It never rains but it pours.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Misery loves company.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Go the extra mile.

Seek and you shall find.

Less said, soon mended.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Silence construes consent.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

One hand washes the other.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's a time and a place for everything.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Keep your powder dry.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Talk is cheap.

Horses for courses.

Never tell tales out of school.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All's well that ends well.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Life is what you make it.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bad news travels fast.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Knowledge is power.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

The bigger, the better.

Cheats never prosper.

Nine tailors make a man.

A thing begun is half done.

Share and share alike.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Better late than never.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You can't take it with you.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Virtue is its own reward.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's one born every minute.

Learn to walk before you run.

Give the Devil his due.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Seize the day.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Paddle your own canoe.

The truth will out.

The show must go on.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The wages of sin is death.

A golden key can open any door.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Haste makes waste.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

Only the good die young.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Pearls of wisdom.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The more the merrier.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Every picture tells a story.

More haste, less speed.

First things first.

Persuasion is better than force.

Still waters run deep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing new under the sun.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Practice what you preach.

Home is where the heart is.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Let the buyer beware.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A good man is hard to find.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Live and let live.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes one to know one.

No man is an island.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Truth will out.

Small things amuse small minds.

Time will tell.

Count your blessings.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Oil and water don't mix.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

While there is life, there is hope.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fight the good fight.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every dog has its day.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Clothes do not make the man.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A bad penny always turns up.

Put your best foot forward.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

To every thing there is a season.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Good fences make good neighbours.

All good things must come to an end.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cold hands, warm heart.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Great minds think alike.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A fish always rots from the head.

Manners maketh the man.

Moderation in all things.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Many hands make light work.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To the victor go the spoils.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Children and fools tell the truth.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't always get what you want.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Patience is a virtue.

The best things in life are free.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There is honour among thieves.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Less is more.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time is a great healer.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Make haste slowly.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Silence is golden.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Might is right.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Hope springs eternal.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The end justifies the means.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No rest for the wicked.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The best defence is a good offence.

Third time lucky.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Enough is enough.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fortune favours the brave.

Life begins at forty.

What goes around comes around.

Everyone has their price.

All things must pass.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Love will find a way.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

East, west, home's best.

Like father, like son.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Wonders will never cease.

A man is known by his friends.

One good deed deserves another.

The customer is always right.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Any port in a storm.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Let well alone.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Keep your chin up.

A house is not a home.

God helps those who help themselves.

Good things come in small packages.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

If you build it, they will come.

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

It goes without saying.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Slow but sure.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Tomorrow never comes.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Time is money.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Easy come, easy go.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Make love not war.

Tomorrow is another day.

Another day, another dollar.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Love is blind.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What goes up must come down.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Quid pro quo.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Ignorance is bliss.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't get mad, get even.

Charity begins at home.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Each to their own.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no place like home.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no time like the present.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Seeing is believing.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money isn't everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Good talk saves the food.

Fight fire with fire.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Business before pleasure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Money talks.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Birds of a feather flock together.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Better safe than sorry.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Accidents will happen.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't win them all.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You are what you eat.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Revenge is sweet.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Physician, heal thyself.

A word to the wise is enough.