Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The end justifies the means.

Easy come, easy go.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no time like the present.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Moderation in all things.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Paddle your own canoe.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Great minds think alike.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Different strokes for different folks.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fight fire with fire.

There's no smoke without fire.

Put your best foot forward.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The best things in life are free.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Seek and you shall find.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Let bygones be bygones.

Patience is a virtue.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No man is an island.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Love makes the world go round.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Each to their own.

Beware the Ides of March.

Still waters run deep.

Make haste slowly.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Accidents will happen.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Forgive and forget.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Third time lucky.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The Devil looks after his own.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Waste not, want not.

Keep your powder dry.

It's never too late to mend.

Learn to walk before you run.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Less is more.

Share and share alike.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

If you build it, they will come.

The best defence is a good offence.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

East, west, home's best.

No pain, no gain.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

What goes up must come down.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Money is the root of all evil.

One good deed deserves another.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Knowledge is power.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Better safe than sorry.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Silence construes consent.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Better late than never.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Live and let live.

No news is good news.

Physician, heal thyself.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Tomorrow never comes.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let well alone.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Misery loves company.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Fight the good fight.

Don't get mad, get even.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Live and learn.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Enough is enough.

It goes without saying.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The early bird gets the worm.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There are two sides to every question.

Life is what you make it.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hide in plain sight.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Nothing new under the sun.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Love will find a way.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Look before you leap.

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

The show must go on.

The bigger, the better.

Walls have ears.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Business before pleasure.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

First things first.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

He who hesitates is lost.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Speak as you find.

A cat has nine lives.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

An army marches on its stomach.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Count your blessings.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Actions speak louder than words.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Ignorance is bliss.

Good talk saves the food.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Slow but sure.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Charity begins at home.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Talk is cheap.

Only the good die young.

Let the buyer beware.

Practice what you preach.

To every thing there is a season.

You can't win them all.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Go the extra mile.

What goes around comes around.

Honesty is the best policy.

To the victor go the spoils.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Even a worm will turn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Silence is golden.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Another day, another dollar.

Time will tell.

Time flies.

A thing begun is half done.

Keep your chin up.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Hope springs eternal.

History repeats itself.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Get out while the getting is good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

Crime doesn't pay.

Life begins at forty.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The age of miracles is past.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

Seize the day.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The wages of sin is death.

All you need is love.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Less said, soon mended.

Only fools and horses work.

Wonders will never cease.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Manners maketh the man.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The exception which proves the rule.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A man is known by his friends.

It takes one to know one.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Might is right.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A person is known by the company they keep.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You are what you eat.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cheats never prosper.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

When one door shuts, another opens.

No rest for the wicked.

Money talks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

For everything there is a season.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

All good things must come to an end.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All good things come to those that wait.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Many hands make light work.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Opposites attract.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Good things come to those who wait.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All things must pass.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't always get what you want.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Small things amuse small minds.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Dead men tell no tales.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A house is not a home.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love is blind.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's an exception to every rule.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You reap what you sow.

All publicity is good publicity.

First come, first served.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It takes two to tango.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

One hand washes the other.

Quid pro quo.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't take it with you.

Time is a great healer.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The more the merrier.

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

Haste makes waste.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The Devil is in the details.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Time is money.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Horses for courses.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All roads lead to Rome.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

If you can't be good, be careful.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Like father, like son.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Faith will move mountains.

There's no place like home.

There is honour among thieves.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.