Let the dead bury the dead.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Every dog has its day.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

While there is life, there is hope.

Life begins at forty.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

All things must pass.

It's better to give than to receive.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

The customer is always right.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All that glitters is not gold.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It never rains but it pours.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Variety is the spice of life.

Manners maketh the man.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Easy come, easy go.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you build it, they will come.

A good man is hard to find.

Blood is thicker than water.

Haste makes waste.

Love is blind.

Life is what you make it.

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

Time will tell.

Cold hands, warm heart.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Waste not, want not.

Great minds think alike.

All roads lead to Rome.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Speak as you find.

There is honour among thieves.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Money talks.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Live and let live.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Better safe than sorry.

Every picture tells a story.

All good things must come to an end.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You are never too old to learn.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A man is known by his friends.

Persuasion is better than force.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't rock the boat.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Walls have ears.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Live and learn.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Quid pro quo.

Slow but sure.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Two heads are better than one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Seize the day.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Attack is the best form of defence.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Truth will out.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Patience is a virtue.

To every thing there is a season.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The pen is mightier than sword.

What goes up must come down.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The end justifies the means.

Count your blessings.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's one born every minute.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Faith will move mountains.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time is money.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

First come, first served.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Share and share alike.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Keep your powder dry.

Talk is cheap.

A golden key can open any door.

What goes around comes around.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Give the Devil his due.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Make love not war.

The bigger, the better.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Only the good die young.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

First things first.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The Devil is in the details.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Enough is enough.

Love makes the world go round.

Go the extra mile.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Everyone has their price.

Bad news travels fast.

The best defence is a good offence.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Virtue is its own reward.

Physician, heal thyself.

Each to their own.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Bad money drives out good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Hope springs eternal.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All you need is love.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

More haste, less speed.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

The wages of sin is death.

Never speak ill of the dead.

One good deed deserves another.

Do as I say, not as I do.

God helps those who help themselves.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

You can't win them all.

Moderation in all things.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

History repeats itself.

There's no smoke without fire.

All good things come to those that wait.

All's well that ends well.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's all grist to the mill.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Small things amuse small minds.

Horses for courses.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The age of miracles is past.

There's no place like home.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Time is a great healer.

Stupid is as stupid does.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Only fools and horses work.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's no time like the present.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Practice what you preach.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't always get what you want.

Hide in plain sight.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Every stick has two ends.

For everything there is a season.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nine tailors make a man.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It's never too late to mend.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't get mad, get even.

Practice makes perfect.

It goes without saying.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Never tell tales out of school.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Less is more.

Children should be seen and not heard.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Let the buyer beware.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Less said, soon mended.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Business before pleasure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Let well alone.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The more the merrier.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money makes the world go round.

A house is not a home.

Fight fire with fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Slow and steady wins the race.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

No news is good news.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Silence is golden.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Honesty is the best policy.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Forgive and forget.

Put your best foot forward.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No pain, no gain.

Knowledge is power.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Misery loves company.

The best things in life are free.

Fortune favours the brave.

Pride comes before a fall.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Money isn't everything.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes one to know one.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There's safety in numbers.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One hand washes the other.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Oil and water don't mix.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You reap what you sow.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Even a worm will turn.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Make haste slowly.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Still waters run deep.

Better late than never.

Might is right.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All's fair in love and war.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Different strokes for different folks.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Good talk saves the food.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Third time lucky.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Many hands make light work.

Silence construes consent.

Good things come to those who wait.

You can't take it with you.

Money is the root of all evil.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Dead men tell no tales.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

East, west, home's best.

A thing begun is half done.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Variety is the spice of life.

The truth will out.

Charity begins at home.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Another day, another dollar.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Never give a sucker an even break.

No man can serve two masters.