease.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't rock the boat.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

More haste, less speed.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Money is the root of all evil.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The best things in life are free.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Life begins at forty.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Good things come to those who wait.

If the cap fits, wear it.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Business before pleasure.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Only the good die young.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Enough is enough.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Haste makes waste.

A watched pot never boils.

Money makes the world go round.

Any port in a storm.

East, west, home's best.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Easy come, easy go.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

The more the merrier.

Speak as you find.

Love will find a way.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Third time lucky.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money talks.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It takes one to know one.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Hide in plain sight.

A house is not a home.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A cat has nine lives.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Share and share alike.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The bigger, the better.

Slow but sure.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let well alone.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Two heads are better than one.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Seek and you shall find.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Every dog has its day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A new broom sweeps clean.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Dead men tell no tales.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You are what you eat.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A man is known by his friends.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Physician, heal thyself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's a time and a place for everything.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Less is more.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's safety in numbers.

All's fair in love and war.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

One good deed deserves another.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Each to their own.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Clothes do not make the man.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Crime doesn't pay.

There's an exception to every rule.

Less said, soon mended.

Bad money drives out good.

Fight the good fight.

Many hands make light work.

All things must pass.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Silence is golden.

It's never too late to mend.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

East is east, and west is west.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Moderation in all things.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Small things amuse small minds.

Even a worm will turn.

Quid pro quo.

Practice what you preach.

An man's home is his castle.

Silence construes consent.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You win some, you lose some.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

First come, first served.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A thing begun is half done.

Put your best foot forward.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Blood is thicker than water.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The truth will out.

Manners maketh the man.

No man is an island.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Tomorrow is another day.

A poor worker blames the tools.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The age of miracles is past.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

No news is good news.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Practice makes perfect.

Everyone has their price.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

To every thing there is a season.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The best-laid plans go astray.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Life is what you make it.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Time is a great healer.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Good things come in small packages.

Seize the day.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

No pain, no gain.

Every picture tells a story.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Might is right.

A picture paints a thousand words.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All you need is love.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Look before you leap.

Nothing new under the sun.

It takes two to tango.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Make love not war.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It never rains but it pours.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's the singer not the song.

Actions speak louder than words.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All good things come to those that wait.

All's well that ends well.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Never tell tales out of school.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's all grist to the mill.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

History repeats itself.

Variety is the spice of life.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Cheats never prosper.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Persuasion is better than force.

Love is blind.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The early bird gets the worm.

Bad news travels fast.

All roads lead to Rome.