There's no place like home.

Silence construes consent.

Seize the day.

Make love not war.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't rock the boat.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Love makes the world go round.

You win some, you lose some.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Opposites attract.

No rest for the wicked.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Haste makes waste.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

The truth will out.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Waste not, want not.

Only fools and horses work.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Good talk saves the food.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The bigger, the better.

East, west, home's best.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Patience is a virtue.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Even a worm will turn.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Give credit where credit is due.

Tomorrow never comes.

Each to their own.

A good man is hard to find.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You reap what you sow.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't take it with you.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You are never too old to learn.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Practice what you preach.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Many hands make light work.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All the world loves a lover.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Put your best foot forward.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Paddle your own canoe.

Actions speak louder than words.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Life begins at forty.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Money makes the world go round.

The more the merrier.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Revenge is sweet.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Home is where the heart is.

Any port in a storm.

Tomorrow is another day.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Still waters run deep.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Accidents will happen.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

What goes up must come down.

If you build it, they will come.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bad news travels fast.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Big fish eat little fish.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Persuasion is better than force.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Small things amuse small minds.

Enough is enough.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A thing begun is half done.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Business before pleasure.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Seek and you shall find.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Time will tell.

Faith will move mountains.

Slow but sure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fortune favours the brave.

Better late than never.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

It goes without saying.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Life is what you make it.

No news is good news.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There's safety in numbers.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A bad penny always turns up.

Go the extra mile.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

One good deed deserves another.

You can't win them all.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All's fair in love and war.

Physician, heal thyself.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Money isn't everything.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

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

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

Everyone has their price.

Count your blessings.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Nothing new under the sun.

Manners maketh the man.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Oil and water don't mix.

To every thing there is a season.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Walls have ears.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Live and let live.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Misery loves company.

An army marches on its stomach.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's one born every minute.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You are what you eat.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

First come, first served.

History repeats itself.

The end justifies the means.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Silence is golden.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Knowledge is power.

Live and learn.

There are two sides to every question.

Beware the Ides of March.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All good things must come to an end.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It takes two to tango.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Horses for courses.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A watched pot never boils.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love is blind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Birds of a feather flock together.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It never rains but it pours.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Time flies.

The wages of sin is death.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It takes one to know one.

A man is known by his friends.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Every dog has its day.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

No man can serve two masters.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Forgive and forget.

Crime doesn't pay.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Time is a great healer.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Seeing is believing.

The customer is always right.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Let well alone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Good things come in small packages.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Less said, soon mended.

All that glitters is not gold.

Man does not live by bread alone.

East is east, and west is west.

Like father, like son.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

No man is an island.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's no smoke without fire.

No pain, no gain.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All things must pass.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Great minds think alike.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You can't always get what you want.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

What goes around comes around.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

All's well that ends well.

Less is more.

For everything there is a season.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Every stick has two ends.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Speak as you find.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Quid pro quo.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Virtue is its own reward.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Practice makes perfect.

First things first.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

The show must go on.

Blood is thicker than water.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time is money.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The exception which proves the rule.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Only the good die young.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Let bygones be bygones.

Third time lucky.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A fish always rots from the head.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's never too late to mend.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Nine tailors make a man.

Little pitchers have big ears.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Love will find a way.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Give the Devil his due.

The age of miracles is past.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.