It takes two to tango.

East, west, home's best.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You are never too old to learn.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Actions speak louder than words.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Live and let live.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Let well alone.

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

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

You are what you eat.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Physician, heal thyself.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Fight fire with fire.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Tomorrow never comes.

Honesty is the best policy.

Another day, another dollar.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The age of miracles is past.

It's the singer not the song.

Truth will out.

Faith will move mountains.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Money makes the world go round.

There's one born every minute.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Love makes the world go round.

Big fish eat little fish.

Count your blessings.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Go the extra mile.

A good man is hard to find.

A cat may look at a king.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Every stick has two ends.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing new under the sun.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time flies.

Fight the good fight.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

The bigger, the better.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Walls have ears.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

Silence is golden.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

Get out while the getting is good.

It goes without saying.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Variety is the spice of life.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Home is where the heart is.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Practice makes perfect.

First things first.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

What goes around comes around.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Different strokes for different folks.

One hand washes the other.

There are two sides to every question.

The Devil looks after his own.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Less is more.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Every picture tells a story.

It's all grist to the mill.

It never rains but it pours.

Manners maketh the man.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Seeing is believing.

To every thing there is a season.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

No rest for the wicked.

You reap what you sow.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Time will tell.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

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

Life is what you make it.

Paddle your own canoe.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Seize the day.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Put your best foot forward.

Life begins at forty.

Live and learn.

If you build it, they will come.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The Devil is in the details.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

More haste, less speed.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's never too late to mend.

A golden key can open any door.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Like father, like son.

Good talk saves the food.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The best-laid plans go astray.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Moderation in all things.

Persuasion is better than force.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All good things come to those that wait.

To the victor go the spoils.

Practice what you preach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

The best things in life are free.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

No man can serve two masters.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Better safe than sorry.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Ignorance is bliss.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

For everything there is a season.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The show must go on.

You can't take it with you.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Give the Devil his due.

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

You can't win them all.

The customer is always right.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

A house is not a home.

Love is blind.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Enough is enough.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

While there is life, there is hope.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Wonders will never cease.

Still waters run deep.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A thing begun is half done.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Horses for courses.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Misery loves company.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Quid pro quo.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

A watched pot never boils.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Beware the Ides of March.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All's well that ends well.

No pain, no gain.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Bad money drives out good.

Great minds think alike.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Laughter is the best medicine.

One good deed deserves another.

Make haste slowly.

What goes up must come down.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Nothing succeeds like success.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Might is right.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Cheats never prosper.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Every dog has its day.

Third time lucky.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The truth will out.

Revenge is sweet.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Accidents will happen.

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

Share and share alike.

Don't get mad, get even.

All that glitters is not gold.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Bad news travels fast.

Charity begins at home.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The early bird gets the worm.

Let bygones be bygones.

Slow but sure.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Forgive and forget.

History repeats itself.

Blood is thicker than water.

All you need is love.

Half a loaf is better than none.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Business before pleasure.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A man is known by his friends.

God helps those who help themselves.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

An man's home is his castle.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

No news is good news.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's no place like home.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Keep your chin up.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's no time like the present.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Make love not war.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Everyone has their price.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fish always rots from the head.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time is money.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Opposites attract.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't always get what you want.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

Speak as you find.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Each to their own.

The end justifies the means.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Better late than never.

Look before you leap.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Let the buyer beware.

All things must pass.

Keep your powder dry.

Many hands make light work.

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

You win some, you lose some.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

First come, first served.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.