Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

An man's home is his castle.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Misery loves company.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Less said, soon mended.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

He who hesitates is lost.

The bigger, the better.

Let bygones be bygones.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Hope springs eternal.

Clothes do not make the man.

The truth will out.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All's fair in love and war.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

What goes up must come down.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Enough is enough.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Talk is cheap.

Money isn't everything.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Keep your powder dry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Better late than never.

Charity begins at home.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You reap what you sow.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Oil and water don't mix.

Actions speak louder than words.

Better safe than sorry.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Life is what you make it.

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

Haste makes waste.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money makes the world go round.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Silence is golden.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time will tell.

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

Love will find a way.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The best defence is a good offence.

Blood is thicker than water.

The Devil is in the details.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The age of miracles is past.

All good things must come to an end.

All publicity is good publicity.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Less is more.

Time is a great healer.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Variety is the spice of life.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It never rains but it pours.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You are never too old to learn.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no smoke without fire.

A watched pot never boils.

Pride comes before a fall.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Quid pro quo.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A golden key can open any door.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

All things must pass.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Make haste slowly.

Might is right.

Accidents will happen.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every dog has its day.

A thing begun is half done.

It's never too late to mend.

Money talks.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

You can't win them all.

There is honour among thieves.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Silence construes consent.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fortune favours the brave.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let the buyer beware.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The more the merrier.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

The show must go on.

Practice makes perfect.

East is east, and west is west.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Time is money.

Two heads are better than one.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Slow but sure.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The wages of sin is death.

No man can serve two masters.

No man is an island.

Live and learn.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Live and let live.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Everyone has their price.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You are what you eat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Ignorance is bliss.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Good talk saves the food.

Put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A new broom sweeps clean.

For everything there is a season.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Do as I say, not as I do.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It takes one to know one.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A fish always rots from the head.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

What goes around comes around.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The exception which proves the rule.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

History repeats itself.

Look before you leap.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Forgive and forget.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Walls have ears.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's no time like the present.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Fight the good fight.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

One good deed deserves another.

Great minds think alike.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

First things first.

Manners maketh the man.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A word to the wise is enough.

No rest for the wicked.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Love makes the world go round.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't always get what you want.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil looks after his own.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The end justifies the means.

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

Opposites attract.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Even a worm will turn.

Faith will move mountains.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A bad penny always turns up.

A cat may look at a king.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A good man is hard to find.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Each to their own.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Time flies.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Time and tide wait for no one.

No news is good news.

No pain, no gain.

Always put your best foot forward.

Truth will out.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Go the extra mile.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Business before pleasure.

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

All the world loves a lover.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Bad news travels fast.

More haste, less speed.

There's one born every minute.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

All you need is love.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Only the good die young.

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Make love not war.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Easy come, easy go.

Waste not, want not.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Like father, like son.

Pearls of wisdom.

It takes two to tango.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Another day, another dollar.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All's well that ends well.

Still waters run deep.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A house is not a home.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cheats never prosper.

Patience is a virtue.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Physician, heal thyself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Beware the Ides of March.

Love is blind.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Once bitten, twice shy.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Learn to walk before you run.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let well alone.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Life begins at forty.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Seize the day.

One hand washes the other.

Wonders will never cease.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The customer is always right.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There are two sides to every question.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Count your blessings.

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

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

It goes without saying.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There's an exception to every rule.