Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time is a great healer.

Third time lucky.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Practice makes perfect.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Crime doesn't pay.

Forgive and forget.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Always put your best foot forward.

Good talk saves the food.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't get mad, get even.

Make love not war.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Get out while the getting is good.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money isn't everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Make haste slowly.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

More haste, less speed.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Patience is a virtue.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Fight fire with fire.

A golden key can open any door.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Only the good die young.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

The best things in life are free.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A thing begun is half done.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You are never too old to learn.

Great minds think alike.

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

The more the merrier.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Big fish eat little fish.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Less is more.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Christmas comes but once a year.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

One hand washes the other.

Two heads are better than one.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You can't take it with you.

Might is right.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

While there is life, there is hope.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The early bird gets the worm.

You are what you eat.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Haste makes waste.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Every dog has its day.

The best defence is a good offence.

Silence construes consent.

Oil and water don't mix.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Only fools and horses work.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

First come, first served.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Tomorrow is another day.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Good things come to those who wait.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Every stick has two ends.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Love is blind.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The wages of sin is death.

Easy come, easy go.

No news is good news.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't rock the boat.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The end justifies the means.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The truth will out.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Seize the day.

Dead men tell no tales.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Still waters run deep.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Money talks.

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

Any port in a storm.

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

All things must pass.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No rest for the wicked.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The customer is always right.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Life is what you make it.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A word to the wise is enough.

A watched pot never boils.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Go the extra mile.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Hide in plain sight.

No man can serve two masters.

A cat has nine lives.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Knowledge is power.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Seek and you shall find.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A cat may look at a king.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Practice what you preach.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Shrouds have no pockets.

No man is an island.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

All publicity is good publicity.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

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

Time will tell.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Learn to walk before you run.

Truth will out.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fight the good fight.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

One good deed deserves another.

If you build it, they will come.

All good things must come to an end.

Good things come in small packages.

It never rains but it pours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Physician, heal thyself.

Charity begins at home.

Live and let live.

A fish always rots from the head.

Different strokes for different folks.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Slow but sure.

Enough is enough.

Persuasion is better than force.

Share and share alike.

It takes two to tango.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The show must go on.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Even a worm will turn.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's the singer not the song.

Better late than never.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's an exception to every rule.

Seeing is believing.

An army marches on its stomach.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Cheats never prosper.

The Devil is in the details.

Business before pleasure.

The age of miracles is past.

To every thing there is a season.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You reap what you sow.

Small things amuse small minds.

Bad money drives out good.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Love makes the world go round.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A man is known by his friends.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All you need is love.

Time is money.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Waste not, want not.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

East, west, home's best.

Like father, like son.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Silence is golden.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's no place like home.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

The bigger, the better.

Walls have ears.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

First things first.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

For everything there is a season.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Life begins at forty.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Another day, another dollar.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Horses for courses.

What goes up must come down.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Live and learn.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your chin up.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Speak as you find.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't win them all.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

No pain, no gain.

Hope springs eternal.

History repeats itself.

What goes around comes around.

Count your blessings.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A good man is hard to find.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Time flies.

Many hands make light work.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It goes without saying.

There's no time like the present.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Let well alone.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All's well that ends well.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Wonders will never cease.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Money makes the world go round.

Children should be seen and not heard.

He who hesitates is lost.

Quid pro quo.

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

Each to their own.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Keep your powder dry.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Revenge is sweet.

Look before you leap.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

There's one born every minute.

East is east, and west is west.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Every picture tells a story.

Manners maketh the man.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Talk is cheap.

Give credit where credit is due.

There is honour among thieves.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Blood is thicker than water.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Misery loves company.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.