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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Paddle your own canoe.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Business before pleasure.

Time is money.

There's an exception to every rule.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

First things first.

All good things come to those that wait.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Every stick has two ends.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

One hand washes the other.

Horses for courses.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The end justifies the means.

It's never too late to mend.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

One good deed deserves another.

There's no place like home.

Time will tell.

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

First come, first served.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

You can't win them all.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Less is more.

To the victor go the spoils.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Truth will out.

Different strokes for different folks.

Variety is the spice of life.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A watched pot never boils.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Slow but sure.

Count your blessings.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A man is known by his friends.

He who hesitates is lost.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

No pain, no gain.

All's well that ends well.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't take it with you.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

What goes up must come down.

Crime doesn't pay.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Many hands make light work.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Get out while the getting is good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Silence construes consent.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Blood is thicker than water.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A golden key can open any door.

Revenge is sweet.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Great minds think alike.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A cat has nine lives.

Each to their own.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Live and learn.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Enough is enough.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Big fish eat little fish.

Life is what you make it.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Like father, like son.

A cat may look at a king.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Good things come to those who wait.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

For everything there is a season.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Physician, heal thyself.

Talk is cheap.

The Devil looks after his own.

The customer is always right.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Live and let live.

Any port in a storm.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Easy come, easy go.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Virtue is its own reward.

The more the merrier.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Less said, soon mended.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Go the extra mile.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's no smoke without fire.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Accidents will happen.

You can't always get what you want.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Patience is a virtue.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Misery loves company.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

No man can serve two masters.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

There are two sides to every question.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is golden.

Seeing is believing.

A leopard can't change its spots.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's all grist to the mill.

Good things come in small packages.

The best defence is a good offence.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Knowledge is power.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Let well alone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Oil and water don't mix.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All roads lead to Rome.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Bad money drives out good.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Waste not, want not.

Quid pro quo.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You are never too old to learn.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

It takes two to tango.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

The show must go on.

A word to the wise is enough.

Better safe than sorry.

It's the singer not the song.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Everyone has their price.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The Devil is in the details.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Opposites attract.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

What goes around comes around.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No man is an island.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

History repeats itself.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nine tailors make a man.

Charity begins at home.

Don't get mad, get even.

There's one born every minute.

Keep your powder dry.

Better late than never.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Every dog has its day.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Honesty is the best policy.

A fish always rots from the head.

Still waters run deep.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money talks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Hide in plain sight.

Seize the day.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't rock the boat.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Walls have ears.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's better to give than to receive.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes one to know one.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

To every thing there is a season.

Make love not war.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love will find a way.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Let the buyer beware.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Might is right.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money makes the world go round.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Never speak ill of the dead.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Seek and you shall find.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A house is not a home.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time is a great healer.

A stitch in time saves nine.

East, west, home's best.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

East is east, and west is west.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The truth will out.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Small things amuse small minds.

Practice what you preach.

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

Life begins at forty.

All good things must come to an end.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beggars can't be choosers.

More haste, less speed.

Only the good die young.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let bygones be bygones.

God helps those who help themselves.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Forgive and forget.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

An man's home is his castle.

The exception which proves the rule.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bigger, the better.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All things must pass.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Never tell tales out of school.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Love is blind.

Bad news travels fast.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All you need is love.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Wonders will never cease.

Fight fire with fire.

The age of miracles is past.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Always put your best foot forward.