Crime doesn't pay.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Tomorrow is another day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Haste makes waste.

Many hands make light work.

Blood is thicker than water.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

It goes without saying.

All publicity is good publicity.

Seize the day.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Fight fire with fire.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Go the extra mile.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Better late than never.

No man can serve two masters.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Accidents will happen.

Virtue is its own reward.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Slow but sure.

Honesty is the best policy.

Actions speak louder than words.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The Devil is in the details.

There is honour among thieves.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Patience is a virtue.

Enough is enough.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Home is where the heart is.

Keep your powder dry.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beware the Ides of March.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Quid pro quo.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

You can't win them all.

The early bird gets the worm.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Two heads are better than one.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Children should be seen and not heard.

You are what you eat.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

First things first.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Live and learn.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Give credit where credit is due.

The customer is always right.

Horses for courses.

Love is blind.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

East, west, home's best.

More haste, less speed.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Count your blessings.

You reap what you sow.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Practice what you preach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Money makes the world go round.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Bad money drives out good.

It takes one to know one.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Attack is the best form of defence.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Time is a great healer.

To every thing there is a season.

Learn to walk before you run.

Silence construes consent.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Forewarned is forearmed.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Make love not war.

Knowledge is power.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Love will find a way.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Tomorrow never comes.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Manners maketh the man.

Look before you leap.

Time is money.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Still waters run deep.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The more the merrier.

Cheats never prosper.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Life begins at forty.

Nothing new under the sun.

Misery loves company.

Better safe than sorry.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Moderation in all things.

The exception which proves the rule.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Business before pleasure.

The show must go on.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Seeing is believing.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Life is what you make it.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

God helps those who help themselves.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Time flies.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Paddle your own canoe.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Make haste slowly.

History repeats itself.

There are two sides to every question.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Small things amuse small minds.

Share and share alike.

Opposites attract.

Wonders will never cease.

Love makes the world go round.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

What goes around comes around.

Keep your chin up.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Forgive and forget.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

You can't always get what you want.

Always put your best foot forward.

Money isn't everything.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Man does not live by bread alone.

An army marches on its stomach.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Fortune favours the brave.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

No pain, no gain.

Each to their own.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Give the Devil his due.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The bigger, the better.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Money is the root of all evil.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Seek and you shall find.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All's fair in love and war.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's no smoke without fire.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't rock the boat.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The best-laid plans go astray.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Bad news travels fast.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All good things must come to an end.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Pride comes before a fall.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A word to the wise is enough.

One good deed deserves another.

Put your best foot forward.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Only the good die young.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes two to tango.

Fight the good fight.

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

Like father, like son.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Time will tell.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

No news is good news.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

One hand washes the other.

Third time lucky.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best things in life are free.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

The Devil looks after his own.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't take it with you.

You win some, you lose some.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Might is right.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The age of miracles is past.

Every picture tells a story.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A man is known by his friends.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Waste not, want not.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The leopard does not change his spots.

East is east, and west is west.

Speak as you find.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Another day, another dollar.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

A golden key can open any door.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All's well that ends well.

A fish always rots from the head.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A new broom sweeps clean.

No man is an island.

Every stick has two ends.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Money talks.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Practice makes perfect.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Make hay while the sun shines.

What goes up must come down.

Walls have ears.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

There's no place like home.

A house is not a home.

An man's home is his castle.

A bad penny always turns up.

The best defence is a good offence.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Physician, heal thyself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let well alone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It never rains but it pours.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Faith will move mountains.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The wages of sin is death.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Everyone has their price.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Good talk saves the food.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Let the buyer beware.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Hope springs eternal.

No rest for the wicked.

It's never too late to mend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's one born every minute.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Do as I say, not as I do.

First come, first served.