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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Each to their own.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

The truth will out.

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

Time is money.

Nine tailors make a man.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

The more the merrier.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

East is east, and west is west.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

One good deed deserves another.

Accidents will happen.

It takes one to know one.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

There's one born every minute.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Might is right.

To every thing there is a season.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Slow and steady wins the race.

First come, first served.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Pride comes before a fall.

There is honour among thieves.

Let the buyer beware.

God helps those who help themselves.

Hope springs eternal.

Moderation in all things.

It goes without saying.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and learn.

No news is good news.

Always put your best foot forward.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All's well that ends well.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You win some, you lose some.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Silence is golden.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Go the extra mile.

You are what you eat.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Bad news travels fast.

When one door shuts, another opens.

All the world loves a lover.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Time and tide wait for no one.

History repeats itself.

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

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Make haste slowly.

Misery loves company.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

It never rains but it pours.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Share and share alike.

The Devil is in the details.

Different strokes for different folks.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Everyone has their price.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All things must pass.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Better late than never.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no place like home.

Quid pro quo.

Money is the root of all evil.

Two heads are better than one.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Love will find a way.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Seize the day.

Less is more.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Look before you leap.

It's all grist to the mill.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The customer is always right.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Speak as you find.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Love is blind.

A good man is hard to find.

One hand washes the other.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Still waters run deep.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's no time like the present.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Enough is enough.

Physician, heal thyself.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time is a great healer.

Life begins at forty.

Patience is a virtue.

You reap what you sow.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A cat may look at a king.

Another day, another dollar.

Any port in a storm.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

What goes up must come down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Many hands make light work.

There's an exception to every rule.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Life is what you make it.

Keep your powder dry.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A thing begun is half done.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only fools and horses work.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Forgive and forget.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hide in plain sight.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There are two sides to every question.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Walls have ears.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Slow but sure.

Money isn't everything.

For everything there is a season.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

Good things come to those who wait.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Only the good die young.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Home is where the heart is.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money makes the world go round.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Silence construes consent.

Time will tell.

More haste, less speed.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Let well alone.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Practice what you preach.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Third time lucky.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Blood is thicker than water.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Tomorrow never comes.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Live and let live.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The wages of sin is death.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Practice makes perfect.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Like father, like son.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

It's never too late to mend.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The age of miracles is past.

A cat has nine lives.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beware the Ides of March.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Fight the good fight.

Less said, soon mended.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All good things come to those that wait.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Crime doesn't pay.

Money talks.

Truth will out.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's safety in numbers.

Charity begins at home.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All good things must come to an end.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Every dog has its day.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

No man can serve two masters.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Ignorance is bliss.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Clothes do not make the man.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing new under the sun.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You are never too old to learn.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Oil and water don't mix.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Seeing is believing.

Faith will move mountains.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't rock the boat.

The end justifies the means.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Talk is cheap.

Make love not war.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

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

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

Great minds think alike.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Small things amuse small minds.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

He who hesitates is lost.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't get mad, get even.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Pearls of wisdom.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

You can't take it with you.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Count your blessings.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Seek and you shall find.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All you need is love.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let bygones be bygones.

The best things in life are free.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Haste makes waste.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The early bird gets the worm.

An man's home is his castle.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Time flies.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't win them all.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Horses for courses.

Better safe than sorry.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Silence is golden.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.