Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Only fools and horses work.

Like father, like son.

You can't win them all.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All that glitters is not gold.

Quid pro quo.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cheats never prosper.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Better late than never.

To the victor go the spoils.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Life is what you make it.

Many hands make light work.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't get mad, get even.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let bygones be bygones.

Look before you leap.

Revenge is sweet.

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

It takes two to tango.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You can't take it with you.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

First come, first served.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Ignorance is bliss.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Love will find a way.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Don't rock the boat.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Every picture tells a story.

The show must go on.

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

If you build it, they will come.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Different strokes for different folks.

Another day, another dollar.

Oil and water don't mix.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The exception which proves the rule.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Business before pleasure.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Always put your best foot forward.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

You are never too old to learn.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Love makes the world go round.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Variety is the spice of life.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Christmas comes but once a year.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Less is more.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Make love not war.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

History repeats itself.

Manners maketh the man.

A golden key can open any door.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A cat has nine lives.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Might is right.

It goes without saying.

Truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The age of miracles is past.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Seize the day.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Haste makes waste.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

No news is good news.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

No man can serve two masters.

Charity begins at home.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

East, west, home's best.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Two heads are better than one.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When one door shuts, another opens.

All good things come to those that wait.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no time like the present.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Each to their own.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You are what you eat.

To every thing there is a season.

The Devil is in the details.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blood is thicker than water.

Live and let live.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's no place like home.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Still waters run deep.

Let the buyer beware.

Good fences make good neighbours.

What goes up must come down.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Moderation in all things.

Count your blessings.

All you need is love.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Less said, soon mended.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Only the good die young.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Enough is enough.

Money isn't everything.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Nothing new under the sun.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Silence is golden.

Never tell tales out of school.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Hope springs eternal.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Get out while the getting is good.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

No rest for the wicked.

Live and learn.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You reap what you sow.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There's no smoke without fire.

There are two sides to every question.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's one born every minute.

Love is blind.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

One hand washes the other.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Clothes do not make the man.

Physician, heal thyself.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The best things in life are free.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Third time lucky.

A bad penny always turns up.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Time is money.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All roads lead to Rome.

Speak as you find.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Time will tell.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Fight the good fight.

Practice what you preach.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Give credit where credit is due.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's safety in numbers.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Keep your chin up.

Horses for courses.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

A cat may look at a king.

The end justifies the means.

Every dog has its day.

The more the merrier.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Seeing is believing.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Tomorrow is another day.

Never speak ill of the dead.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Forgive and forget.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Paddle your own canoe.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The bigger, the better.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Good things come in small packages.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't always get what you want.

Honesty is the best policy.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

An army marches on its stomach.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Everyone has their price.

Money makes the world go round.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You win some, you lose some.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Silence construes consent.

Good things come to those who wait.

Great minds think alike.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

No pain, no gain.

Time is a great healer.

The truth will out.

A man is known by his friends.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The best defence is a good offence.

Life begins at forty.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It never rains but it pours.

Talk is cheap.

An man's home is his castle.

No man is an island.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Every stick has two ends.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The wages of sin is death.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Time flies.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It's the singer not the song.

Put your best foot forward.

Home is where the heart is.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Walls have ears.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A word to the wise is enough.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Go the extra mile.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't throw good money after bad.

All the world loves a lover.

A good man is hard to find.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Bad news travels fast.

Money is the root of all evil.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Accidents will happen.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All publicity is good publicity.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who hesitates is lost.