Look before you leap.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Speak as you find.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It takes two to tango.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Still waters run deep.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All good things come to those that wait.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The bigger, the better.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Always put your best foot forward.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A word to the wise is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Silence is golden.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Make love not war.

Honesty is the best policy.

Oil and water don't mix.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Life is what you make it.

First come, first served.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

No news is good news.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

East is east, and west is west.

Business before pleasure.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Only the good die young.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

While there is life, there is hope.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Physician, heal thyself.

Nothing new under the sun.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only fools and horses work.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give credit where credit is due.

Wonders will never cease.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Manners maketh the man.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Dead men tell no tales.

The age of miracles is past.

Might is right.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Fight the good fight.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Seeing is believing.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A house is not a home.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes one to know one.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You are what you eat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fortune favours the brave.

Crime doesn't pay.

Money talks.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Curiosity killed the cat.

For everything there is a season.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Make haste slowly.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Good talk saves the food.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The show must go on.

Quid pro quo.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time is a great healer.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Opposites attract.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All's fair in love and war.

What goes around comes around.

Every stick has two ends.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The wages of sin is death.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Beware the Ides of March.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All things must pass.

Less said, soon mended.

A watched pot never boils.

Forgive and forget.

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

All you need is love.

Time flies.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Accidents will happen.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You win some, you lose some.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

East, west, home's best.

Faith will move mountains.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Third time lucky.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

One hand washes the other.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Practice what you preach.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Like father, like son.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Any port in a storm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Go the extra mile.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Love will find a way.

Home is where the heart is.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

To every thing there is a season.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Life begins at forty.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Great minds think alike.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

One good deed deserves another.

Knowledge is power.

The exception which proves the rule.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

No man is an island.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's the singer not the song.

Share and share alike.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A man is known by his friends.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

It never rains but it pours.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

An man's home is his castle.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Live and let live.

The best things in life are free.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Charity begins at home.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Seize the day.

Horses for courses.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Everyone has their price.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Love is blind.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Enough is enough.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's better to give than to receive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

An army marches on its stomach.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

First things first.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Money is the root of all evil.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Never tell tales out of school.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

There is honour among thieves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Silence construes consent.

Get out while the getting is good.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The customer is always right.

There are two sides to every question.

You can't win them all.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

No pain, no gain.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Better safe than sorry.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Big fish eat little fish.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All that glitters is not gold.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Live and learn.

Each to their own.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Every dog has its day.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Let well alone.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Patience is a virtue.

Count your blessings.

Bad news travels fast.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Actions speak louder than words.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Pearls of wisdom.

The best defence is a good offence.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

More haste, less speed.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A cat may look at a king.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Less is more.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's one born every minute.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A good man is hard to find.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

What goes up must come down.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The end justifies the means.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Waste not, want not.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Nine tailors make a man.

You are never too old to learn.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's safety in numbers.

Money isn't everything.

Another day, another dollar.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Talk is cheap.

There's no place like home.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

No rest for the wicked.

Many hands make light work.

Persuasion is better than force.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Slow but sure.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

It goes without saying.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Misery loves company.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

All's well that ends well.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.