Forewarned is forearmed.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love is blind.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

All's well that ends well.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Charity begins at home.

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

The customer is always right.

Faith will move mountains.

No news is good news.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Accidents will happen.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

East is east, and west is west.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Beware the Ides of March.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A watched pot never boils.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Every dog has its day.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Home is where the heart is.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Misery loves company.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Forgive and forget.

The early bird gets the worm.

It goes without saying.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Make love not war.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There is honour among thieves.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Crime doesn't pay.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The more the merrier.

Time flies.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone has their price.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Speak as you find.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Better safe than sorry.

All roads lead to Rome.

What goes up must come down.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

No pain, no gain.

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

Good things come in small packages.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's all grist to the mill.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Less said, soon mended.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Live and learn.

Third time lucky.

Fight the good fight.

Honesty is the best policy.

Seize the day.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Money isn't everything.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Small things amuse small minds.

Any port in a storm.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Walls have ears.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

He who hesitates is lost.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Moderation in all things.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It's better to give than to receive.

Easy come, easy go.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Live and let live.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There's no place like home.

Nine tailors make a man.

There's one born every minute.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Practice what you preach.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Good talk saves the food.

There are two sides to every question.

It takes two to tango.

For everything there is a season.

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

All you need is love.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A cat has nine lives.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let bygones be bygones.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Time will tell.

A golden key can open any door.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All good things must come to an end.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All that glitters is not gold.

Haste makes waste.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Talk is cheap.

Give the Devil his due.

Life begins at forty.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Still waters run deep.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

You are what you eat.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Money talks.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

More haste, less speed.

East, west, home's best.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The end justifies the means.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Blood is thicker than water.

Knowledge is power.

Great minds think alike.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you build it, they will come.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The bigger, the better.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's no time like the present.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't win them all.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't rock the boat.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Let the buyer beware.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Money makes the world go round.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

To the victor go the spoils.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let well alone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Truth will out.

Count your blessings.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Less is more.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All the world loves a lover.

Different strokes for different folks.

What goes around comes around.

Enough is enough.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Life is what you make it.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Physician, heal thyself.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

While there is life, there is hope.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

One hand washes the other.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Keep your chin up.

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

Opposites attract.

First come, first served.

You are never too old to learn.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The best is the enemy of the good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Bad money drives out good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Good fences make good neighbours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No man is an island.

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

The Devil is in the details.

The wages of sin is death.

A fish always rots from the head.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Only the good die young.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Silence construes consent.

Time is money.

You can't take it with you.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The show must go on.

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

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

Might is right.

A picture paints a thousand words.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

First things first.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's never too late to mend.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

To every thing there is a season.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fight fire with fire.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Tomorrow is another day.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

No rest for the wicked.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

God helps those who help themselves.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Seeing is believing.

Persuasion is better than force.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

All things must pass.

Each to their own.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All's fair in love and war.

There's safety in numbers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Many hands make light work.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You reap what you sow.

The truth will out.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Like father, like son.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Good things come to those who wait.

A house is not a home.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time is a great healer.

Dead men tell no tales.

Business before pleasure.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Ignorance is bliss.

A bad penny always turns up.

Silence is golden.

Fortune favours the brave.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's no smoke without fire.

Look before you leap.

Horses for courses.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Practice makes perfect.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Make haste slowly.

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