Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never tell tales out of school.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Speak as you find.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Less is more.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's an exception to every rule.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time flies.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Wonders will never cease.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

To the victor go the spoils.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's one born every minute.

What goes around comes around.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Truth will out.

For everything there is a season.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Bad money drives out good.

Life is what you make it.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An army marches on its stomach.

Haste makes waste.

Horses for courses.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Better late than never.

It takes two to tango.

Always put your best foot forward.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Waste not, want not.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Give the Devil his due.

All publicity is good publicity.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Look before you leap.

The show must go on.

The early bird gets the worm.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Dead men tell no tales.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Live and learn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

Great minds think alike.

Christmas comes but once a year.

One hand washes the other.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's better to give than to receive.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

Charity begins at home.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tomorrow never comes.

A golden key can open any door.

Easy come, easy go.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fight the good fight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There's safety in numbers.

Business before pleasure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There are two sides to every question.

Fortune favours the brave.

The best defence is a good offence.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

First things first.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Accidents will happen.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Every dog has its day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no time like the present.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Different strokes for different folks.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Money makes the world go round.

Honesty is the best policy.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

One good deed deserves another.

All you need is love.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

There is honour among thieves.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Let well alone.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All's fair in love and war.

Give credit where credit is due.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't always get what you want.

Time will tell.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You can't take it with you.

Hope springs eternal.

Love is blind.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Opposites attract.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The age of miracles is past.

Life begins at forty.

Another day, another dollar.

All the world loves a lover.

You are what you eat.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Misery loves company.

An man's home is his castle.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Fight fire with fire.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The end justifies the means.

No man is an island.

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

Moderation in all things.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Share and share alike.

Small things amuse small minds.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Live and let live.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

He who hesitates is lost.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A cat may look at a king.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Big fish eat little fish.

Pearls of wisdom.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Walls have ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It never rains but it pours.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Silence construes consent.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Silence is golden.

A man is known by his friends.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Let the buyer beware.

Make love not war.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All roads lead to Rome.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Put your best foot forward.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Money talks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can have too much of a good thing.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Oil and water don't mix.

More haste, less speed.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Cheats never prosper.

There's no smoke without fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The exception which proves the rule.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Any port in a storm.

Patience is a virtue.

A watched pot never boils.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You win some, you lose some.

East is east, and west is west.

Practice what you preach.

Enough is enough.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

The more the merrier.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Seize the day.

Might is right.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Revenge is sweet.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Less said, soon mended.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Many hands make light work.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A house is not a home.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Time is money.

You reap what you sow.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A cat has nine lives.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Go the extra mile.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Home is where the heart is.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Money isn't everything.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A fish always rots from the head.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Still waters run deep.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't get mad, get even.

No news is good news.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A miss is as good as a mile.

To every thing there is a season.

Good talk saves the food.

It goes without saying.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Let bygones be bygones.

Forgive and forget.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Crime doesn't pay.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Beware the Ides of March.

If you build it, they will come.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Everyone has their price.

Keep your chin up.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

All good things must come to an end.

If you can't be good, be careful.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The best things in life are free.

Love will find a way.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

It takes one to know one.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Virtue is its own reward.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Make haste slowly.

First come, first served.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The truth will out.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

What goes up must come down.

The Devil is in the details.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Each to their own.

Variety is the spice of life.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Good things come in small packages.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your powder dry.

All good things come to those that wait.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Time is a great healer.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No pain, no gain.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A thing begun is half done.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The customer is always right.

It's the singer not the song.

Paddle your own canoe.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Love makes the world go round.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A word to the wise is enough.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Faith will move mountains.

A good man is hard to find.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

History repeats itself.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Talk is cheap.

Only the good die young.