While there is life, there is hope.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time will tell.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's no time like the present.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A thing begun is half done.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A cat has nine lives.

Get out while the getting is good.

All that glitters is not gold.

Once bitten, twice shy.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Practice makes perfect.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There's one born every minute.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

For everything there is a season.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

An man's home is his castle.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Crime doesn't pay.

Give the Devil his due.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Silence is golden.

Seek and you shall find.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Different strokes for different folks.

Money talks.

Time is a great healer.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Great minds think alike.

There is honour among thieves.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's better to give than to receive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A cat may look at a king.

Give credit where credit is due.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Speak as you find.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Slow but sure.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Time is money.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Paddle your own canoe.

What goes up must come down.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

He who hesitates is lost.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

No news is good news.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Less said, soon mended.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

East, west, home's best.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Let well alone.

A good man is hard to find.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Moderation in all things.

What goes around comes around.

Cheats never prosper.

Truth will out.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Only the good die young.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Live and let live.

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

East is east, and west is west.

There are two sides to every question.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't take it with you.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Silence construes consent.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No man is an island.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The wages of sin is death.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Keep your chin up.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If you build it, they will come.

Walls have ears.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Never tell tales out of school.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Every picture tells a story.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Like father, like son.

Clothes do not make the man.

History repeats itself.

It goes without saying.

Patience is a virtue.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

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

Everyone has their price.

More haste, less speed.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Always put your best foot forward.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Still waters run deep.

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

Waste not, want not.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Each to their own.

Learn to walk before you run.

Big fish eat little fish.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Talk is cheap.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and learn.

Hide in plain sight.

The show must go on.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You win some, you lose some.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Time flies.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Look before you leap.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One good deed deserves another.

Fight fire with fire.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no place like home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Business before pleasure.

Keep your powder dry.

Seize the day.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Less is more.

You are never too old to learn.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A bad penny always turns up.

Any port in a storm.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

One hand washes the other.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You reap what you sow.

Honesty is the best policy.

Enough is enough.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Manners maketh the man.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

To every thing there is a season.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beware the Ides of March.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Wonders will never cease.

Only fools and horses work.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't get mad, get even.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Practice what you preach.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Blood is thicker than water.

Money is the root of all evil.

Fight the good fight.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Love will find a way.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Life is what you make it.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The early bird gets the worm.

Every dog has its day.

Stupid is as stupid does.

No rest for the wicked.

First things first.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Third time lucky.

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

The bigger, the better.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's all grist to the mill.

Might is right.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Pride comes before a fall.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love is blind.

The Devil looks after his own.

Tomorrow is another day.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes two to tango.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Charity begins at home.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Small things amuse small minds.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Good things come in small packages.

Forgive and forget.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The exception which proves the rule.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Another day, another dollar.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Love makes the world go round.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The age of miracles is past.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Money isn't everything.

There's safety in numbers.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Better late than never.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It never rains but it pours.

Share and share alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Many hands make light work.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Let bygones be bygones.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

You can't win them all.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Quid pro quo.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The end justifies the means.

Revenge is sweet.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All the world loves a lover.

Haste makes waste.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

All you need is love.

Count your blessings.

Misery loves company.

You are what you eat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

No pain, no gain.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All's well that ends well.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Life begins at forty.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.