It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's the singer not the song.

Moderation in all things.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't make bricks without straw.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Good things come to those who wait.

The best things in life are free.

Give the Devil his due.

Silence is golden.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Share and share alike.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Walls have ears.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Always put your best foot forward.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Honesty is the best policy.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Let well alone.

All roads lead to Rome.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If you build it, they will come.

Time will tell.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Bad money drives out good.

Fight the good fight.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Let bygones be bygones.

Haste makes waste.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Life begins at forty.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Practice makes perfect.

One swallow does not a summer make.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't win them all.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Horses for courses.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Make haste slowly.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Money is the root of all evil.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A leopard can't change its spots.

All's well that ends well.

Talk is cheap.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Third time lucky.

The truth will out.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

It's never too late to mend.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Pride comes before a fall.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the buyer beware.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The more the merrier.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Opposites attract.

Any port in a storm.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil looks after his own.

Money makes the world go round.

No pain, no gain.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Even a worm will turn.

Marriages are made in heaven.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

To the victor go the spoils.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fight fire with fire.

Oil and water don't mix.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A golden key can open any door.

History repeats itself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Only the good die young.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Each to their own.

The show must go on.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Manners maketh the man.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

What goes around comes around.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Cheats never prosper.

Nine tailors make a man.

Time is money.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't rock the boat.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't get mad, get even.

Put your best foot forward.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Look before you leap.

Accidents will happen.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Clothes do not make the man.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The age of miracles is past.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Charity begins at home.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

One hand washes the other.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your chin up.

Practice what you preach.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

All the world loves a lover.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Love is blind.

The exception which proves the rule.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

A thing begun is half done.

No news is good news.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Misery loves company.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

To every thing there is a season.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time flies.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Crime doesn't pay.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It goes without saying.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Seize the day.

Love makes the world go round.

All's fair in love and war.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A fish always rots from the head.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The end justifies the means.

The customer is always right.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Great minds think alike.

Actions speak louder than words.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every stick has two ends.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Faith will move mountains.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's safety in numbers.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Love will find a way.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A house is not a home.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Count your blessings.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Better late than never.

Children should be seen and not heard.

He who hesitates is lost.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All you need is love.

Good talk saves the food.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Everyone has their price.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Pearls of wisdom.

A man is known by his friends.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

More haste, less speed.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Time is a great healer.

Slow but sure.

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

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

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The early bird gets the worm.

Easy come, easy go.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

An army marches on its stomach.

Still waters run deep.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Live and learn.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

No man is an island.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Paddle your own canoe.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All that glitters is not gold.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't take it with you.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Ignorance is bliss.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Knowledge is power.

All good things must come to an end.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All things must pass.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You are what you eat.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Forgive and forget.

Never tell tales out of school.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Dead men tell no tales.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Persuasion is better than force.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Life is what you make it.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Bad news travels fast.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

East, west, home's best.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

What goes up must come down.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

For everything there is a season.

You reap what you sow.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Speak as you find.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Go the extra mile.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Might is right.

Many hands make light work.

East is east, and west is west.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Tomorrow is another day.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The bigger, the better.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Different strokes for different folks.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It never rains but it pours.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Two heads are better than one.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There's one born every minute.

A good man is hard to find.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's no time like the present.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Waste not, want not.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Needs must when the devil drives.

First come, first served.

Patience is a virtue.

Business before pleasure.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Money talks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Make hay while the sun shines.