The age of miracles is past.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Good things come in small packages.

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

You are what you eat.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Hope springs eternal.

All roads lead to Rome.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All good things come to those that wait.

Oil and water don't mix.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your powder dry.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The end justifies the means.

The best-laid plans go astray.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Revenge is sweet.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fortune favours the brave.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Only the good die young.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The bigger, the better.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Seeing is believing.

Different strokes for different folks.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Practice what you preach.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Count your blessings.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Waste not, want not.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All publicity is good publicity.

Actions speak louder than words.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Silence construes consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

There's one born every minute.

First things first.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Never tell tales out of school.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Easy come, easy go.

All things must pass.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Everyone has their price.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't rock the boat.

Seek and you shall find.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Still waters run deep.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A golden key can open any door.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Speak as you find.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You win some, you lose some.

Good fences make good neighbours.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Misery loves company.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cheats never prosper.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Big fish eat little fish.

East, west, home's best.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

One hand washes the other.

To the victor go the spoils.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make haste slowly.

Time is money.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Every stick has two ends.

It's all grist to the mill.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Manners maketh the man.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Ignorance is bliss.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Home is where the heart is.

The show must go on.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and let live.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't win them all.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

The best things in life are free.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Moderation in all things.

Love makes the world go round.

Faith will move mountains.

Dead men tell no tales.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Time is a great healer.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No man can serve two masters.

Silence is golden.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

More haste, less speed.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Truth will out.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Give the Devil his due.

It's never too late to mend.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A house is not a home.

Make love not war.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

Slow but sure.

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

You can't take it with you.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

No pain, no gain.

For everything there is a season.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A bad penny always turns up.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Hide in plain sight.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A good man is hard to find.

Shrouds have no pockets.

No man is an island.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Get out while the getting is good.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every picture tells a story.

Haste makes waste.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't always get what you want.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

A cat has nine lives.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Opposites attract.

Patience is a virtue.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let well alone.

Never speak ill of the dead.

No news is good news.

What goes up must come down.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Even a worm will turn.

Seize the day.

Less is more.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Money is the root of all evil.

What goes around comes around.

Life is what you make it.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It goes without saying.

All the world loves a lover.

It takes two to tango.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Forgive and forget.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

There's no place like home.

Wonders will never cease.

Each to their own.

Any port in a storm.

Good things come to those who wait.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

First come, first served.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't get mad, get even.

All's well that ends well.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Charity begins at home.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The truth will out.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Money makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It takes one to know one.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Learn to walk before you run.

Money isn't everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Accidents will happen.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

God helps those who help themselves.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Many hands make light work.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Better safe than sorry.

Live and learn.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's the singer not the song.

Knowledge is power.

Third time lucky.

East is east, and west is west.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Time will tell.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All you need is love.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Persuasion is better than force.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Time flies.

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

Enough is enough.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Talk is cheap.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Every dog has its day.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's an exception to every rule.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Horses for courses.

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

Another day, another dollar.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Virtue is its own reward.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Only fools and horses work.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fight the good fight.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Small things amuse small minds.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Less said, soon mended.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

To every thing there is a season.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great minds think alike.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Paddle your own canoe.

All that glitters is not gold.

Bad news travels fast.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The customer is always right.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Put your best foot forward.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Share and share alike.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Quid pro quo.

Look before you leap.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Practice makes perfect.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It never rains but it pours.

Crime doesn't pay.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A watched pot never boils.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money talks.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

If you build it, they will come.

A problem shared is a problem halved.