The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Give the Devil his due.

There are two sides to every question.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Wonders will never cease.

Nine tailors make a man.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

While there is life, there is hope.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All you need is love.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Horses for courses.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let well alone.

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

Count your blessings.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Less said, soon mended.

All that glitters is not gold.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Small things amuse small minds.

The wages of sin is death.

The Devil is in the details.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

What goes around comes around.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

No man is an island.

Nothing new under the sun.

Each to their own.

Tomorrow never comes.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Many hands make light work.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Only fools and horses work.

Time will tell.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

First things first.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

The Devil looks after his own.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One good deed deserves another.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A new broom sweeps clean.

No news is good news.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every dog has its day.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A golden key can open any door.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There is honour among thieves.

Clothes do not make the man.

Money is the root of all evil.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Live and let live.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Better late than never.

One hand washes the other.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

An man's home is his castle.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fight the good fight.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All's fair in love and war.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Moderation in all things.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Life is what you make it.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Dead men tell no tales.

Forgive and forget.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The best defence is a good offence.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A man is known by his friends.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

There's no place like home.

Never tell tales out of school.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Marriages are made in heaven.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Every stick has two ends.

First come, first served.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

History repeats itself.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Truth will out.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Blood is thicker than water.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Easy come, easy go.

The bigger, the better.

The best things in life are free.

Laughter is the best medicine.

More haste, less speed.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Faith will move mountains.

All good things must come to an end.

You are what you eat.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You reap what you sow.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Haste makes waste.

Share and share alike.

Let bygones be bygones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Another day, another dollar.

Time flies.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Walls have ears.

A word to the wise is enough.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Pride comes before a fall.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A picture paints a thousand words.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Silence is golden.

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

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Seek and you shall find.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The more the merrier.

Speak as you find.

Great minds think alike.

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't always get what you want.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Forewarned is forearmed.

All roads lead to Rome.

Revenge is sweet.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Go the extra mile.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Hope springs eternal.

If you build it, they will come.

Bad money drives out good.

A house is not a home.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Love will find a way.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It goes without saying.

Only the good die young.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Might is right.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Silence construes consent.

Time is a great healer.

Good talk saves the food.

Tomorrow is another day.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The show must go on.

Strike while the iron is hot.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Virtue is its own reward.

You are never too old to learn.

It's better to give than to receive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

No rest for the wicked.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Hide in plain sight.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

All things must pass.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Still waters run deep.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't take it with you.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Time is money.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Quid pro quo.

A cat has nine lives.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The end justifies the means.

Slow but sure.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Money talks.

Less is more.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Pearls of wisdom.

All's well that ends well.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Money isn't everything.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's one born every minute.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Life begins at forty.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Two heads are better than one.

Every picture tells a story.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's all grist to the mill.

Like father, like son.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Love is blind.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Needs must when the devil drives.

To every thing there is a season.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fight fire with fire.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Waste not, want not.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The exception which proves the rule.

A cat may look at a king.

Knowledge is power.

Practice what you preach.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

What goes up must come down.

Any port in a storm.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Persuasion is better than force.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Make haste slowly.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Put your best foot forward.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cheats never prosper.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Make love not war.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Everyone has their price.

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

Misery loves company.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Accidents will happen.

Don't get mad, get even.

There's no time like the present.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Home is where the heart is.

Talk is cheap.

It takes one to know one.

All the world loves a lover.

Seeing is believing.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

East is east, and west is west.

Paddle your own canoe.

Grief divided is made lighter.

No pain, no gain.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The truth will out.

Let the buyer beware.

There's no smoke without fire.

Good things come to those who wait.

Look before you leap.

Fortune favours the brave.

East, west, home's best.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The age of miracles is past.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The customer is always right.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Enough is enough.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Learn to walk before you run.