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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Honesty is the best policy.

Only the good die young.

Always put your best foot forward.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

One hand washes the other.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

East is east, and west is west.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You are what you eat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Moderation in all things.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

God helps those who help themselves.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An army marches on its stomach.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A bad penny always turns up.

Every dog has its day.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Put your best foot forward.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Truth will out.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Seeing is believing.

Speak as you find.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Keep your powder dry.

All good things must come to an end.

Look before you leap.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

It takes one to know one.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

You win some, you lose some.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If the cap fits, wear it.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Each to their own.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The show must go on.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Money isn't everything.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A watched pot never boils.

Let the buyer beware.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There is honour among thieves.

Like father, like son.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The age of miracles is past.

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

A golden key can open any door.

The customer is always right.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't win them all.

Physician, heal thyself.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's one born every minute.

All things must pass.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Silence construes consent.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You reap what you sow.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Keep your chin up.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Life is what you make it.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Live and let live.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Actions speak louder than words.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Silence is golden.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Share and share alike.

Manners maketh the man.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's no smoke without fire.

Less is more.

All good things come to those that wait.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Easy come, easy go.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There's safety in numbers.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Love will find a way.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Money talks.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Christmas comes but once a year.

For everything there is a season.

The truth will out.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

First things first.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Waste not, want not.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Stupid is as stupid does.

All you need is love.

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let well alone.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Clothes do not make the man.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All publicity is good publicity.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Live and learn.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Virtue is its own reward.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Make love not war.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Time flies.

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

Seize the day.

You can't take it with you.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Money makes the world go round.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Practice makes perfect.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Great minds think alike.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Pearls of wisdom.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best defence is a good offence.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Horses for courses.

Variety is the spice of life.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Everyone has their price.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Pride comes before a fall.

Practice what you preach.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Bad money drives out good.

Beware the Ides of March.

No man can serve two masters.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Any port in a storm.

Opposites attract.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Still waters run deep.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

No pain, no gain.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All the world loves a lover.

All roads lead to Rome.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Accidents will happen.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A cat has nine lives.

Go the extra mile.

Forgive and forget.

It never rains but it pours.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Every picture tells a story.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't rock the boat.

Better late than never.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Time will tell.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

To every thing there is a season.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All's well that ends well.

Blood is thicker than water.

Make haste slowly.

Less said, soon mended.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A fish always rots from the head.

The more the merrier.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Walls have ears.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Life begins at forty.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

There are two sides to every question.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All that glitters is not gold.

The bigger, the better.

First come, first served.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Might is right.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes two to tango.

The wages of sin is death.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's no place like home.

No news is good news.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Revenge is sweet.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Fight the good fight.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Crime doesn't pay.

Misery loves company.

Give the Devil his due.

The Devil is in the details.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Haste makes waste.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

East, west, home's best.

All's fair in love and war.

Love makes the world go round.

Quid pro quo.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Third time lucky.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

What goes around comes around.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Better safe than sorry.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No man is an island.

Ignorance is bliss.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Talk is cheap.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you build it, they will come.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It goes without saying.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Time is money.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The early bird gets the worm.

Count your blessings.

You can have too much of a good thing.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Persuasion is better than force.

Hide in plain sight.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't get mad, get even.

Slow but sure.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A cat may look at a king.