Set a thief to catch a thief.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing new under the sun.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Third time lucky.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Each to their own.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Seek and you shall find.

There's no place like home.

Crime doesn't pay.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Live and let live.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The exception which proves the rule.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All roads lead to Rome.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't win them all.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

History repeats itself.

Only the good die young.

Still waters run deep.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Slow but sure.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Practice what you preach.

The show must go on.

Fight fire with fire.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can't always get what you want.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's one born every minute.

No man is an island.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

The more the merrier.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It takes one to know one.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't rock the boat.

Live and learn.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The bigger, the better.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Home is where the heart is.

The wages of sin is death.

Forgive and forget.

The end justifies the means.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A golden key can open any door.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Time will tell.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Great minds think alike.

There's safety in numbers.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Share and share alike.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Walls have ears.

Everyone has their price.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Big fish eat little fish.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It never rains but it pours.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cheats never prosper.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No rest for the wicked.

No man can serve two masters.

Better safe than sorry.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Two heads are better than one.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Easy come, easy go.

The age of miracles is past.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Seeing is believing.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Enough is enough.

Bad money drives out good.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Horses for courses.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

One hand washes the other.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The best defence is a good offence.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The customer is always right.

Physician, heal thyself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It takes two to tango.

Life is what you make it.

The Devil is in the details.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Talk is cheap.

First come, first served.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's never too late to mend.

Even a worm will turn.

An man's home is his castle.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best things in life are free.

One good deed deserves another.

No pain, no gain.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Fight the good fight.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Blood is thicker than water.

Shrouds have no pockets.

While there is life, there is hope.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It goes without saying.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

God helps those who help themselves.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The best is the enemy of the good.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

A house is not a home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Pride comes before a fall.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Get out while the getting is good.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Give the Devil his due.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Accidents will happen.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Misery loves company.

Practice makes perfect.

Another day, another dollar.

Only fools and horses work.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There's no time like the present.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let bygones be bygones.

An army marches on its stomach.

Business before pleasure.

All you need is love.

For everything there is a season.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Any port in a storm.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never tell tales out of school.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Many hands make light work.

Time is a great healer.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Persuasion is better than force.

Money is the root of all evil.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Curiosity killed the cat.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

No news is good news.

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

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

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

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You reap what you sow.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A watched pot never boils.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Time flies.

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

Moderation in all things.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

What goes around comes around.

You are never too old to learn.

Better late than never.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A good man is hard to find.

A cat may look at a king.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

East, west, home's best.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The truth will out.

Truth will out.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Variety is the spice of life.

All's well that ends well.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Different strokes for different folks.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Bad news travels fast.

Money talks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Like father, like son.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Seize the day.

To every thing there is a season.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Honesty is the best policy.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Quid pro quo.

Ignorance is bliss.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A miss is as good as a mile.

What goes up must come down.

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

All things must pass.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

A man is known by his friends.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Paddle your own canoe.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Hope springs eternal.

Virtue is its own reward.

Go the extra mile.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Speak as you find.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Look before you leap.

Keep your powder dry.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let well alone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Wonders will never cease.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Patience is a virtue.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Love is blind.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Money makes the world go round.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Tomorrow is another day.

Faith will move mountains.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A bad penny always turns up.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Money isn't everything.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Tomorrow never comes.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Charity begins at home.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Opposites attract.

To the victor go the spoils.

Stupid is as stupid does.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A fish always rots from the head.

Might is right.

First things first.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

In the midst of life we are in death.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Less is more.

Small things amuse small minds.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let the buyer beware.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't take it with you.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You win some, you lose some.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

More haste, less speed.

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

Hide in plain sight.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Life's not all beer and skittles.