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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The truth will out.

A man is known by his friends.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Forgive and forget.

Speak as you find.

Better late than never.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Fortune favours the brave.

A house is not a home.

If the cap fits, wear it.

One good deed deserves another.

East, west, home's best.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Even a worm will turn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The best things in life are free.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Money talks.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A thing begun is half done.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Make haste slowly.

Better safe than sorry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

No man can serve two masters.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Many hands make light work.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time will tell.

Go the extra mile.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Tomorrow is another day.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If you build it, they will come.

The best defence is a good offence.

Love is blind.

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

Life is what you make it.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Seek and you shall find.

Third time lucky.

Haste makes waste.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Every dog has its day.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

The customer is always right.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

You reap what you sow.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Time is a great healer.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You are never too old to learn.

The exception which proves the rule.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Crime doesn't pay.

Fight the good fight.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Enough is enough.

God helps those who help themselves.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It's the singer not the song.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

You can't win them all.

One hand washes the other.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Quid pro quo.

No news is good news.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The more the merrier.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All things must pass.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Truth will out.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Great minds think alike.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Walls have ears.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Seeing is believing.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No man is an island.

Forewarned is forearmed.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The age of miracles is past.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Knowledge is power.

Each to their own.

First come, first served.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Silence construes consent.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

No pain, no gain.

Good things come in small packages.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can't always get what you want.

Only the good die young.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The best is the enemy of the good.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Life begins at forty.

Good talk saves the food.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Give credit where credit is due.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Time flies.

Every stick has two ends.

A bad penny always turns up.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fight fire with fire.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Misery loves company.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's no time like the present.

There are two sides to every question.

All's well that ends well.

Business before pleasure.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Like father, like son.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

He who hesitates is lost.

The wages of sin is death.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes one to know one.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Less said, soon mended.

History repeats itself.

The early bird gets the worm.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Physician, heal thyself.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beware the Ides of March.

Keep your chin up.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Any port in a storm.

Money makes the world go round.

Faith will move mountains.

A watched pot never boils.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

A cat may look at a king.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Clothes do not make the man.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Small things amuse small minds.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

Easy come, easy go.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Good things come to those who wait.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Seize the day.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Slow but sure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

What goes up must come down.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's never too late to mend.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Talk is cheap.

Practice what you preach.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

It never rains but it pours.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Patience is a virtue.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Persuasion is better than force.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An man's home is his castle.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no place like home.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Share and share alike.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No rest for the wicked.

Pearls of wisdom.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A picture paints a thousand words.

What goes around comes around.

There's one born every minute.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

For everything there is a season.

An army marches on its stomach.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money isn't everything.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All the world loves a lover.

A cat has nine lives.

You are what you eat.

Live and let live.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All's fair in love and war.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Charity begins at home.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Look before you leap.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Time is money.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

While there is life, there is hope.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Paddle your own canoe.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Hide in plain sight.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is only skin deep.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Less is more.

All you need is love.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Live and learn.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't get mad, get even.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Moderation in all things.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Tomorrow never comes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

It goes without saying.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Out of sight, out of mind.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Half a loaf is better than none.

To every thing there is a season.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A good man is hard to find.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Dead men tell no tales.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Love will find a way.

You win some, you lose some.

First things first.

It takes two to tango.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Variety is the spice of life.

Make love not war.

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

Practice makes perfect.