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

Small things amuse small minds.

The Devil is in the details.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All the world loves a lover.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The end justifies the means.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Count your blessings.

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

Life is what you make it.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Ignorance is bliss.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Forgive and forget.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Time is money.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

What goes around comes around.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't throw good money after bad.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Opposites attract.

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

Waste not, want not.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Horses for courses.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

East is east, and west is west.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

What goes up must come down.

Walls have ears.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Different strokes for different folks.

Time is a great healer.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A cat has nine lives.

Put your best foot forward.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

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

All's well that ends well.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Life begins at forty.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Seeing is believing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No news is good news.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Haste makes waste.

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

No man is an island.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The early bird gets the worm.

Only the good die young.

Give the Devil his due.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

One hand washes the other.

You can't win them all.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No rest for the wicked.

You are never too old to learn.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You are what you eat.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Once a thief, always a thief.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Give credit where credit is due.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

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

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Speak as you find.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's an exception to every rule.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Silence construes consent.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There's no place like home.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Share and share alike.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Pearls of wisdom.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No pain, no gain.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Less is more.

Slow but sure.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Crime doesn't pay.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Physician, heal thyself.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

One good deed deserves another.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Time will tell.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Easy come, easy go.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All good things must come to an end.

Great minds think alike.

A good man is hard to find.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Like father, like son.

Persuasion is better than force.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Make haste slowly.

It goes without saying.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Third time lucky.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Always put your best foot forward.

Clothes do not make the man.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

You reap what you sow.

Every picture tells a story.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The more the merrier.

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

The customer is always right.

It's the singer not the song.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's better to give than to receive.

Out of sight, out of mind.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It takes two to tango.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A golden key can open any door.

Bad money drives out good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let bygones be bygones.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Time flies.

Love will find a way.

Nothing new under the sun.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Live and let live.

It never rains but it pours.

Keep your powder dry.

The exception which proves the rule.

Business before pleasure.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Big fish eat little fish.

A word to the wise is enough.

A cat may look at a king.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Money isn't everything.

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

Knowledge is power.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Let well alone.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Love is blind.

A watched pot never boils.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best defence is a good offence.

Pride comes before a fall.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Good talk saves the food.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

First things first.

Every dog has its day.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A house is not a home.

There's no time like the present.

Look before you leap.

The best things in life are free.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Revenge is sweet.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Enough is enough.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Paddle your own canoe.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Better late than never.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let the buyer beware.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Every stick has two ends.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

All's fair in love and war.

Fight the good fight.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The truth will out.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Blood is thicker than water.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

The bigger, the better.

Accidents will happen.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

He who hesitates is lost.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

East, west, home's best.

Grief divided is made lighter.

In the midst of life we are in death.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't take it with you.

An man's home is his castle.

Practice makes perfect.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Silence is golden.

All that glitters is not gold.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Only fools and horses work.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The age of miracles is past.

Go the extra mile.

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

All you need is love.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Any port in a storm.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Many hands make light work.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Virtue is its own reward.

Practice what you preach.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Oil and water don't mix.

More haste, less speed.

Live and learn.

There's one born every minute.

Cheats never prosper.

Better safe than sorry.

There are two sides to every question.

Faith will move mountains.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Nine tailors make a man.

Quid pro quo.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Nothing succeeds like success.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You win some, you lose some.

Misery loves company.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The show must go on.

Truth will out.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Patience is a virtue.

Fight fire with fire.

Keep your chin up.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.