Don't meet troubles half-way.

It goes without saying.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time is money.

History repeats itself.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Only fools and horses work.

Never go to bed on an argument.

East, west, home's best.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A thing begun is half done.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Bad news travels fast.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The show must go on.

Talk is cheap.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Opposites attract.

Money makes the world go round.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Still waters run deep.

There's safety in numbers.

You reap what you sow.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The end justifies the means.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Misery loves company.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All you need is love.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The age of miracles is past.

Small things amuse small minds.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Silence construes consent.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Attack is the best form of defence.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't always get what you want.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Ignorance is bliss.

No man is an island.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Knowledge is power.

Little pitchers have big ears.

One hand washes the other.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Nine tailors make a man.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't rock the boat.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Money talks.

Might is right.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

To every thing there is a season.

All good things must come to an end.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

God helps those who help themselves.

Money is the root of all evil.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Blood is thicker than water.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nothing new under the sun.

The early bird gets the worm.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Give credit where credit is due.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Seize the day.

Life is what you make it.

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

First things first.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Let well alone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bigger, the better.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Hope springs eternal.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

No man can serve two masters.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Forewarned is forearmed.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and learn.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Only the good die young.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Like father, like son.

Waste not, want not.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A good man is hard to find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Put your best foot forward.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Live and let live.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Let bygones be bygones.

There's no place like home.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Speak as you find.

It takes one to know one.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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

Make love not war.

Keep your powder dry.

It takes two to tango.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

What goes up must come down.

A golden key can open any door.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A cat has nine lives.

Better late than never.

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

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

All good things come to those that wait.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

A house is not a home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Love makes the world go round.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The Devil looks after his own.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You win some, you lose some.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

While there is life, there is hope.

For everything there is a season.

Pearls of wisdom.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cheats never prosper.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Fight the good fight.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All the world loves a lover.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Truth will out.

Money isn't everything.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Good things come to those who wait.

A word to the wise is enough.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't win them all.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The more the merrier.

Look before you leap.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Quid pro quo.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A cat may look at a king.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Moderation in all things.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Each to their own.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Oil and water don't mix.

Tomorrow never comes.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Time flies.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Seeing is believing.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There's no smoke without fire.

Any port in a storm.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All things must pass.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never give a sucker an even break.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

What goes around comes around.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Every picture tells a story.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't get mad, get even.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Good talk saves the food.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's never too late to mend.

There are two sides to every question.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Share and share alike.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Walls have ears.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Everyone has their price.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You are what you eat.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The best things in life are free.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Silence is golden.

Even a worm will turn.

The truth will out.

Practice what you preach.

Great minds think alike.

Make haste slowly.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time is a great healer.

Horses for courses.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All publicity is good publicity.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Pride comes before a fall.

Another day, another dollar.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Haste makes waste.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No news is good news.

Life begins at forty.

There's an exception to every rule.

Every dog has its day.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Hide in plain sight.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Love will find a way.

Never speak ill of the dead.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All's well that ends well.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

More haste, less speed.

You are never too old to learn.

Faith will move mountains.

Less said, soon mended.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Paddle your own canoe.

Slow but sure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Business before pleasure.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A man is known by his friends.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Forgive and forget.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Virtue is its own reward.

Good things come in small packages.

Patience is a virtue.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

To the victor go the spoils.

All's fair in love and war.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You can't take it with you.

Get out while the getting is good.

Accidents will happen.

There's one born every minute.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Better safe than sorry.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Two heads are better than one.

A bad penny always turns up.

The customer is always right.