Faith will move mountains.

Persuasion is better than force.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

For everything there is a season.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

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

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

Charity begins at home.

There's an exception to every rule.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The best things in life are free.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Share and share alike.

There's no time like the present.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Dead men tell no tales.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Moderation in all things.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Misery loves company.

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

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Less said, soon mended.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Fight fire with fire.

Only fools and horses work.

No news is good news.

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

Live and let live.

To the victor go the spoils.

Quid pro quo.

Strike while the iron is hot.

All the world loves a lover.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Any port in a storm.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Knowledge is power.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

There's safety in numbers.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't rock the boat.

Still waters run deep.

Money talks.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Truth will out.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Crime doesn't pay.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let well alone.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All things must pass.

Virtue is its own reward.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

History repeats itself.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

A house is not a home.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Seeing is believing.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

You can't always get what you want.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

A fish always rots from the head.

The end justifies the means.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Might is right.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Opposites attract.

A good man is hard to find.

What goes around comes around.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Horses for courses.

Speak as you find.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Tomorrow never comes.

One good deed deserves another.

Cheats never prosper.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beware the Ides of March.

Silence is golden.

Time is money.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

You can't take it with you.

The early bird gets the worm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

One swallow does not a summer make.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Tomorrow is another day.

Pearls of wisdom.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The best defence is a good offence.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Everyone has their price.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Slow and steady wins the race.

No rest for the wicked.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man is an island.

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

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Money makes the world go round.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

East, west, home's best.

There's one born every minute.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The show must go on.

While there is life, there is hope.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

An man's home is his castle.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Look before you leap.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Only the good die young.

Slow but sure.

A cat may look at a king.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Ignorance is bliss.

Like father, like son.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Patience is a virtue.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Love will find a way.

No pain, no gain.

Count your blessings.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Pride comes before a fall.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Life is what you make it.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If you build it, they will come.

You can't win them all.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You win some, you lose some.

The customer is always right.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Variety is the spice of life.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All that glitters is not gold.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

East is east, and west is west.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Time will tell.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Christmas comes but once a year.

More haste, less speed.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The exception which proves the rule.

First things first.

One hand washes the other.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A watched pot never boils.

Fight the good fight.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Easy come, easy go.

Wonders will never cease.

The bigger, the better.

Forgive and forget.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Business before pleasure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Make haste slowly.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Put your best foot forward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Practice what you preach.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A cat has nine lives.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Revenge is sweet.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A golden key can open any door.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Enough is enough.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Life begins at forty.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Less is more.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All's well that ends well.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Money isn't everything.

Give credit where credit is due.

You are never too old to learn.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The more the merrier.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To every thing there is a season.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your chin up.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Bad money drives out good.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Time is a great healer.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Hide in plain sight.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It takes one to know one.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Actions speak louder than words.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Walls have ears.

Seize the day.

The Devil is in the details.

The Devil looks after his own.

There is honour among thieves.

There are two sides to every question.

All good things must come to an end.

Seek and you shall find.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Every stick has two ends.

Laughter is the best medicine.

All's fair in love and war.

All roads lead to Rome.

All you need is love.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Two heads are better than one.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Waste not, want not.

Get out while the getting is good.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Home is where the heart is.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Even a worm will turn.

A house is not a home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Learn to walk before you run.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Talk is cheap.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Accidents will happen.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

All publicity is good publicity.

Let the buyer beware.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Manners maketh the man.

There's no place like home.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.