An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Moderation in all things.

All's well that ends well.

Good things come in small packages.

Hide in plain sight.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Variety is the spice of life.

A new broom sweeps clean.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Fight the good fight.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Revenge is sweet.

You can't win them all.

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

The end justifies the means.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Every stick has two ends.

Charity begins at home.

Every dog has its day.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's one born every minute.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

No man can serve two masters.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Still waters run deep.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There's no smoke without fire.

Bad money drives out good.

Haste makes waste.

Only the good die young.

Speak as you find.

Practice makes perfect.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Enough is enough.

It takes one to know one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The truth will out.

There's no time like the present.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A man is known by his friends.

One hand washes the other.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Silence is golden.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You are what you eat.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Waste not, want not.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The early bird gets the worm.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money is the root of all evil.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beware the Ides of March.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Great minds think alike.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The more the merrier.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You win some, you lose some.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

More haste, less speed.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Learn to walk before you run.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It never rains but it pours.

East, west, home's best.

Talk is cheap.

It takes two to tango.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fight fire with fire.

Better late than never.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Every picture tells a story.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money makes the world go round.

Cheats never prosper.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many hands make light work.

A bad penny always turns up.

Keep your powder dry.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Persuasion is better than force.

First come, first served.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Time flies.

Make love not war.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Less is more.

Let bygones be bygones.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's better to give than to receive.

Dead men tell no tales.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Count your blessings.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Quid pro quo.

Silence construes consent.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's the singer not the song.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Knowledge is power.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's safety in numbers.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Even a worm will turn.

Opposites attract.

Third time lucky.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Truth will out.

Better safe than sorry.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A good man is hard to find.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't take it with you.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Any port in a storm.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Different strokes for different folks.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A watched pot never boils.

The customer is always right.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Let well alone.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no place like home.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Actions speak louder than words.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Time is a great healer.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Love is blind.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't rock the boat.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Money isn't everything.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One swallow does not a summer make.

To the victor go the spoils.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

All publicity is good publicity.

Tomorrow never comes.

Oil and water don't mix.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A dog is a man's best friend.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Look before you leap.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Horses for courses.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best defence is a good offence.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Seeing is believing.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Handsome is as handsome does.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

No pain, no gain.

Slow but sure.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All roads lead to Rome.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't always get what you want.

Put your best foot forward.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Good things come to those who wait.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Forgive and forget.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Patience is a virtue.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Live and let live.

A house is not a home.

All the world loves a lover.

The show must go on.

Share and share alike.

He who hesitates is lost.

Pearls of wisdom.

There are two sides to every question.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nothing new under the sun.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All you need is love.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Time is money.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Pride comes before a fall.

History repeats itself.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

You are never too old to learn.

What goes up must come down.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your chin up.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One good deed deserves another.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Easy come, easy go.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Home is where the heart is.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Ignorance is bliss.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Time will tell.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It's all grist to the mill.

Like father, like son.

Each to their own.

An man's home is his castle.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Love will find a way.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Give the Devil his due.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

God helps those who help themselves.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Live and learn.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Always put your best foot forward.

It's never too late to mend.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All good things come to those that wait.

Make haste slowly.

Big fish eat little fish.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

For everything there is a season.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

When one door shuts, another opens.

An army marches on its stomach.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Walls have ears.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Misery loves company.

Go the extra mile.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Practice what you preach.

It goes without saying.

Accidents will happen.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No news is good news.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

There's an exception to every rule.

Everyone has their price.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Life begins at forty.

Grief divided is made lighter.

No man is an island.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Manners maketh the man.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Bad news travels fast.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.