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

In the midst of life we are in death.

First things first.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Even a worm will turn.

Live and learn.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It's the singer not the song.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Count your blessings.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

All things must pass.

Time flies.

Bad money drives out good.

First impressions are the most lasting.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Great minds think alike.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Attack is the best form of defence.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Silence is golden.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The age of miracles is past.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

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

Each to their own.

Oil and water don't mix.

Third time lucky.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Let the buyer beware.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's all grist to the mill.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A bad penny always turns up.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The Devil is in the details.

A cat may look at a king.

The show must go on.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cheats never prosper.

All that glitters is not gold.

You are what you eat.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Only the good die young.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Charity begins at home.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A golden key can open any door.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Look before you leap.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

East, west, home's best.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money talks.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Knowledge is power.

Opposites attract.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Revenge is sweet.

Small things amuse small minds.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

First come, first served.

Like father, like son.

When one door shuts, another opens.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Horses for courses.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Wonders will never cease.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Forgive and forget.

Love makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Virtue is its own reward.

If you can't be good, be careful.

No man can serve two masters.

No news is good news.

Good fences make good neighbours.

No rest for the wicked.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Practice what you preach.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Blood is thicker than water.

Fight the good fight.

Honesty is the best policy.

It takes one to know one.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Home is where the heart is.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Might is right.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All's well that ends well.

There's one born every minute.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's safety in numbers.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

What goes around comes around.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love will find a way.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Practice makes perfect.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Put your best foot forward.

Better late than never.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Moderation in all things.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Life is what you make it.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Less is more.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You can't win them all.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Physician, heal thyself.

While there is life, there is hope.

One hand washes the other.

Once bitten, twice shy.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Different strokes for different folks.

To every thing there is a season.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There is honour among thieves.

A house is not a home.

Any port in a storm.

You win some, you lose some.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All publicity is good publicity.

It takes two to tango.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Bad news travels fast.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Haste makes waste.

Enough is enough.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It's better to give than to receive.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Give the Devil his due.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Waste not, want not.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All you need is love.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beggars can't be choosers.

He who hesitates is lost.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Less said, soon mended.

Keep your chin up.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Life begins at forty.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One good deed deserves another.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love is blind.

Money isn't everything.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All the world loves a lover.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Easy come, easy go.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You are never too old to learn.

Give credit where credit is due.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A word to the wise is enough.

Persuasion is better than force.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A fish always rots from the head.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Manners maketh the man.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Go the extra mile.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Hide in plain sight.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Never tell tales out of school.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A thing begun is half done.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The best things in life are free.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time is a great healer.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

A man is known by his friends.

Birds of a feather flock together.

An man's home is his castle.

Time is money.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Faith will move mountains.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Share and share alike.

The best-laid plans go astray.

All good things must come to an end.

Nine tailors make a man.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The truth will out.

Don't rock the boat.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Walls have ears.

Shrouds have no pockets.

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone has their price.

East is east, and west is west.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

There's an exception to every rule.

Time will tell.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Seek and you shall find.

Accidents will happen.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Pearls of wisdom.

Seeing is believing.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Misery loves company.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Crime doesn't pay.

Keep your powder dry.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Hope springs eternal.

Actions speak louder than words.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Seize the day.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beware the Ides of March.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Silence construes consent.

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

Every stick has two ends.

No man is an island.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let bygones be bygones.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The more the merrier.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Many hands make light work.

Better safe than sorry.

God helps those who help themselves.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Make haste slowly.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All's fair in love and war.

Every picture tells a story.

Pearls of wisdom.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

Truth will out.

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

Talk is cheap.

Another day, another dollar.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Every dog has its day.

You reap what you sow.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Live and let live.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The end justifies the means.

You can't take it with you.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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