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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Waste not, want not.

Ignorance is bliss.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's never too late to mend.

Another day, another dollar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Any port in a storm.

Every picture tells a story.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Love is blind.

Everyone has their price.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nothing new under the sun.

It's better to give than to receive.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Silence is golden.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fortune favours the brave.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Time is money.

For everything there is a season.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

What goes around comes around.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Many hands make light work.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

The best defence is a good offence.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

There's no place like home.

All the world loves a lover.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

The more the merrier.

Don't rock the boat.

The bigger, the better.

Wonders will never cease.

More haste, less speed.

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

Time will tell.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The exception which proves the rule.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

A house is not a home.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Actions speak louder than words.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Each to their own.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't win them all.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

The best things in life are free.

There's no smoke without fire.

A thing begun is half done.

Even a worm will turn.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

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

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

Misery loves company.

If you build it, they will come.

Oil and water don't mix.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Practice makes perfect.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Live and let live.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Blood is thicker than water.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Time flies.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Practice what you preach.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Accidents will happen.

Get out while the getting is good.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You are what you eat.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fight fire with fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

First things first.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Speak as you find.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fight the good fight.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

All good things must come to an end.

You win some, you lose some.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Different strokes for different folks.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The age of miracles is past.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Seize the day.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All's well that ends well.

Revenge is sweet.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Bad news travels fast.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Moderation in all things.

Life is what you make it.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

First come, first served.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Only the good die young.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All's fair in love and war.

It takes two to tango.

A cat may look at a king.

Make love not war.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Better late than never.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

No man is an island.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A man is known by his friends.

Opposites attract.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

What goes up must come down.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

One hand washes the other.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Count your blessings.

Virtue is its own reward.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

While there is life, there is hope.

Every dog has its day.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Talk is cheap.

Hide in plain sight.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Silence construes consent.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Hope springs eternal.

Less is more.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Share and share alike.

No man can serve two masters.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You are never too old to learn.

Walls have ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

Easy come, easy go.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Faith will move mountains.

There are two sides to every question.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All things must pass.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Seek and you shall find.

No news is good news.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Business before pleasure.

Might is right.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Make haste slowly.

Quid pro quo.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Knowledge is power.

A bad penny always turns up.

You can't take it with you.

Better safe than sorry.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life begins at forty.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's the singer not the song.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Small things amuse small minds.

One good deed deserves another.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't always get what you want.

Honesty is the best policy.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The show must go on.

To the victor go the spoils.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Two heads are better than one.

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

There's one born every minute.

Keep your chin up.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Less said, soon mended.

He who hesitates is lost.

The wages of sin is death.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Slow but sure.

Cheats never prosper.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Let well alone.

Time is a great healer.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Laughter is the best medicine.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Clothes do not make the man.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

There's no time like the present.

Tomorrow never comes.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Patience is a virtue.

Live and learn.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seeing is believing.

Horses for courses.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Bad money drives out good.

Give credit where credit is due.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Good things come to those who wait.

Enough is enough.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Let the buyer beware.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

To every thing there is a season.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It never rains but it pours.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Cold hands, warm heart.

East, west, home's best.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Go the extra mile.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Money isn't everything.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Dead men tell no tales.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Variety is the spice of life.

The customer is always right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Physician, heal thyself.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Home is where the heart is.

A fish always rots from the head.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Let bygones be bygones.

Like father, like son.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's all grist to the mill.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Pride comes before a fall.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It goes without saying.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Beware the Ides of March.