Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

The bigger, the better.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Charity begins at home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

What goes up must come down.

You are what you eat.

No man is an island.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Money is the root of all evil.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Pride comes before a fall.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Hope springs eternal.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

More haste, less speed.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A cat has nine lives.

Opposites attract.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's never too late to mend.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It's better to give than to receive.

To the victor go the spoils.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Manners maketh the man.

Misery loves company.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Live and learn.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Time will tell.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

First things first.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

East, west, home's best.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

The more the merrier.

Let bygones be bygones.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All roads lead to Rome.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Keep your powder dry.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A golden key can open any door.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Still waters run deep.

Never tell tales out of school.

What goes around comes around.

Love is blind.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Many hands make light work.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time is money.

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

You are never too old to learn.

All the world loves a lover.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

To every thing there is a season.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Seize the day.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Put your best foot forward.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The age of miracles is past.

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

You can't win them all.

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

The show must go on.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The leopard does not change his spots.

First impressions are the most lasting.

An man's home is his castle.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Better safe than sorry.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All good things must come to an end.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There is honour among thieves.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The best things in life are free.

Live and let live.

A bad penny always turns up.

Let well alone.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

All you need is love.

You win some, you lose some.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Accidents will happen.

Love will find a way.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A fish always rots from the head.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Less said, soon mended.

The customer is always right.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Different strokes for different folks.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you build it, they will come.

Silence is golden.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Make love not war.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

All's well that ends well.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Better late than never.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't always get what you want.

Great minds think alike.

No rest for the wicked.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Go the extra mile.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The exception which proves the rule.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Walls have ears.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Time flies.

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

The end justifies the means.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Faith will move mountains.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Any port in a storm.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes two to tango.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Everyone has their price.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Quid pro quo.

A man is known by his friends.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A cat may look at a king.

Crime doesn't pay.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Haste makes waste.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Even a worm will turn.

Fight the good fight.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

One good deed deserves another.

One hand washes the other.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The early bird gets the worm.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Every dog has its day.

Life begins at forty.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Give the Devil his due.

Knowledge is power.

All's fair in love and war.

Practice what you preach.

Ignorance is bliss.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Less is more.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes one to know one.

There's no time like the present.

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

A house is not a home.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Might is right.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hide in plain sight.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Learn to walk before you run.

Revenge is sweet.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let the buyer beware.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Waste not, want not.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Forgive and forget.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Third time lucky.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Bad money drives out good.

Beware the Ides of March.

Physician, heal thyself.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Give credit where credit is due.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's safety in numbers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's all grist to the mill.

Horses for courses.

East is east, and west is west.

Business before pleasure.

Speak as you find.

Beggars can't be choosers.

He who hesitates is lost.

No news is good news.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Enough is enough.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

History repeats itself.

Each to their own.

There's no place like home.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Bad news travels fast.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Patience is a virtue.

Practice makes perfect.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Slow but sure.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Make haste slowly.

There's no smoke without fire.

Home is where the heart is.

Only the good die young.

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

Look before you leap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Oil and water don't mix.

Money talks.

Like father, like son.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The truth will out.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Truth will out.

Good talk saves the food.

Get out while the getting is good.

There's one born every minute.

It's the singer not the song.

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

You can't take it with you.

Actions speak louder than words.

Tomorrow is another day.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Money isn't everything.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No pain, no gain.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

First come, first served.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Seeing is believing.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Another day, another dollar.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Fight fire with fire.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Practice makes perfect.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All things must pass.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil is in the details.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

All you need is love.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.