First impressions are the most lasting.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You reap what you sow.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Honesty is the best policy.

History repeats itself.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best defence is a good offence.

There's safety in numbers.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's no smoke without fire.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't rock the boat.

You win some, you lose some.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Great minds think alike.

Life is what you make it.

There are two sides to every question.

The more the merrier.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Count your blessings.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Quid pro quo.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The best things in life are free.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Good things come to those who wait.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All things must pass.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

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

Speak as you find.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Marriages are made in heaven.

First come, first served.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Never speak ill of the dead.

No news is good news.

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

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

Practice makes perfect.

One hand washes the other.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The show must go on.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It never rains but it pours.

Blood is thicker than water.

It takes one to know one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You are never too old to learn.

Easy come, easy go.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Crime doesn't pay.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Ignorance is bliss.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Physician, heal thyself.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Look before you leap.

Seek and you shall find.

Bad money drives out good.

Slow but sure.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Time flies.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A cat has nine lives.

Let the buyer beware.

Better late than never.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

East is east, and west is west.

The end justifies the means.

A word to the wise is enough.

Give credit where credit is due.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

More haste, less speed.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

All you need is love.

Money is the root of all evil.

There's no time like the present.

Misery loves company.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fortune favours the brave.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Stupid is as stupid does.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Persuasion is better than force.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All good things must come to an end.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Children and fools tell the truth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A house is not a home.

Still waters run deep.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The customer is always right.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Enough is enough.

Home is where the heart is.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Any port in a storm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Less said, soon mended.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Opposites attract.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Put your best foot forward.

A bad penny always turns up.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The exception which proves the rule.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Share and share alike.

Hope springs eternal.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Variety is the spice of life.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Everyone has their price.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You can't always get what you want.

Fight the good fight.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All that glitters is not gold.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To the victor go the spoils.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't take it with you.

Patience is a virtue.

If you build it, they will come.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Accidents will happen.

Business before pleasure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

East, west, home's best.

Live and let live.

You are what you eat.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never tell tales out of school.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

The age of miracles is past.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A good man is hard to find.

All's well that ends well.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A miss is as good as a mile.

He who hesitates is lost.

All roads lead to Rome.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Let well alone.

A thing begun is half done.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There is no accounting for tastes.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One good deed deserves another.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A golden key can open any door.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

To every thing there is a season.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There's no place like home.

All the world loves a lover.

It takes two to tango.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Only fools and horses work.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Pearls of wisdom.

Talk is cheap.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Faith will move mountains.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Get out while the getting is good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Tomorrow is another day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

What goes up must come down.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Charity begins at home.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Time will tell.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Small things amuse small minds.

Love will find a way.

No pain, no gain.

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

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

Make love not war.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Might is right.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Keep your powder dry.

It goes without saying.

For everything there is a season.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Keep your chin up.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love is blind.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Like father, like son.

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

Make haste slowly.

Time is money.

Give the Devil his due.

What goes around comes around.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good things come in small packages.

Wonders will never cease.

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Every picture tells a story.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Knowledge is power.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Truth will out.

There's an exception to every rule.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bigger, the better.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Haste makes waste.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You can't win them all.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

All's fair in love and war.

Live and learn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

What can't be cured must be endured.

No rest for the wicked.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Cheats never prosper.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

No man is an island.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A man is known by his friends.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If the cap fits, wear it.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fight fire with fire.

A watched pot never boils.

Many hands make light work.

The truth will out.

Life begins at forty.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Tomorrow never comes.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It's the singer not the song.

There's one born every minute.

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

Even a worm will turn.

A fish always rots from the head.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's never too late to mend.

Horses for courses.

Less is more.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Time is a great healer.

Bad news travels fast.

Seize the day.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.