Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Horses for courses.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Make love not war.

Still waters run deep.

What goes around comes around.

Dead men tell no tales.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Wonders will never cease.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

You reap what you sow.

Physician, heal thyself.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes one to know one.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All's fair in love and war.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Give credit where credit is due.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Paddle your own canoe.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

All the world loves a lover.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Misery loves company.

The age of miracles is past.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Bad money drives out good.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Home is where the heart is.

Learn to walk before you run.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The end justifies the means.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't win them all.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Business before pleasure.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Better safe than sorry.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Live and learn.

You can't always get what you want.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No rest for the wicked.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

An man's home is his castle.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Less said, soon mended.

Keep your powder dry.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All good things come to those that wait.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A good man is hard to find.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The early bird gets the worm.

Practice what you preach.

All you need is love.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Clothes do not make the man.

Keep your chin up.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let bygones be bygones.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time is a great healer.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Seize the day.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No man can serve two masters.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Waste not, want not.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Any port in a storm.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Truth will out.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's safety in numbers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Seek and you shall find.

A leopard can't change its spots.

East, west, home's best.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Even a worm will turn.

Less is more.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

All's well that ends well.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

No news is good news.

Share and share alike.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Oil and water don't mix.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Silence construes consent.

A bad penny always turns up.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's all grist to the mill.

One hand washes the other.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Haste makes waste.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

First things first.

Crime doesn't pay.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Better late than never.

Patience is a virtue.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Each to their own.

Money isn't everything.

Time flies.

The bigger, the better.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Different strokes for different folks.

A house is not a home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

More haste, less speed.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All roads lead to Rome.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Love makes the world go round.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

To every thing there is a season.

No man is an island.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

To the victor go the spoils.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It never rains but it pours.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Money makes the world go round.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Go the extra mile.

Accidents will happen.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Might is right.

Let the buyer beware.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Faith will move mountains.

Seeing is believing.

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

Count your blessings.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Live and let live.

The show must go on.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Persuasion is better than force.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Silence is golden.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Honesty is the best policy.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Put your best foot forward.

A cat has nine lives.

Life is what you make it.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two heads are better than one.

There's no time like the present.

History repeats itself.

Third time lucky.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Moderation in all things.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Love will find a way.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Forgive and forget.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Everyone has their price.

Good talk saves the food.

Tomorrow never comes.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You are what you eat.

Quid pro quo.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If you build it, they will come.

Get out while the getting is good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Fight the good fight.

No pain, no gain.

Enough is enough.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Blood is thicker than water.

It's better to give than to receive.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Speak as you find.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Every stick has two ends.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You are never too old to learn.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cold hands, warm heart.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It's never too late to mend.

Never tell tales out of school.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The truth will out.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Like father, like son.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Actions speak louder than words.

Love is blind.

For everything there is a season.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

First come, first served.

All things must pass.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All that glitters is not gold.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Slow but sure.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Only the good die young.

Every picture tells a story.

Practice makes perfect.

There's no place like home.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't take it with you.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Life begins at forty.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Look before you leap.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time is money.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The customer is always right.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's one born every minute.

Manners maketh the man.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let well alone.

Hide in plain sight.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Make haste slowly.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

While there is life, there is hope.

Opposites attract.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Many hands make light work.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Money talks.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Speak as you find.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

What goes up must come down.