To err is human; to forgive divine.

Accidents will happen.

The best defence is a good offence.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Opposites attract.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

East is east, and west is west.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The customer is always right.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

First come, first served.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no time like the present.

Silence construes consent.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The truth will out.

Let the buyer beware.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Truth will out.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It's never too late to mend.

Seize the day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Attack is the best form of defence.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Knowledge is power.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make haste slowly.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Keep your chin up.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The end justifies the means.

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

No man can serve two masters.

There are two sides to every question.

All the world loves a lover.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Still waters run deep.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The best things in life are free.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Love is blind.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Two heads are better than one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fortune favours the brave.

A cat may look at a king.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no smoke without fire.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Count your blessings.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Seek and you shall find.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Bad news travels fast.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Tomorrow never comes.

Learn to walk before you run.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't win them all.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

No rest for the wicked.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Slow but sure.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Great minds think alike.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Charity begins at home.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fight the good fight.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It takes one to know one.

Haste makes waste.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The Devil is in the details.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Let well alone.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Ignorance is bliss.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

If you build it, they will come.

First impressions are the most lasting.

While there is life, there is hope.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Manners maketh the man.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Keep your powder dry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Give the Devil his due.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A fish always rots from the head.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Another day, another dollar.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Quid pro quo.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

You reap what you sow.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Live and learn.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Home is where the heart is.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Always put your best foot forward.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Crime doesn't pay.

Life is what you make it.

No pain, no gain.

What goes around comes around.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Let bygones be bygones.

Every stick has two ends.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A thing begun is half done.

The bigger, the better.

Practice what you preach.

Better late than never.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every dog has its day.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

It's better to give than to receive.

All you need is love.

One hand washes the other.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Nine tailors make a man.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Third time lucky.

Don't rock the boat.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Silence is golden.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

East, west, home's best.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Physician, heal thyself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Actions speak louder than words.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Share and share alike.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Get out while the getting is good.

Hope springs eternal.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Forgive and forget.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Make love not war.

Practice makes perfect.

Time flies.

Money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

Love will find a way.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Speak as you find.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Bad money drives out good.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's one born every minute.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Enough is enough.

It goes without saying.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Time is money.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

No man is an island.

Look before you leap.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Live and let live.

Hide in plain sight.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Only the good die young.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Each to their own.

A watched pot never boils.

Waste not, want not.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't get mad, get even.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Business before pleasure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Walls have ears.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love makes the world go round.

Pearls of wisdom.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You can't always get what you want.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Money talks.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

More haste, less speed.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Misery loves company.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Might is right.

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

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

History repeats itself.

A house is not a home.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A cat has nine lives.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's an exception to every rule.

Paddle your own canoe.

Put your best foot forward.

Pride comes before a fall.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Horses for courses.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no place like home.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

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

All things must pass.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To the victor go the spoils.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good things come in small packages.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Better safe than sorry.

Time is a great healer.

It's all grist to the mill.

The age of miracles is past.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A golden key can open any door.

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

You are what you eat.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Honesty is the best policy.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The more the merrier.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Seeing is believing.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Like father, like son.

Easy come, easy go.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Everyone has their price.

It never rains but it pours.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Beware the Ides of March.

Only fools and horses work.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All's fair in love and war.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

There is honour among thieves.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All's fair in love and war.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Variety is the spice of life.

Go the extra mile.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All's well that ends well.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All publicity is good publicity.

Never tell tales out of school.

Blood is thicker than water.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Talk is cheap.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Life begins at forty.

Many hands make light work.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Oil and water don't mix.

Revenge is sweet.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Faith will move mountains.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Any port in a storm.