He who hesitates is lost.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Go the extra mile.

There's one born every minute.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Another day, another dollar.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

For everything there is a season.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One good deed deserves another.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Honesty is the best policy.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil looks after his own.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Good things come in small packages.

Wonders will never cease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The show must go on.

Practice makes perfect.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Dead men tell no tales.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Silence construes consent.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Every stick has two ends.

Never tell tales out of school.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Haste makes waste.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

No pain, no gain.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

To the victor go the spoils.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Enough is enough.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A golden key can open any door.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

All publicity is good publicity.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Better safe than sorry.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Let well alone.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Clothes do not make the man.

Seek and you shall find.

All's well that ends well.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You win some, you lose some.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Live and learn.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Horses for courses.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

In the midst of life we are in death.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Easy come, easy go.

Persuasion is better than force.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Still waters run deep.

East, west, home's best.

There's a time and a place for everything.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Good things come to those who wait.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

The best things in life are free.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Revenge is sweet.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Virtue is its own reward.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Count your blessings.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Only the good die young.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fortune favours the brave.

Make haste slowly.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Everyone has their price.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Keep your chin up.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The more the merrier.

Time will tell.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Live and let live.

The early bird gets the worm.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

History repeats itself.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Speak as you find.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's better to give than to receive.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

There is honour among thieves.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You are never too old to learn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The bigger, the better.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Money is the root of all evil.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

One hand washes the other.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

You are what you eat.

You reap what you sow.

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Different strokes for different folks.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It never rains but it pours.

Life is what you make it.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A cat has nine lives.

Less is more.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

While there is life, there is hope.

God helps those who help themselves.

Every picture tells a story.

Money talks.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Third time lucky.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Crime doesn't pay.

Silence is golden.

Opposites attract.

Beware the Ides of March.

All good things come to those that wait.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Better late than never.

Every dog has its day.

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

Share and share alike.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It takes two to tango.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All the world loves a lover.

Love makes the world go round.

Look before you leap.

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Misery loves company.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A picture paints a thousand words.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Nine tailors make a man.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Life begins at forty.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Practice what you preach.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Make love not war.

Moderation in all things.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

More haste, less speed.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A house is not a home.

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

Keep your powder dry.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

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

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

No news is good news.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Hide in plain sight.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The end justifies the means.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Seize the day.

There's safety in numbers.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Money makes the world go round.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Each to their own.

Great minds think alike.

Let bygones be bygones.

A watched pot never boils.

A thing begun is half done.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Home is where the heart is.

Learn to walk before you run.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Always put your best foot forward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Time is money.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Slow but sure.

It goes without saying.

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

First things first.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's all grist to the mill.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time flies.

No rest for the wicked.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Only fools and horses work.

The truth will out.

What goes up must come down.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Ignorance is bliss.

The customer is always right.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Knowledge is power.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Less said, soon mended.

Like father, like son.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Many hands make light work.

Truth will out.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A good man is hard to find.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fight fire with fire.

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

All you need is love.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A fish always rots from the head.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

If you build it, they will come.

Good talk saves the food.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's no smoke without fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All's fair in love and war.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Fight the good fight.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Two heads are better than one.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Time is a great healer.

You can't win them all.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Love will find a way.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no time like the present.

Put your best foot forward.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Give the Devil his due.

Talk is cheap.

East is east, and west is west.

What can't be cured must be endured.

No man is an island.

Quid pro quo.

To every thing there is a season.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Love is blind.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Nothing new under the sun.

Curiosity killed the cat.