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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Seize the day.

Hide in plain sight.

What goes up must come down.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

History repeats itself.

An army marches on its stomach.

Make haste slowly.

Truth will out.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Forgive and forget.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fight fire with fire.

Talk is cheap.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Every stick has two ends.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Time is money.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Two heads are better than one.

Laughter is the best medicine.

No news is good news.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Better late than never.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A cat may look at a king.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Haste makes waste.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Any port in a storm.

For everything there is a season.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Honesty is the best policy.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Money isn't everything.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All publicity is good publicity.

No man can serve two masters.

All good things must come to an end.

Count your blessings.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There are two sides to every question.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Many hands make light work.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

You can't always get what you want.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Enough is enough.

Fight the good fight.

The age of miracles is past.

Beware the Ides of March.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The early bird gets the worm.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Quid pro quo.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Each to their own.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Time is a great healer.

Bad money drives out good.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no time like the present.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Life begins at forty.

There's safety in numbers.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Money talks.

Life is what you make it.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

To the victor go the spoils.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Practice makes perfect.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Paddle your own canoe.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't change horses in midstream.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Go the extra mile.

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

Silence is golden.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's all grist to the mill.

The show must go on.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Great minds think alike.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Home is where the heart is.

It never rains but it pours.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no place like home.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Everyone has their price.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Another day, another dollar.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A bad penny always turns up.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The customer is always right.

Nothing new under the sun.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There's one born every minute.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

While there is life, there is hope.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

No man is an island.

Look before you leap.

Silence construes consent.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

One hand washes the other.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The best things in life are free.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There is no accounting for tastes.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

First things first.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Horses for courses.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Time flies.

Out of sight, out of mind.

No pain, no gain.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If you build it, they will come.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The Devil looks after his own.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Give the Devil his due.

Opposites attract.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The exception which proves the rule.

A cat has nine lives.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Get out while the getting is good.

Keep your chin up.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It goes without saying.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Easy come, easy go.

A golden key can open any door.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Tomorrow is another day.

All's fair in love and war.

Always put your best foot forward.

The end justifies the means.

Persuasion is better than force.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Time will tell.

Every dog has its day.

The wages of sin is death.

Love is blind.

Never tell tales out of school.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Business before pleasure.

An man's home is his castle.

Speak as you find.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Every picture tells a story.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nine tailors make a man.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let the dead bury the dead.

One good deed deserves another.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

He who hesitates is lost.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Good things come in small packages.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The more the merrier.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't take it with you.

East is east, and west is west.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Share and share alike.

Make love not war.

Might is right.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Misery loves company.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Blood is thicker than water.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Ignorance is bliss.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

East, west, home's best.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let bygones be bygones.

Less is more.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money is the root of all evil.

What goes around comes around.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The truth will out.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Knowledge is power.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's the singer not the song.

Charity begins at home.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You are what you eat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Practice what you preach.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Still waters run deep.

You can't win them all.

Bad news travels fast.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no smoke without fire.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Let well alone.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Let the buyer beware.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A house is not a home.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Waste not, want not.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Seeing is believing.

All things must pass.

Pearls of wisdom.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Accidents will happen.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The bigger, the better.

All you need is love.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It's never too late to mend.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Less said, soon mended.

Like father, like son.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Manners maketh the man.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Slow but sure.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Oil and water don't mix.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Walls have ears.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Different strokes for different folks.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No rest for the wicked.

All roads lead to Rome.

Patience is a virtue.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Put your best foot forward.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It takes one to know one.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All good things come to those that wait.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Even a worm will turn.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's a time and a place for everything.