Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Make love not war.

Better safe than sorry.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

You can't take it with you.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Business before pleasure.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Share and share alike.

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

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

There's no time like the present.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Haste makes waste.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Knowledge is power.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Practice what you preach.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All publicity is good publicity.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Walls have ears.

The Devil looks after his own.

There's no place like home.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes one to know one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A man is known by his friends.

While there is life, there is hope.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The more the merrier.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

No news is good news.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Wonders will never cease.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Every stick has two ends.

Clothes do not make the man.

First come, first served.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Silence is golden.

Hope springs eternal.

All's well that ends well.

Like father, like son.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A house is not a home.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Moderation in all things.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Tomorrow never comes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Might is right.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All things must pass.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

One hand washes the other.

All good things must come to an end.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Fight fire with fire.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Live and let live.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The customer is always right.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Misery loves company.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Live and learn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Enough is as good as a feast.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Life begins at forty.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Learn to walk before you run.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Persuasion is better than force.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

All you need is love.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

East, west, home's best.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You can't win them all.

Love makes the world go round.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Make haste slowly.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Pride comes before a fall.

Seeing is believing.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To the victor go the spoils.

Look before you leap.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The early bird gets the worm.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Home is where the heart is.

Everyone has their price.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

All roads lead to Rome.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Nine tailors make a man.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Fortune favours the brave.

To every thing there is a season.

Charity begins at home.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You are what you eat.

The end justifies the means.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Good things come to those who wait.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Less is more.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil is in the details.

Beware the Ides of March.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All's fair in love and war.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cheats never prosper.

You win some, you lose some.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let well alone.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

What goes up must come down.

Each to their own.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Any port in a storm.

Bad money drives out good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Many hands make light work.

Speak as you find.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Waste not, want not.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The show must go on.

Talk is cheap.

Love is blind.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Love will find a way.

An army marches on its stomach.

Get out while the getting is good.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Actions speak louder than words.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Count your blessings.

More haste, less speed.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Even a worm will turn.

Always put your best foot forward.

Dead men tell no tales.

Strike while the iron is hot.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Good talk saves the food.

Revenge is sweet.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Money talks.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Give credit where credit is due.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Go the extra mile.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

What goes around comes around.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Slow but sure.

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

It goes without saying.

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

Silence construes consent.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Manners maketh the man.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No man can serve two masters.

There's one born every minute.

A good man is hard to find.

The best things in life are free.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The wages of sin is death.

It's never too late to mend.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Better late than never.

No man is an island.

A cat may look at a king.

History repeats itself.

Money makes the world go round.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

East is east, and west is west.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Time is a great healer.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blood is thicker than water.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Patience is a virtue.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't always get what you want.

Oil and water don't mix.

Money isn't everything.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Good things come in small packages.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

For everything there is a season.

The age of miracles is past.

There is honour among thieves.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Give the Devil his due.

Keep your powder dry.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It never rains but it pours.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A golden key can open any door.

Fight the good fight.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Only the good die young.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Time flies.

Enough is enough.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Seize the day.

Small things amuse small minds.

A watched pot never boils.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Truth will out.

Tomorrow is another day.

All that glitters is not gold.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Still waters run deep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You reap what you sow.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Accidents will happen.

Forgive and forget.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

There's an exception to every rule.

Put your best foot forward.

Opposites attract.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Quid pro quo.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A fish always rots from the head.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Seek and you shall find.

Horses for courses.

It takes two to tango.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

Live and let live.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.