Stupid is as stupid does.

Truth will out.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Money talks.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You reap what you sow.

A watched pot never boils.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A cat has nine lives.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There is honour among thieves.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

To every thing there is a season.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Love will find a way.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

First come, first served.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The end justifies the means.

More haste, less speed.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

It goes without saying.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A cat may look at a king.

Knowledge is power.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't rock the boat.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Hope springs eternal.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

What goes around comes around.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Make love not war.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The truth will out.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Let the buyer beware.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Once a thief, always a thief.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Honesty is the best policy.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Fight the good fight.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let bygones be bygones.

Grief divided is made lighter.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Slow but sure.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't win them all.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Count your blessings.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The bigger, the better.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

All's fair in love and war.

East is east, and west is west.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Practice makes perfect.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Share and share alike.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make haste slowly.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Different strokes for different folks.

An army marches on its stomach.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Love is blind.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't take it with you.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

God helps those who help themselves.

Let well alone.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All you need is love.

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

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Enough is enough.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Life begins at forty.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

For everything there is a season.

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

Every stick has two ends.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Haste makes waste.

An man's home is his castle.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

You are never too old to learn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

What goes up must come down.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Accidents will happen.

Silence construes consent.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Variety is the spice of life.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Still waters run deep.

Seeing is believing.

While there is life, there is hope.

Might is right.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Fight fire with fire.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Beware the Ides of March.

Hide in plain sight.

A bad penny always turns up.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good talk saves the food.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Third time lucky.

Many hands make light work.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Small things amuse small minds.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time will tell.

No rest for the wicked.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The best things in life are free.

Live and let live.

Money isn't everything.

A house is not a home.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

You are what you eat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

There's no place like home.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Paddle your own canoe.

Horses for courses.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There are two sides to every question.

Cheats never prosper.

Pearls of wisdom.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Two heads are better than one.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The wages of sin is death.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Less is more.

Walls have ears.

Money makes the world go round.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

No pain, no gain.

All the world loves a lover.

The show must go on.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All good things must come to an end.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's all grist to the mill.

Nine tailors make a man.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Less said, soon mended.

Only fools and horses work.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All roads lead to Rome.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

To the victor go the spoils.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It takes one to know one.

One good deed deserves another.

The Devil looks after his own.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Life is what you make it.

Never tell tales out of school.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Silence is golden.

Pride comes before a fall.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Time is money.

A fish always rots from the head.

Seek and you shall find.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A golden key can open any door.

The customer is always right.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Live and learn.

There's no time like the present.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

All's well that ends well.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Seize the day.

The more the merrier.

Everyone has their price.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Any port in a storm.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Home is where the heart is.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Great minds think alike.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Revenge is sweet.

Actions speak louder than words.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't get mad, get even.

Put your best foot forward.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A word to the wise is enough.

All that glitters is not gold.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Misery loves company.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It takes two to tango.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

No news is good news.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's no smoke without fire.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Business before pleasure.

No man can serve two masters.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog has its day.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It never rains but it pours.

Time flies.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Love makes the world go round.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All publicity is good publicity.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Like father, like son.

Charity begins at home.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

First things first.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A man is known by his friends.

Physician, heal thyself.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Paddle your own canoe.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Better safe than sorry.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The best defence is a good offence.

Persuasion is better than force.

Give credit where credit is due.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Cold hands, warm heart.

All things must pass.

Tomorrow is another day.

Crime doesn't pay.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Practice what you preach.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Easy come, easy go.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Children should be seen and not heard.

No man is an island.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

There's one born every minute.

There's a time and a place for everything.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Opposites attract.