It takes two to tango.

Learn to walk before you run.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Might is right.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To every thing there is a season.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Life begins at forty.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Small things amuse small minds.

Hope springs eternal.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A cat may look at a king.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Time flies.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Everyone has their price.

Fortune favours the brave.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Time is a great healer.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Horses for courses.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Big fish eat little fish.

Great minds think alike.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't win them all.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Oil and water don't mix.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Accidents will happen.

Let well alone.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

First come, first served.

Manners maketh the man.

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

All things must pass.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

He who hesitates is lost.

If you build it, they will come.

It takes one to know one.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Seize the day.

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

Seeing is believing.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

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

The bigger, the better.

You can't take it with you.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Every stick has two ends.

Tomorrow never comes.

All roads lead to Rome.

Make haste slowly.

Money isn't everything.

Walls have ears.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Good things come to those who wait.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Charity begins at home.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Like father, like son.

No news is good news.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A fish always rots from the head.

Every picture tells a story.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

You are what you eat.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money makes the world go round.

Love will find a way.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Share and share alike.

A golden key can open any door.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Bad money drives out good.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Practice makes perfect.

While there is life, there is hope.

Nine tailors make a man.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

History repeats itself.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The end justifies the means.

Honesty is the best policy.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Persuasion is better than force.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's no time like the present.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It never rains but it pours.

No rest for the wicked.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Beware the Ides of March.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blood is thicker than water.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Love is blind.

It's never too late to mend.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Less is more.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One good deed deserves another.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Many hands make light work.

Give the Devil his due.

Knowledge is power.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The Devil is in the details.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Forgive and forget.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A new broom sweeps clean.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's all grist to the mill.

Still waters run deep.

Haste makes waste.

There's one born every minute.

Silence construes consent.

Another day, another dollar.

Patience is a virtue.

A house is not a home.

Live and let live.

No man is an island.

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

Only fools and horses work.

East, west, home's best.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Time and tide wait for no one.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Talk is cheap.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The early bird gets the worm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The age of miracles is past.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A man is known by his friends.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Once a thief, always a thief.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

Bad news travels fast.

Ignorance is bliss.

Time will tell.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Look before you leap.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

More haste, less speed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Life is what you make it.

It's better to give than to receive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Always put your best foot forward.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

The more the merrier.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Slow and steady wins the race.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All good things come to those that wait.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

All you need is love.

It's the singer not the song.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Two heads are better than one.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Truth will out.

You can't always get what you want.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Home is where the heart is.

A stitch in time saves nine.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The Devil looks after his own.

Better safe than sorry.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All's well that ends well.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Only the good die young.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make love not war.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An army marches on its stomach.

What goes up must come down.

Easy come, easy go.

Better late than never.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There are two sides to every question.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Live and learn.

It goes without saying.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The best things in life are free.

No pain, no gain.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

First things first.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The show must go on.

The truth will out.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Handsome is as handsome does.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A bad penny always turns up.

Money talks.

Every dog has its day.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Even a worm will turn.

Business before pleasure.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Physician, heal thyself.

A word to the wise is enough.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's safety in numbers.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't get mad, get even.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All publicity is good publicity.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Actions speak louder than words.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Hide in plain sight.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Let the buyer beware.

Clothes do not make the man.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The customer is always right.

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

You reap what you sow.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A person is known by the company they keep.

All that glitters is not gold.

Seek and you shall find.

Variety is the spice of life.

Speak as you find.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

Enough is enough.

Waste not, want not.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time is money.

Opposites attract.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A dog is a man's best friend.