Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A man is known by his friends.

Physician, heal thyself.

Every stick has two ends.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Practice makes perfect.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

One good deed deserves another.

No pain, no gain.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Give the Devil his due.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fight fire with fire.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Virtue is its own reward.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

Cheats never prosper.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All you need is love.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Moderation in all things.

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Actions speak louder than words.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Home is where the heart is.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Forgive and forget.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Blood is thicker than water.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Less said, soon mended.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's all grist to the mill.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Two heads are better than one.

Curiosity killed the cat.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't win them all.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Horses for courses.

Seeing is believing.

A cat has nine lives.

Let bygones be bygones.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It takes two to tango.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let the buyer beware.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What goes around comes around.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Seize the day.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A word to the wise is enough.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All good things must come to an end.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Time will tell.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Live and learn.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Revenge is sweet.

You are never too old to learn.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

There is honour among thieves.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The show must go on.

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

There's safety in numbers.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every picture tells a story.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Walls have ears.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One hand washes the other.

Time is a great healer.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You are what you eat.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

No news is good news.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The wages of sin is death.

It goes without saying.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Slow but sure.

You can't take it with you.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The customer is always right.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The truth will out.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Life is what you make it.

Keep your chin up.

To the victor go the spoils.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Everyone has their price.

All things must pass.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's one born every minute.

Practice what you preach.

Every dog has its day.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

A watched pot never boils.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Good things come to those who wait.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Speak as you find.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Wonders will never cease.

You win some, you lose some.

Another day, another dollar.

Money isn't everything.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no place like home.

Bad news travels fast.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Time is money.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Each to their own.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Time flies.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Love makes the world go round.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Live and let live.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All's fair in love and war.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Get out while the getting is good.

Small things amuse small minds.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Love is blind.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Seek and you shall find.

All's well that ends well.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

More haste, less speed.

The age of miracles is past.

Needs must when the devil drives.

He who hesitates is lost.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Great minds think alike.

Only the good die young.

Persuasion is better than force.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Third time lucky.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Quid pro quo.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Go the extra mile.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Laughter is the best medicine.

First things first.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money makes the world go round.

Accidents will happen.

Nine tailors make a man.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Look before you leap.

The best things in life are free.

First come, first served.

Make love not war.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All good things come to those that wait.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's better to give than to receive.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Charity begins at home.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Love will find a way.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

If you build it, they will come.

You reap what you sow.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A cat may look at a king.

Hide in plain sight.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Manners maketh the man.

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

It's never too late to mend.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Put your best foot forward.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

What goes up must come down.

Business before pleasure.

A thing begun is half done.

Any port in a storm.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Haste makes waste.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Silence is golden.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

History repeats itself.

Bad money drives out good.

A bad penny always turns up.

Better late than never.

Give credit where credit is due.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hope springs eternal.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Opposites attract.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Honesty is the best policy.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Money talks.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

To every thing there is a season.

Like father, like son.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Paddle your own canoe.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't rock the boat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Enough is enough.

East, west, home's best.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Silence construes consent.

The more the merrier.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The early bird gets the worm.

Count your blessings.

Life begins at forty.

Only fools and horses work.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Look before you leap.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Truth will out.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Less is more.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Handsome is as handsome does.

No man is an island.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

The end justifies the means.

There's an exception to every rule.

Faith will move mountains.

It never rains but it pours.

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