The bottom line is the bottom line.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A house is not a home.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Blood is thicker than water.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Pride comes before a fall.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Each to their own.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hope springs eternal.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Good things come in small packages.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Better late than never.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Patience is a virtue.

Big fish eat little fish.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You can't take it with you.

Forgive and forget.

Revenge is sweet.

Tomorrow is another day.

The early bird gets the worm.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Less said, soon mended.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Money is the root of all evil.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Business before pleasure.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cheats never prosper.

An man's home is his castle.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Enough is enough.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Dead men tell no tales.

Only the good die young.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Love makes the world go round.

Walls have ears.

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

First things first.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Different strokes for different folks.

Always put your best foot forward.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Look before you leap.

Count your blessings.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Every dog has its day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Quid pro quo.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the buyer beware.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Wonders will never cease.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A man is known by his friends.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Home is where the heart is.

Good things come to those who wait.

What goes up must come down.

Like father, like son.

Pearls of wisdom.

A cat has nine lives.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

While there is life, there is hope.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Live and let live.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

Seek and you shall find.

There's no place like home.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Oil and water don't mix.

All the world loves a lover.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Fortune favours the brave.

Fight the good fight.

Paddle your own canoe.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

No man is an island.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Less is more.

Practice what you preach.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There are two sides to every question.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Charity begins at home.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It goes without saying.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Silence is golden.

You can't make bricks without straw.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Might is right.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You are never too old to learn.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Keep your chin up.

Great minds think alike.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

There's no time like the present.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beware the Ides of March.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

No pain, no gain.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Live and learn.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Make love not war.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Good talk saves the food.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's an exception to every rule.

Only fools and horses work.

He who hesitates is lost.

Easy come, easy go.

It takes two to tango.

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

All's well that ends well.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Misery loves company.

All that glitters is not gold.

A thing begun is half done.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Every picture tells a story.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The Devil is in the details.

There's safety in numbers.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't win them all.

Make haste slowly.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To the victor go the spoils.

Time is a great healer.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Virtue is its own reward.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Moderation in all things.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A watched pot never boils.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A fish always rots from the head.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time will tell.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Speak as you find.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The best things in life are free.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It takes one to know one.

All you need is love.

A new broom sweeps clean.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Accidents will happen.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

All roads lead to Rome.

The bigger, the better.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Talk is cheap.

Don't rock the boat.

Let well alone.

A word to the wise is enough.

The more the merrier.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Make hay while the sun shines.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It never rains but it pours.

Learn to walk before you run.

All things must pass.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bad money drives out good.

Horses for courses.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The show must go on.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A good man is hard to find.

Small things amuse small minds.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Honesty is the best policy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life is what you make it.

Silence construes consent.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Seize the day.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You are what you eat.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Third time lucky.

Many hands make light work.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

History repeats itself.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Time flies.

The truth will out.

Haste makes waste.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The best defence is a good offence.

Fight fire with fire.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

East, west, home's best.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A person is known by the company they keep.

No man can serve two masters.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's the singer not the song.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Life begins at forty.

More haste, less speed.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Go the extra mile.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never tell tales out of school.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The customer is always right.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't get mad, get even.

One good deed deserves another.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Love will find a way.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

All good things must come to an end.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You reap what you sow.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Still waters run deep.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Waste not, want not.

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

One hand washes the other.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Every stick has two ends.

Forewarned is forearmed.

What goes around comes around.

Even a worm will turn.

Hide in plain sight.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Physician, heal thyself.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

East is east, and west is west.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Money talks.

Nine tailors make a man.

A golden key can open any door.

Share and share alike.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It's all grist to the mill.

The age of miracles is past.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If you build it, they will come.