All the world loves a lover.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Make haste slowly.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

No man can serve two masters.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Revenge is sweet.

Life begins at forty.

Hope springs eternal.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

Money talks.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A word to the wise is enough.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Pride comes before a fall.

Knowledge is power.

All you need is love.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Patience is a virtue.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Seeing is believing.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The wages of sin is death.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A fish always rots from the head.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Good things come in small packages.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no time like the present.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Actions speak louder than words.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Hide in plain sight.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Many hands make light work.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Look before you leap.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

More haste, less speed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A thing begun is half done.

Any port in a storm.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Fortune favours the brave.

History repeats itself.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Love will find a way.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Silence construes consent.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Different strokes for different folks.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An army marches on its stomach.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Seize the day.

There's an exception to every rule.

What goes around comes around.

The end justifies the means.

There's no place like home.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All things must pass.

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

Third time lucky.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The best things in life are free.

Good fences make good neighbours.

One hand washes the other.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Forgive and forget.

A cat may look at a king.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It takes two to tango.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Time is money.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Charity begins at home.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Every stick has two ends.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Make love not war.

Home is where the heart is.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

All's well that ends well.

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

Every dog has its day.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Still waters run deep.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Money makes the world go round.

Misery loves company.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Paddle your own canoe.

Tomorrow is another day.

Each to their own.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A cat has nine lives.

Might is right.

Count your blessings.

Keep your powder dry.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Speak as you find.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Make hay while the sun shines.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Time flies.

Good things come to those who wait.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fight fire with fire.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

While there is life, there is hope.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Learn to walk before you run.

Variety is the spice of life.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Silence is golden.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

An man's home is his castle.

He who hesitates is lost.

Life is what you make it.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The exception which proves the rule.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Time will tell.

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

Great minds think alike.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Let the buyer beware.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The customer is always right.

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

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

The truth will out.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Give the Devil his due.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Put your best foot forward.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Haste makes waste.

Accidents will happen.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You win some, you lose some.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

To every thing there is a season.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Wonders will never cease.

Practice what you preach.

One good deed deserves another.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Only fools and horses work.

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

The bigger, the better.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No pain, no gain.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It goes without saying.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can't win them all.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Like father, like son.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Only the good die young.

There's one born every minute.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Walls have ears.

Oil and water don't mix.

Opposites attract.

Easy come, easy go.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

What goes up must come down.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Bad money drives out good.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A watched pot never boils.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A bad penny always turns up.

Never tell tales out of school.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Business before pleasure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Get out while the getting is good.

East, west, home's best.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't take it with you.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Better safe than sorry.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The more the merrier.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Horses for courses.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

It takes one to know one.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All that glitters is not gold.

For everything there is a season.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's never too late to mend.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Go the extra mile.

Persuasion is better than force.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No rest for the wicked.

A house is not a home.

All good things come to those that wait.

Moderation in all things.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Time is a great healer.

Live and learn.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

First come, first served.

Better late than never.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

To the victor go the spoils.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

East is east, and west is west.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

You are what you eat.

Truth will out.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Every picture tells a story.

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

All good things must come to an end.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Live and let live.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fight the good fight.

You reap what you sow.

There are two sides to every question.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Waste not, want not.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Less is more.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Practice makes perfect.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Love is blind.

Quid pro quo.

Don't rock the boat.

Manners maketh the man.

Dead men tell no tales.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beggars can't be choosers.