Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Virtue is its own reward.

No man is an island.

No news is good news.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

There's no place like home.

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

Talk is cheap.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

The show must go on.

A bad penny always turns up.

All's fair in love and war.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Truth will out.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Enough is enough.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Hope springs eternal.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Time is a great healer.

Money makes the world go round.

The exception which proves the rule.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Walls have ears.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All publicity is good publicity.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Every stick has two ends.

A word to the wise is enough.

Seize the day.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Variety is the spice of life.

A golden key can open any door.

Everyone has their price.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All good things come to those that wait.

All things must pass.

No rest for the wicked.

Only the good die young.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Business before pleasure.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A thing begun is half done.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Knowledge is power.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The wages of sin is death.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Life is what you make it.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

No pain, no gain.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money talks.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The more the merrier.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Less said, soon mended.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Pride comes before a fall.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's no time like the present.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Time is money.

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

The end justifies the means.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's all grist to the mill.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Actions speak louder than words.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Half a loaf is better than none.

What goes around comes around.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Cheats never prosper.

An man's home is his castle.

Live and let live.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

To the victor go the spoils.

You reap what you sow.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Children and fools tell the truth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Good things come to those who wait.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Speak as you find.

Opposites attract.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Still waters run deep.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It takes one to know one.

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

Make haste slowly.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Love is blind.

It's the singer not the song.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Time flies.

Big fish eat little fish.

No man can serve two masters.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Wonders will never cease.

While there is life, there is hope.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Get out while the getting is good.

To every thing there is a season.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

There's one born every minute.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Keep your chin up.

A house is not a home.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's never too late to mend.

Haste makes waste.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A man is known by his friends.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It never rains but it pours.

Practice makes perfect.

All's well that ends well.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Crime doesn't pay.

The customer is always right.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Look before you leap.

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

Might is right.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's better to give than to receive.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Love makes the world go round.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A cat has nine lives.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Honesty is the best policy.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fortune favours the brave.

The Devil is in the details.

Horses for courses.

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

You can't take it with you.

First come, first served.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Even a worm will turn.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Life begins at forty.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Any port in a storm.

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

Seek and you shall find.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The Devil looks after his own.

Good talk saves the food.

Only fools and horses work.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Faith will move mountains.

Give the Devil his due.

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

The best things in life are free.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

First things first.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Love will find a way.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never tell tales out of school.

Great minds think alike.

Fight the good fight.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Live and learn.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

Count your blessings.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't always get what you want.

Persuasion is better than force.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

One good deed deserves another.

Time will tell.

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

There is honour among thieves.

All the world loves a lover.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you can't be good, be careful.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Quid pro quo.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Forgive and forget.

One hand washes the other.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Manners maketh the man.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let well alone.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Slow but sure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Money isn't everything.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Less is more.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Fight fire with fire.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

All that glitters is not gold.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Better late than never.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Practice what you preach.

Hide in plain sight.

There's safety in numbers.

Moderation in all things.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Paddle your own canoe.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes two to tango.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Charity begins at home.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Beware the Ides of March.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

For everything there is a season.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

All you need is love.

All roads lead to Rome.

A poor worker blames the tools.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make love not war.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Accidents will happen.

The age of miracles is past.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Many hands make light work.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Each to their own.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

What goes up must come down.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

More haste, less speed.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The bigger, the better.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

East is east, and west is west.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Waste not, want not.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't rock the boat.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If you build it, they will come.

Patience is a virtue.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Like father, like son.

East, west, home's best.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Third time lucky.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best-laid plans go astray.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Silence is golden.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.