A place for everything and everything in its place.

A good man is hard to find.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Time is money.

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

Keep your powder dry.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's a time and a place for everything.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The exception which proves the rule.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

The bigger, the better.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The show must go on.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Actions speak louder than words.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Each to their own.

Fortune favours the brave.

A cat may look at a king.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Talk is cheap.

The best things in life are free.

Money isn't everything.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Only the good die young.

Haste makes waste.

Better late than never.

All you need is love.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Silence is golden.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You are never too old to learn.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Might is right.

Silence construes consent.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Everyone has their price.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't always get what you want.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

First things first.

Always put your best foot forward.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You are what you eat.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Variety is the spice of life.

The best defence is a good offence.

No pain, no gain.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All roads lead to Rome.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

One good deed deserves another.

Different strokes for different folks.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Let well alone.

To the victor go the spoils.

Speak as you find.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

Another day, another dollar.

Business before pleasure.

Fight the good fight.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Horses for courses.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All good things come to those that wait.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's one born every minute.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Keep your chin up.

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

No news is good news.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

No man can serve two masters.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's safety in numbers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Seek and you shall find.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Share and share alike.

All's well that ends well.

It's better to give than to receive.

Slow but sure.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A thing begun is half done.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Any port in a storm.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Charity begins at home.

Third time lucky.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Tomorrow never comes.

Time flies.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Grief divided is made lighter.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Two heads are better than one.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Time will tell.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Life is what you make it.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You reap what you sow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Truth will out.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There are two sides to every question.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't take it with you.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Good things come to those who wait.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Accidents will happen.

Make haste slowly.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Easy come, easy go.

Even a worm will turn.

All things must pass.

You can't win them all.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Moderation in all things.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Faith will move mountains.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There's no smoke without fire.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Good talk saves the food.

Blood is thicker than water.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

While there is life, there is hope.

Pride comes before a fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Still waters run deep.

There's an exception to every rule.

All good things must come to an end.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Like father, like son.

Love will find a way.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Hide in plain sight.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

For everything there is a season.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A golden key can open any door.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Bad money drives out good.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Seeing is believing.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

History repeats itself.

Live and learn.

It goes without saying.

Great minds think alike.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

It's the singer not the song.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Less is more.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Every stick has two ends.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The customer is always right.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The Devil looks after his own.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Every picture tells a story.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

One hand washes the other.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The more the merrier.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Manners maketh the man.

A fish always rots from the head.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Nothing new under the sun.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

The truth will out.

The end justifies the means.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil is in the details.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Make love not war.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Seize the day.

A man is known by his friends.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Better safe than sorry.

Look before you leap.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Patience is a virtue.

Time is a great healer.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No man is an island.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

Every dog has its day.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Many hands make light work.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Attack is the best form of defence.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Go the extra mile.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Enough is enough.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never tell tales out of school.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes one to know one.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Life begins at forty.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Oil and water don't mix.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

East, west, home's best.

A word to the wise is enough.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Home is where the heart is.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

No rest for the wicked.

If you can't be good, be careful.

First come, first served.

There's no place like home.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Opposites attract.

There is honour among thieves.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Live and let live.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Wonders will never cease.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Crime doesn't pay.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An army marches on its stomach.

The pen is mightier than sword.

East is east, and west is west.

Money talks.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love is blind.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Less said, soon mended.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Knowledge is power.

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