The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Seeing is believing.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

All that glitters is not gold.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Half a loaf is better than none.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you build it, they will come.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Time flies.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

First come, first served.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil is in the details.

The best things in life are free.

What goes around comes around.

Time is a great healer.

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

Accidents will happen.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

You reap what you sow.

Cheats never prosper.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All good things come to those that wait.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no smoke without fire.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Business before pleasure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Practice what you preach.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Silence construes consent.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Get out while the getting is good.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fight fire with fire.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Keep your chin up.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Patience is a virtue.

There's no time like the present.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A cat has nine lives.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Silence is golden.

Third time lucky.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Everyone has their price.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It takes one to know one.

The early bird gets the worm.

No news is good news.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You are what you eat.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

You win some, you lose some.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All publicity is good publicity.

God helps those who help themselves.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

To the victor go the spoils.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The bigger, the better.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't take it with you.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Let well alone.

Small things amuse small minds.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The truth will out.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't rock the boat.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's never too late to mend.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Good things come in small packages.

It's better to give than to receive.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

There are two sides to every question.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Great minds think alike.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Any port in a storm.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Love will find a way.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let bygones be bygones.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Speak as you find.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A thing begun is half done.

Live and let live.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Go the extra mile.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Pride comes before a fall.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Each to their own.

Practice makes perfect.

Better late than never.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

More haste, less speed.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All the world loves a lover.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It goes without saying.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Better safe than sorry.

An man's home is his castle.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A watched pot never boils.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Life is what you make it.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All roads lead to Rome.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Horses for courses.

Dead men tell no tales.

There's an exception to every rule.

Easy come, easy go.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fight the good fight.

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

All's well that ends well.

All good things must come to an end.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The more the merrier.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Truth will out.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Bad money drives out good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Home is where the heart is.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Always put your best foot forward.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Forgive and forget.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beauty is only skin deep.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

One hand washes the other.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Enough is enough.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All things must pass.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Seize the day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Look before you leap.

First things first.

Time will tell.

Charity begins at home.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Nine tailors make a man.

Two heads are better than one.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Live and learn.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

What goes up must come down.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Still waters run deep.

Give the Devil his due.

Slow but sure.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Tomorrow is another day.

Make haste slowly.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

No man is an island.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

One good deed deserves another.

Every picture tells a story.

There's one born every minute.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Share and share alike.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Moderation in all things.

The end justifies the means.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Money talks.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There is honour among thieves.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Count your blessings.

Money is the root of all evil.

East, west, home's best.

Money isn't everything.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't win them all.

There's no place like home.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A good man is hard to find.

Love is blind.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Seek and you shall find.

Honesty is the best policy.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Crime doesn't pay.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never tell tales out of school.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

History repeats itself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Learn to walk before you run.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Tomorrow never comes.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Make love not war.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The wages of sin is death.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All you need is love.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

It never rains but it pours.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Misery loves company.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't always get what you want.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Every dog has its day.

Hide in plain sight.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't get mad, get even.

Paddle your own canoe.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Even a worm will turn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Life begins at forty.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Like father, like son.

Knowledge is power.

Love is blind.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

No man can serve two masters.

To every thing there is a season.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

The show must go on.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.