Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is what you make it.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's all grist to the mill.

Walls have ears.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The Devil is in the details.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Forgive and forget.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Life begins at forty.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time will tell.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A fish always rots from the head.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Less is more.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no place like home.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Nine tailors make a man.

You reap what you sow.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Love is blind.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A word to the wise is enough.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There's an exception to every rule.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It never rains but it pours.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love makes the world go round.

Accidents will happen.

Opposites attract.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

He who hesitates is lost.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Waste not, want not.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't rock the boat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Never tell tales out of school.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Time is a great healer.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The Devil looks after his own.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

East, west, home's best.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A watched pot never boils.

Home is where the heart is.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Share and share alike.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Ignorance is bliss.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

God helps those who help themselves.

Haste makes waste.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Live and learn.

The bigger, the better.

Make haste slowly.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Quid pro quo.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

History repeats itself.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Always put your best foot forward.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Pearls of wisdom.

Speak as you find.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Seek and you shall find.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's no smoke without fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A cat has nine lives.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There is honour among thieves.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

It goes without saying.

It takes two to tango.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Good things come in small packages.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Business before pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Enough is enough.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Patience is a virtue.

Still waters run deep.

Like father, like son.

For everything there is a season.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Every dog has its day.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Silence construes consent.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can't win them all.

Manners maketh the man.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Seeing is believing.

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

Count your blessings.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Moderation in all things.

Knowledge is power.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No man is an island.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A house is not a home.

Wonders will never cease.

Seize the day.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The show must go on.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All you need is love.

Might is right.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Money makes the world go round.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All roads lead to Rome.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All publicity is good publicity.

You are never too old to learn.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Every picture tells a story.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Talk is cheap.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

It's the singer not the song.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Put your best foot forward.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

No news is good news.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Great minds think alike.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Different strokes for different folks.

First come, first served.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The customer is always right.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Make love not war.

Look before you leap.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Each to their own.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Less said, soon mended.

Horses for courses.

No pain, no gain.

Big fish eat little fish.

All the world loves a lover.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

Truth will out.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

The more the merrier.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Fight the good fight.

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

One hand washes the other.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

First things first.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Only the good die young.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let bygones be bygones.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Time flies.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

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

There's one born every minute.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Actions speak louder than words.

Love will find a way.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Tomorrow is another day.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Time is money.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An army marches on its stomach.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Let the buyer beware.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nothing new under the sun.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Learn to walk before you run.

An man's home is his castle.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Any port in a storm.

All things must pass.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Practice makes perfect.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

You can't always get what you want.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Hide in plain sight.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Money isn't everything.

When one door shuts, another opens.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A man is known by his friends.

There are two sides to every question.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Silence is golden.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Keep your chin up.

Money is the root of all evil.

A thing begun is half done.

Misery loves company.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Another day, another dollar.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Give credit where credit is due.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't take it with you.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Only fools and horses work.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Slow but sure.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The best defence is a good offence.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

To every thing there is a season.

You win some, you lose some.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

One good deed deserves another.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

While there is life, there is hope.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Blood is thicker than water.

Money talks.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Dead men tell no tales.

Everyone has their price.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Children should be seen and not heard.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Easy come, easy go.

The exception which proves the rule.

Pride comes before a fall.

Do as I say, not as I do.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All's fair in love and war.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Third time lucky.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Good things come to those who wait.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes one to know one.

The early bird gets the worm.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Live and let live.

Honesty is the best policy.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Go the extra mile.

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

Truth will out.

Persuasion is better than force.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Always put your best foot forward.

The truth will out.

Let well alone.

Clothes do not make the man.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The end justifies the means.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.