Time and tide wait for no one.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't win them all.

Home is where the heart is.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

More haste, less speed.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The show must go on.

Forgive and forget.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Look before you leap.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All's well that ends well.

Make love not war.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Persuasion is better than force.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best defence is a good offence.

He who hesitates is lost.

All roads lead to Rome.

Blood is thicker than water.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

First come, first served.

Honesty is the best policy.

Horses for courses.

Give credit where credit is due.

The truth will out.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love is blind.

Strike while the iron is hot.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

For everything there is a season.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Money is the root of all evil.

Silence construes consent.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Time flies.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Life is what you make it.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A fish always rots from the head.

A house is not a home.

It goes without saying.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Knowledge is power.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Accidents will happen.

Fight fire with fire.

Many hands make light work.

The bigger, the better.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Misery loves company.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money isn't everything.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Easy come, easy go.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Time is a great healer.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let well alone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Revenge is sweet.

The Devil is in the details.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A cat may look at a king.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

The more the merrier.

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

Like father, like son.

Forewarned is forearmed.

No pain, no gain.

Time is money.

Fight the good fight.

East, west, home's best.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Hope springs eternal.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Clothes do not make the man.

Actions speak louder than words.

Only the good die young.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A man is known by his friends.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Might is right.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Live and learn.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Opposites attract.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Wonders will never cease.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Speak as you find.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's never too late to mend.

Keep your powder dry.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The exception which proves the rule.

No rest for the wicked.

Better safe than sorry.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's the singer not the song.

All you need is love.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Walls have ears.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't always get what you want.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Time will tell.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

No news is good news.

Go the extra mile.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Seize the day.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Share and share alike.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Every dog has its day.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

God helps those who help themselves.

Variety is the spice of life.

Truth will out.

First things first.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Money talks.

Small things amuse small minds.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A watched pot never boils.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The early bird gets the worm.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You reap what you sow.

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

Live and let live.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

There are two sides to every question.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't rock the boat.

You are what you eat.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Any port in a storm.

Practice makes perfect.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Practice what you preach.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Get out while the getting is good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All that glitters is not gold.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your chin up.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Seeing is believing.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

It takes one to know one.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Love will find a way.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The best things in life are free.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Never tell tales out of school.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Good things come in small packages.

There's safety in numbers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

An man's home is his castle.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't take it with you.

Charity begins at home.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

What goes around comes around.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Tomorrow is another day.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

To every thing there is a season.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Each to their own.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Good things come to those who wait.

Enough is enough.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A good man is hard to find.

Better late than never.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Life begins at forty.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No man is an island.

All the world loves a lover.

Cheats never prosper.

One hand washes the other.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Youth is wasted on the young.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's no smoke without fire.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Great minds think alike.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Slow but sure.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Even a worm will turn.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Give the Devil his due.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Haste makes waste.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil looks after his own.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Seek and you shall find.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

One good deed deserves another.

While there is life, there is hope.

Big fish eat little fish.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nine tailors make a man.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No man can serve two masters.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

History repeats itself.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fortune favours the brave.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Quid pro quo.

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

Moderation in all things.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

The customer is always right.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

There's no time like the present.

Pearls of wisdom.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Every picture tells a story.

Waste not, want not.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Less is more.

It takes two to tango.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Business before pleasure.

Two heads are better than one.

Make haste slowly.

Less said, soon mended.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The end justifies the means.