Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It takes one to know one.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never tell tales out of school.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Every stick has two ends.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A fish always rots from the head.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Give the Devil his due.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

A bad penny always turns up.

All the world loves a lover.

Love makes the world go round.

Waste not, want not.

The early bird gets the worm.

Love will find a way.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Forgive and forget.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no place like home.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Practice makes perfect.

Good things come to those who wait.

Keep your chin up.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It's all grist to the mill.

No man can serve two masters.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

Bad money drives out good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Third time lucky.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's no smoke without fire.

Still waters run deep.

Two heads are better than one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Let the buyer beware.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Many hands make light work.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Make haste slowly.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's one born every minute.

Might is right.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Virtue is its own reward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Hide in plain sight.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Accidents will happen.

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

The customer is always right.

A cat may look at a king.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

It goes without saying.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The show must go on.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't always get what you want.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

One good deed deserves another.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Slow but sure.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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

Count your blessings.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fortune favours the brave.

Quid pro quo.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Let well alone.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There is honour among thieves.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's never too late to mend.

What goes up must come down.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's the singer not the song.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Talk is cheap.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes two to tango.

Misery loves company.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let bygones be bygones.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money talks.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Everyone has their price.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

More haste, less speed.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

To the victor go the spoils.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't rock the boat.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's an exception to every rule.

Knowledge is power.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Persuasion is better than force.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Each to their own.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fight fire with fire.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Shrouds have no pockets.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Time will tell.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Ignorance is bliss.

Actions speak louder than words.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Wonders will never cease.

For everything there is a season.

No rest for the wicked.

No man is an island.

Like father, like son.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Every picture tells a story.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Seeing is believing.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no time like the present.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Time flies.

Pearls of wisdom.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Silence construes consent.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Haste makes waste.

It's better to give than to receive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

One hand washes the other.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Enough is enough.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Dead men tell no tales.

The wages of sin is death.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

No news is good news.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Less is more.

Laughter is the best medicine.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Only fools and horses work.

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

The more the merrier.

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

First things first.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love is blind.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A new broom sweeps clean.

God helps those who help themselves.

A thing begun is half done.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Easy come, easy go.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All that glitters is not gold.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

East, west, home's best.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Great minds think alike.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The leopard does not change his spots.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Another day, another dollar.

Go the extra mile.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

No pain, no gain.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

All's well that ends well.

There are two sides to every question.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

There's safety in numbers.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Share and share alike.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

What goes around comes around.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Hope springs eternal.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Manners maketh the man.

You can't take it with you.

All you need is love.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Always put your best foot forward.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Business before pleasure.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If you build it, they will come.

Life begins at forty.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Get out while the getting is good.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Better late than never.

Only the good die young.

Small things amuse small minds.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Make love not war.

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

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

Silence is golden.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Horses for courses.

First come, first served.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

You reap what you sow.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The truth will out.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Time is a great healer.

You are never too old to learn.

A watched pot never boils.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A good man is hard to find.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Speak as you find.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Look before you leap.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fight the good fight.

All roads lead to Rome.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live and let live.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A man is known by his friends.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You are what you eat.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Better safe than sorry.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Physician, heal thyself.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

East is east, and west is west.

The best defence is a good offence.

Nothing new under the sun.

Oil and water don't mix.

The best things in life are free.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Every dog has its day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Truth will out.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

You can't win them all.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Moderation in all things.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

History repeats itself.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Stupid is as stupid does.

All's fair in love and war.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cheats never prosper.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Honesty is the best policy.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time is money.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Live and learn.

Different strokes for different folks.

Big fish eat little fish.

It never rains but it pours.

All good things must come to an end.

Live and let live.

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