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

Practice makes perfect.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All's fair in love and war.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love makes the world go round.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The exception which proves the rule.

One hand washes the other.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Slow but sure.

All the world loves a lover.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Silence is golden.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Still waters run deep.

All good things come to those that wait.

Never give a sucker an even break.

To every thing there is a season.

Quid pro quo.

The best things in life are free.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The show must go on.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You reap what you sow.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every dog has its day.

Money talks.

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

Opposites attract.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Seize the day.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Two heads are better than one.

Any port in a storm.

Big fish eat little fish.

Life begins at forty.

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

No news is good news.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Time will tell.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't rock the boat.

What goes around comes around.

There's no place like home.

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

Time flies.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Accidents will happen.

Misery loves company.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Third time lucky.

Money isn't everything.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Only the good die young.

Different strokes for different folks.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The customer is always right.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The more the merrier.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Seek and you shall find.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Waste not, want not.

All you need is love.

Patience is a virtue.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Good things come in small packages.

Less said, soon mended.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Time is money.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A cat has nine lives.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

If you build it, they will come.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It takes two to tango.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Pearls of wisdom.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

All things must pass.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Love will find a way.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Blood is thicker than water.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Learn to walk before you run.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Even a worm will turn.

The truth will out.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Better late than never.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Less is more.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Pride comes before a fall.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Business before pleasure.

Tomorrow is another day.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All roads lead to Rome.

Another day, another dollar.

Paddle your own canoe.

You are never too old to learn.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Live and let live.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Life is what you make it.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's one born every minute.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Devil looks after his own.

Revenge is sweet.

Silence construes consent.

Great minds think alike.

He who hesitates is lost.

Horses for courses.

A man is known by his friends.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No pain, no gain.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Haste makes waste.

Bad news travels fast.

Let well alone.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Crime doesn't pay.

Look before you leap.

Make haste slowly.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Walls have ears.

An man's home is his castle.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You can't win them all.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Bad money drives out good.

Time is a great healer.

It never rains but it pours.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

You are what you eat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Charity begins at home.

It's the singer not the song.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Go the extra mile.

It's never too late to mend.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You win some, you lose some.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Oil and water don't mix.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Talk is cheap.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Hide in plain sight.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An army marches on its stomach.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Dead men tell no tales.

A bad penny always turns up.

Home is where the heart is.

Might is right.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

One good deed deserves another.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Every stick has two ends.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Share and share alike.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

No rest for the wicked.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes one to know one.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cheats never prosper.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Count your blessings.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Seeing is believing.

Money makes the world go round.

Always put your best foot forward.

East, west, home's best.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Wonders will never cease.

Live and learn.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let the buyer beware.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All's well that ends well.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A golden key can open any door.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It goes without saying.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The age of miracles is past.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Good talk saves the food.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Keep your powder dry.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A thing begun is half done.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There are two sides to every question.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't get mad, get even.

Each to their own.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A good man is hard to find.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No man can serve two masters.

A cat may look at a king.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Truth will out.

Many hands make light work.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't take it with you.

First come, first served.

The wages of sin is death.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no time like the present.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Manners maketh the man.

Everyone has their price.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Easy come, easy go.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

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

Love is blind.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Like father, like son.

Better safe than sorry.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Fight the good fight.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Put your best foot forward.

No man is an island.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Only fools and horses work.

Make love not war.

Half a loaf is better than none.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

First things first.

For everything there is a season.

Tomorrow never comes.

The bigger, the better.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Speak as you find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Keep your chin up.