The longest journey starts with a single step.

Life begins at forty.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Persuasion is better than force.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Go the extra mile.

All good things come to those that wait.

Charity begins at home.

Ignorance is bliss.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

You can't win them all.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Variety is the spice of life.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Money makes the world go round.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The pen is mightier than sword.

Let the buyer beware.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Stupid is as stupid does.

All roads lead to Rome.

No news is good news.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Children and fools tell the truth.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Love is blind.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

East, west, home's best.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Get out while the getting is good.

A house is not a home.

All good things must come to an end.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fortune favours the brave.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Actions speak louder than words.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Less is more.

Cheats never prosper.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money talks.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Business before pleasure.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Good things come to those who wait.

It goes without saying.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Hope springs eternal.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The Devil looks after his own.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One good deed deserves another.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A cat has nine lives.

Different strokes for different folks.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Still waters run deep.

East is east, and west is west.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Make love not war.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Pride comes before a fall.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Everyone has their price.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Manners maketh the man.

Silence construes consent.

Crime doesn't pay.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Easy come, easy go.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Live and learn.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Knowledge is power.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There's no time like the present.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Hide in plain sight.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All's fair in love and war.

History repeats itself.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Money is the root of all evil.

Talk is cheap.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You reap what you sow.

Don't rock the boat.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Speak as you find.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All things must pass.

More haste, less speed.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Tomorrow is another day.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time flies.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All you need is love.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Count your blessings.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

For everything there is a season.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Life is what you make it.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Give credit where credit is due.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time will tell.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Waste not, want not.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The end justifies the means.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Seeing is believing.

Let bygones be bygones.

Moderation in all things.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Wonders will never cease.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good talk saves the food.

While there is life, there is hope.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Many hands make light work.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bigger, the better.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

To the victor go the spoils.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No rest for the wicked.

First come, first served.

Silence is golden.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

No pain, no gain.

Keep your chin up.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Keep your powder dry.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Seek and you shall find.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Haste makes waste.

To every thing there is a season.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

First things first.

Virtue is its own reward.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Practice makes perfect.

Any port in a storm.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The customer is always right.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Truth will out.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't always get what you want.

Love will find a way.

Bad news travels fast.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Put your best foot forward.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Fight fire with fire.

It's better to give than to receive.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's the singer not the song.

Clothes do not make the man.

Every stick has two ends.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No man is an island.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Give the Devil his due.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All's well that ends well.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The early bird gets the worm.

He who hesitates is lost.

Good things come in small packages.

The Devil is in the details.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Home is where the heart is.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The best things in life are free.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Misery loves company.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A bad penny always turns up.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

What goes up must come down.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Like father, like son.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Seize the day.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's an exception to every rule.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Horses for courses.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Only the good die young.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Honesty is the best policy.

Another day, another dollar.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Pearls of wisdom.

Forgive and forget.

The show must go on.

Walls have ears.

Every picture tells a story.

Make haste slowly.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The more the merrier.

Let well alone.

Practice what you preach.

It takes one to know one.

Might is right.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's no smoke without fire.

Slow and steady wins the race.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Grief divided is made lighter.

An army marches on its stomach.

You can't take it with you.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Opposites attract.

Children should be seen and not heard.

What goes around comes around.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The wages of sin is death.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You are what you eat.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Live and let live.

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

There's one born every minute.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Better late than never.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Slow but sure.

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

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

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

Each to their own.

A cat may look at a king.

Share and share alike.

Never tell tales out of school.

Worrying never did anyone any good.