Strike while the iron is hot.

Look before you leap.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't win them all.

There's no time like the present.

An man's home is his castle.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A house is not a home.

Talk is cheap.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Horses for courses.

Different strokes for different folks.

Every dog has its day.

Don't rock the boat.

There's no place like home.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Seek and you shall find.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Misery loves company.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All good things must come to an end.

Many hands make light work.

There's one born every minute.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You are never too old to learn.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The best things in life are free.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

The more the merrier.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The exception which proves the rule.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You reap what you sow.

Practice what you preach.

There's no smoke without fire.

Seize the day.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

All publicity is good publicity.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Silence is golden.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Keep your chin up.

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

The customer is always right.

All's well that ends well.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hide in plain sight.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Make haste slowly.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Enough is as good as a feast.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Money makes the world go round.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Waste not, want not.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Truth will out.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Time will tell.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best defence is a good offence.

Any port in a storm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Tomorrow is another day.

Variety is the spice of life.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Dead men tell no tales.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Go the extra mile.

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

Money isn't everything.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A golden key can open any door.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All the world loves a lover.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Wonders will never cease.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love will find a way.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You win some, you lose some.

Virtue is its own reward.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Manners maketh the man.

Pearls of wisdom.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Nothing new under the sun.

Bad news travels fast.

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

The end justifies the means.

Actions speak louder than words.

Handsome is as handsome does.

East is east, and west is west.

East, west, home's best.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Money talks.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Seeing is believing.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time is a great healer.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Even a worm will turn.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You are what you eat.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Good things come to those who wait.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bigger, the better.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Might is right.

All good things come to those that wait.

Quid pro quo.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Give the Devil his due.

A cat has nine lives.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time is money.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Beware the Ides of March.

Two heads are better than one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It takes one to know one.

Haste makes waste.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The show must go on.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Knowledge is power.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Hope springs eternal.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Speak as you find.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No man is an island.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A fish always rots from the head.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Slow but sure.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Nine tailors make a man.

God helps those who help themselves.

Life is what you make it.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Better late than never.

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

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

Silence construes consent.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Less said, soon mended.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Only fools and horses work.

No pain, no gain.

First things first.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Let well alone.

Always put your best foot forward.

One hand washes the other.

Each to their own.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

History repeats itself.

All's fair in love and war.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

No man can serve two masters.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes two to tango.

Love makes the world go round.

Never tell tales out of school.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Blood is thicker than water.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A man is known by his friends.

Fight the good fight.

Good fences make good neighbours.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

What goes up must come down.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's all grist to the mill.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

It's never too late to mend.

No news is good news.

Every stick has two ends.

A good man is hard to find.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

All things must pass.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Another day, another dollar.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fortune favours the brave.

A thing begun is half done.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's safety in numbers.

For everything there is a season.

All that glitters is not gold.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

He who hesitates is lost.

Pride comes before a fall.

Accidents will happen.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Share and share alike.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Bad money drives out good.

It's the singer not the song.

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

All you need is love.

Honesty is the best policy.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Practice makes perfect.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

It goes without saying.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

You can't take it with you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't get mad, get even.

Live and learn.

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

Cheats never prosper.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The wages of sin is death.

Revenge is sweet.

It's better to give than to receive.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Great minds think alike.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

First come, first served.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

What goes around comes around.

Give credit where credit is due.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Oil and water don't mix.

Live and let live.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The truth will out.

Enough is enough.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Still waters run deep.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Everyone has their price.

Third time lucky.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Time flies.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Easy come, easy go.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There are two sides to every question.

You can't take it with you.