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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A fish always rots from the head.

A golden key can open any door.

Keep your powder dry.

Let the buyer beware.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Manners maketh the man.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Put your best foot forward.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Hope springs eternal.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Great minds think alike.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Let well alone.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All you need is love.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Dead men tell no tales.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Don't rock the boat.

You are never too old to learn.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time flies.

To the victor go the spoils.

Oil and water don't mix.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fight fire with fire.

A cat may look at a king.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You win some, you lose some.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All's fair in love and war.

Variety is the spice of life.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There are two sides to every question.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Paddle your own canoe.

Many hands make light work.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Keep your chin up.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The Devil looks after his own.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It's better to give than to receive.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Silence construes consent.

A good man is hard to find.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Time is money.

Each to their own.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Two heads are better than one.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Like father, like son.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

More haste, less speed.

Forgive and forget.

Life is what you make it.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes one to know one.

Fight the good fight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beware the Ides of March.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All publicity is good publicity.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Practice makes perfect.

A cat has nine lives.

Look before you leap.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Even a worm will turn.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Speak as you find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Virtue is its own reward.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

First things first.

All roads lead to Rome.

The bigger, the better.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Different strokes for different folks.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There is honour among thieves.

Only the good die young.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Might is right.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Wonders will never cease.

Share and share alike.

Misery loves company.

All good things must come to an end.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A bad penny always turns up.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Live and learn.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A house is not a home.

Faith will move mountains.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money makes the world go round.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You are what you eat.

All the world loves a lover.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The age of miracles is past.

Love will find a way.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The more the merrier.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

What goes around comes around.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A thing begun is half done.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The customer is always right.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

God helps those who help themselves.

Practice what you preach.

Every dog has its day.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Bad money drives out good.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

Better late than never.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

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

Moderation in all things.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Time will tell.

There's no time like the present.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Horses for courses.

Hide in plain sight.

First come, first served.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Life begins at forty.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

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

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

Go the extra mile.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Enough is enough.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

No news is good news.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Count your blessings.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Good things come to those who wait.

No man is an island.

Let bygones be bygones.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Ignorance is bliss.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Accidents will happen.

Still waters run deep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's one born every minute.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fortune favours the brave.

Home is where the heart is.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Money talks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Make love not war.

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

Seize the day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There's no smoke without fire.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

He who hesitates is lost.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

East, west, home's best.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Always put your best foot forward.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Out of sight, out of mind.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Revenge is sweet.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give credit where credit is due.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

History repeats itself.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Quid pro quo.

Charity begins at home.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A watched pot never boils.

Give the Devil his due.

Knowledge is power.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What goes up must come down.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All's well that ends well.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Every stick has two ends.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Seeing is believing.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't always get what you want.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The best things in life are free.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The truth will out.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All that glitters is not gold.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Everyone has their price.

Time is a great healer.

Bad news travels fast.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Love is blind.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Opposites attract.

Persuasion is better than force.

Truth will out.

All things must pass.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

One hand washes the other.

Walls have ears.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Patience is a virtue.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's never too late to mend.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Physician, heal thyself.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Live and let live.

Any port in a storm.

For everything there is a season.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

There's no place like home.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can't win them all.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Rome wasn't built in a day.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No rest for the wicked.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.