A watched pot never boils.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Still waters run deep.

No news is good news.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Life begins at forty.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Slow but sure.

Haste makes waste.

Live and learn.

Time is a great healer.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Business before pleasure.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Physician, heal thyself.

No pain, no gain.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's one born every minute.

In the midst of life we are in death.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Walls have ears.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Life is what you make it.

Tomorrow is another day.

Knowledge is power.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Persuasion is better than force.

A bad penny always turns up.

Time flies.

The bigger, the better.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Actions speak louder than words.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Speak as you find.

You can't win them all.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Love is blind.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no place like home.

Like father, like son.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Faith will move mountains.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Opposites attract.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Fight the good fight.

When one door shuts, another opens.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

All you need is love.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All good things come to those that wait.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Honesty is the best policy.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Bad money drives out good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Seek and you shall find.

Let bygones be bygones.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

It goes without saying.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

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

There's no time like the present.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Silence is golden.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

What goes up must come down.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Good things come to those who wait.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A poor worker blames the tools.

History repeats itself.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Live and let live.

Even a worm will turn.

Dead men tell no tales.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Silence construes consent.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Horses for courses.

Good talk saves the food.

Variety is the spice of life.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Share and share alike.

There's safety in numbers.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There is honour among thieves.

Another day, another dollar.

Make haste slowly.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Any port in a storm.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

To every thing there is a season.

The customer is always right.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Manners maketh the man.

Learn to walk before you run.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All things must pass.

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

Money talks.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The end justifies the means.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No rest for the wicked.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All publicity is good publicity.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Crime doesn't pay.

Every picture tells a story.

First come, first served.

Nothing new under the sun.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

An man's home is his castle.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All roads lead to Rome.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

The best defence is a good offence.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It takes two to tango.

Small things amuse small minds.

Better safe than sorry.

Waste not, want not.

What goes around comes around.

A house is not a home.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Misery loves company.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No man is an island.

Ignorance is bliss.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil looks after his own.

Only fools and horses work.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Stupid is as stupid does.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Third time lucky.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Practice what you preach.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love makes the world go round.

It's all grist to the mill.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Make love not war.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Look before you leap.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't take it with you.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Truth will out.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

More haste, less speed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Clothes do not make the man.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Love will find a way.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Seeing is believing.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

If you build it, they will come.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All the world loves a lover.

You are what you eat.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Easy come, easy go.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's better to give than to receive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Less is more.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Only the good die young.

The best things in life are free.

All's fair in love and war.

Blood is thicker than water.

Two heads are better than one.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Little pitchers have big ears.

East is east, and west is west.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Good things come in small packages.

Talk is cheap.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Might is right.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Money makes the world go round.

Nine tailors make a man.

Everyone has their price.

Always put your best foot forward.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time is money.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Every dog has its day.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes one to know one.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Beware the Ides of March.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Nothing succeeds like success.

He who hesitates is lost.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Oil and water don't mix.

A thing begun is half done.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Fight fire with fire.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

The early bird gets the worm.

All that glitters is not gold.

Each to their own.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Never tell tales out of school.

Give the Devil his due.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't rock the boat.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let well alone.

A man is known by his friends.

Every stick has two ends.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The truth will out.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Hope springs eternal.

Charity begins at home.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Attack is the best form of defence.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Better late than never.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Many hands make light work.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

For everything there is a season.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You are never too old to learn.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's never too late to mend.

While there is life, there is hope.

A cat has nine lives.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

First things first.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.