Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It takes two to tango.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't shoot the messenger.

All publicity is good publicity.

To every thing there is a season.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

There's safety in numbers.

Let well alone.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Live and let live.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow is another day.

Give credit where credit is due.

Life begins at forty.

Great minds think alike.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No man is an island.

The end justifies the means.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Everyone has their price.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

You are what you eat.

Pride comes before a fall.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Time is money.

The truth will out.

Time is a great healer.

Less said, soon mended.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Share and share alike.

Third time lucky.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Man does not live by bread alone.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Talk is cheap.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The Devil is in the details.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's all grist to the mill.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Love is blind.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Time flies.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A cat may look at a king.

Never speak ill of the dead.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Seize the day.

Virtue is its own reward.

Attack is the best form of defence.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All things must pass.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

You can't always get what you want.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Crime doesn't pay.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

What goes around comes around.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Make haste slowly.

The age of miracles is past.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Hope springs eternal.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The Devil looks after his own.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If you build it, they will come.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An man's home is his castle.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Keep your chin up.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No news is good news.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Paddle your own canoe.

Seek and you shall find.

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

East, west, home's best.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Get out while the getting is good.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A bad penny always turns up.

Hide in plain sight.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Might is right.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Manners maketh the man.

There's no smoke without fire.

First things first.

Enough is enough.

The customer is always right.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Make love not war.

A golden key can open any door.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Christmas comes but once a year.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You reap what you sow.

All good things must come to an end.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let bygones be bygones.

An army marches on its stomach.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Only fools and horses work.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Love makes the world go round.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Forgive and forget.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Silence is golden.

Horses for courses.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The more the merrier.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A man is known by his friends.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

One hand washes the other.

All's fair in love and war.

Walls have ears.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Go the extra mile.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

No rest for the wicked.

Money makes the world go round.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

One good deed deserves another.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Small things amuse small minds.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

All you need is love.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fight the good fight.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Business before pleasure.

The wages of sin is death.

Like father, like son.

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

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Revenge is sweet.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Every stick has two ends.

All roads lead to Rome.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Actions speak louder than words.

A thing begun is half done.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A cat has nine lives.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The early bird gets the worm.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You are never too old to learn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Beggars can't be choosers.

History repeats itself.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Accidents will happen.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It takes one to know one.

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

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

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

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

A house is not a home.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Truth will out.

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

Misery loves company.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

For everything there is a season.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Physician, heal thyself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Bad news travels fast.

It's the singer not the song.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Good things come to those who wait.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Charity begins at home.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The best defence is a good offence.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Speak as you find.

Clothes do not make the man.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Time will tell.

Only the good die young.

Oil and water don't mix.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Faith will move mountains.

There are two sides to every question.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Still waters run deep.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Live and learn.

Love will find a way.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All the world loves a lover.

You can't take it with you.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

More haste, less speed.

You can't win them all.

Don't get mad, get even.

He who hesitates is lost.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

What goes up must come down.

Fight fire with fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It never rains but it pours.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Slow but sure.

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

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

The show must go on.

Even a worm will turn.

The best things in life are free.

No pain, no gain.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Money isn't everything.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Every dog has its day.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Tomorrow never comes.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

To the victor go the spoils.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Opposites attract.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Life is what you make it.

Home is where the heart is.

East is east, and west is west.

Seeing is believing.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't rock the boat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No man can serve two masters.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Better late than never.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Two heads are better than one.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It goes without saying.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Better safe than sorry.

While there is life, there is hope.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A word to the wise is enough.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every dog has its day.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Every picture tells a story.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Always put your best foot forward.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A fish always rots from the head.

Look before you leap.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Speak as you find.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.