Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Honesty is the best policy.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's never too late to mend.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's one born every minute.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All good things must come to an end.

Count your blessings.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Learn to walk before you run.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Horses for courses.

Manners maketh the man.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You reap what you sow.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

More haste, less speed.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Cheats never prosper.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Little pitchers have big ears.

No news is good news.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Practice what you preach.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let bygones be bygones.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You win some, you lose some.

Seek and you shall find.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There's an exception to every rule.

Only the good die young.

All's fair in love and war.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't take it with you.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Live and learn.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

He who hesitates is lost.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Home is where the heart is.

Fight the good fight.

The end justifies the means.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Moderation in all things.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your powder dry.

Hide in plain sight.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Wonders will never cease.

One good deed deserves another.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Make love not war.

Don't get mad, get even.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There is honour among thieves.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Go the extra mile.

Ignorance is bliss.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Each to their own.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time is money.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The show must go on.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The early bird gets the worm.

Accidents will happen.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A fish always rots from the head.

To the victor go the spoils.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Fortune favours the brave.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Any port in a storm.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Life is what you make it.

Nine tailors make a man.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Faith will move mountains.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Talk is cheap.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Might is right.

Always put your best foot forward.

No man can serve two masters.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Share and share alike.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

All you need is love.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

What goes around comes around.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Revenge is sweet.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Great minds think alike.

It's better to give than to receive.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Life begins at forty.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let the buyer beware.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Walls have ears.

While there is life, there is hope.

Money makes the world go round.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A cat may look at a king.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Silence is golden.

Seize the day.

Tomorrow is another day.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Knowledge is power.

Pride comes before a fall.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Make haste slowly.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

History repeats itself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Bad money drives out good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Bad news travels fast.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Tomorrow never comes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Even a worm will turn.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't always get what you want.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

East, west, home's best.

The customer is always right.

Put your best foot forward.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's no smoke without fire.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Big fish eat little fish.

Clothes do not make the man.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Quid pro quo.

Dead men tell no tales.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Fight fire with fire.

Money talks.

The wages of sin is death.

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

One hand washes the other.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Time flies.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

God helps those who help themselves.

All's well that ends well.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You are what you eat.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

An army marches on its stomach.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

If you build it, they will come.

Seeing is believing.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

All publicity is good publicity.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Less is more.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It goes without saying.

Truth will out.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Better late than never.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Crime doesn't pay.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Money isn't everything.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A man is known by his friends.

Every dog has its day.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The more the merrier.

Silence construes consent.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Let well alone.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Beware the Ides of March.

A bad penny always turns up.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't rock the boat.

Another day, another dollar.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's the singer not the song.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Love will find a way.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

To every thing there is a season.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Money is the root of all evil.

The Devil looks after his own.

A good man is hard to find.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Easy come, easy go.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Enough is enough.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't win them all.

Time is a great healer.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Every picture tells a story.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

All the world loves a lover.

Waste not, want not.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

No man is an island.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bigger, the better.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Third time lucky.

Still waters run deep.

Make hay while the sun shines.

First things first.

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

Business before pleasure.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Nothing new under the sun.

First come, first served.

Keep your chin up.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A thing begun is half done.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Slow but sure.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's no time like the present.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The age of miracles is past.

Give the Devil his due.

There are two sides to every question.

Misery loves company.

Two heads are better than one.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

No pain, no gain.

A house is not a home.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Opposites attract.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Time is a great healer.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love is blind.