Appearances can be deceptive.

No pain, no gain.

Money makes the world go round.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life is what you make it.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Many hands make light work.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

What goes up must come down.

All good things must come to an end.

First things first.

Third time lucky.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't take it with you.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Paddle your own canoe.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

It takes two to tango.

No man can serve two masters.

It's never too late to mend.

The age of miracles is past.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All that glitters is not gold.

Everyone has their price.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The best-laid plans go astray.

More haste, less speed.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Ignorance is bliss.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Better late than never.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't win them all.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Love makes the world go round.

The best things in life are free.

Bad news travels fast.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Enough is enough.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Pride comes before a fall.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

First come, first served.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Two heads are better than one.

All's well that ends well.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There are two sides to every question.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

Less is more.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Small things amuse small minds.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A man is known by his friends.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let well alone.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A house is not a home.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It goes without saying.

History repeats itself.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fight fire with fire.

Go the extra mile.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A cat may look at a king.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's better to give than to receive.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Different strokes for different folks.

You are never too old to learn.

Bad money drives out good.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nine tailors make a man.

One good deed deserves another.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Moderation in all things.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The Devil is in the details.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Silence is golden.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Give the Devil his due.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An army marches on its stomach.

It never rains but it pours.

The pen is mightier than sword.

To every thing there is a season.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Misery loves company.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Look before you leap.

Truth will out.

For everything there is a season.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Might is right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Seeing is believing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Live and let live.

Time will tell.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Wonders will never cease.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The truth will out.

Knowledge is power.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hide in plain sight.

Tomorrow is another day.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't always get what you want.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Patience is a virtue.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Good things come in small packages.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Time is a great healer.

Faith will move mountains.

No news is good news.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

All's fair in love and war.

All good things come to those that wait.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Speak as you find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's the singer not the song.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Still waters run deep.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Blood is thicker than water.

Make love not war.

You are what you eat.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Business before pleasure.

Any port in a storm.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Count your blessings.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Forgive and forget.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Money talks.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The more the merrier.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every picture tells a story.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Make haste slowly.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Charity begins at home.

The wages of sin is death.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Money isn't everything.

Practice what you preach.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One hand washes the other.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Money is the root of all evil.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Home is where the heart is.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Fight the good fight.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes one to know one.

A golden key can open any door.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The show must go on.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

Each to their own.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Slow but sure.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The customer is always right.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All things must pass.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

What goes around comes around.

Better safe than sorry.

Opposites attract.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The bigger, the better.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Clothes do not make the man.

You reap what you sow.

Share and share alike.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

There's one born every minute.

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

Every stick has two ends.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Practice makes perfect.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Talk is cheap.

A poor worker blames the tools.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your chin up.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Dead men tell no tales.

There is honour among thieves.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Like father, like son.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Only the good die young.

Pearls of wisdom.

Time is money.

You win some, you lose some.

The best defence is a good offence.

The early bird gets the worm.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Persuasion is better than force.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A good man is hard to find.

East is east, and west is west.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All publicity is good publicity.

God helps those who help themselves.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

All the world loves a lover.

All you need is love.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Cheats never prosper.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Seize the day.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Haste makes waste.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Less said, soon mended.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Horses for courses.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time flies.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A word to the wise is enough.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.