Make haste slowly.

To every thing there is a season.

A fish always rots from the head.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A golden key can open any door.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Love will find a way.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Life begins at forty.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

What goes around comes around.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All the world loves a lover.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Money isn't everything.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Look before you leap.

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

There's no time like the present.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Speak as you find.

Life is what you make it.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Wonders will never cease.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

All publicity is good publicity.

Any port in a storm.

There's safety in numbers.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

While there is life, there is hope.

Enough is enough.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

An man's home is his castle.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

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

No man is an island.

It's better to give than to receive.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Give credit where credit is due.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Better late than never.

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

The end justifies the means.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's no place like home.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Faith will move mountains.

No rest for the wicked.

Fight the good fight.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Devil looks after his own.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Haste makes waste.

A house is not a home.

All roads lead to Rome.

The customer is always right.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Different strokes for different folks.

Moderation in all things.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Each to their own.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Business before pleasure.

One good deed deserves another.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A cat may look at a king.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money is the root of all evil.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

All things must pass.

An army marches on its stomach.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Live and let live.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Time is money.

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

First things first.

It's all grist to the mill.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Two heads are better than one.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Let well alone.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Practice what you preach.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Less is more.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Accidents will happen.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All's fair in love and war.

Time is a great healer.

Truth will out.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Third time lucky.

All good things come to those that wait.

Seize the day.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Horses for courses.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

East, west, home's best.

Hope springs eternal.

Time will tell.

One hand washes the other.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Always put your best foot forward.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Charity begins at home.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You can't always get what you want.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You win some, you lose some.

Fight fire with fire.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Great minds think alike.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Laughter is the best medicine.

First come, first served.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Seek and you shall find.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

More haste, less speed.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Waste not, want not.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Silence construes consent.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

All you need is love.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Good talk saves the food.

It's never too late to mend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Talk is cheap.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Bad news travels fast.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A leopard can't change its spots.

To the victor go the spoils.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You are what you eat.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Crime doesn't pay.

Revenge is sweet.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A bad penny always turns up.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Love makes the world go round.

The bigger, the better.

The wages of sin is death.

Beware the Ides of March.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Silence is golden.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Share and share alike.

Let the buyer beware.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fortune favours the brave.

Honesty is the best policy.

Quid pro quo.

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

Don't rock the boat.

There's one born every minute.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It never rains but it pours.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Time flies.

The exception which proves the rule.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nine tailors make a man.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Patience is a virtue.

A thing begun is half done.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

It goes without saying.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Dead men tell no tales.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No news is good news.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many hands make light work.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

You can't win them all.

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

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Cheats never prosper.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Only the good die young.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every stick has two ends.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Every picture tells a story.

Everyone has their price.

You can't take it with you.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Live and learn.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't get mad, get even.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Give the Devil his due.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The best defence is a good offence.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

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

Walls have ears.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Make love not war.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Seeing is believing.

For everything there is a season.

Grief divided is made lighter.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Youth is wasted on the young.

If you build it, they will come.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's an exception to every rule.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Tomorrow never comes.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A bad penny always turns up.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Virtue is its own reward.

The Devil is in the details.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Practice makes perfect.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Love is blind.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Still waters run deep.

A watched pot never boils.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

What goes up must come down.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All's well that ends well.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Count your blessings.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Opposites attract.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Only fools and horses work.

Hide in plain sight.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Money talks.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Misery loves company.

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

Go the extra mile.

A word to the wise is enough.