When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One hand washes the other.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Might is right.

Only the good die young.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Look before you leap.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love is blind.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Seeing is believing.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The best things in life are free.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Better late than never.

All's well that ends well.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Hide in plain sight.

History repeats itself.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's a time and a place for everything.

What goes up must come down.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Nine tailors make a man.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Blood is thicker than water.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Money talks.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Give the Devil his due.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Horses for courses.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Good things come in small packages.

The exception which proves the rule.

All things must pass.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's the singer not the song.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Man does not live by bread alone.

No news is good news.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Speak as you find.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Better safe than sorry.

The truth will out.

You reap what you sow.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hope springs eternal.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time will tell.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All good things come to those that wait.

First things first.

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

It takes two to tango.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

No man can serve two masters.

There's no smoke without fire.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Silence construes consent.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Once bitten, twice shy.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Fortune favours the brave.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Live and let live.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Actions speak louder than words.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Crime doesn't pay.

Each to their own.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Never tell tales out of school.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Everyone has their price.

Time flies.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A golden key can open any door.

Love makes the world go round.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Business before pleasure.

The Devil looks after his own.

The bigger, the better.

The age of miracles is past.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Time is money.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It never rains but it pours.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

Like father, like son.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Accidents will happen.

It goes without saying.

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The customer is always right.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fight fire with fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There is honour among thieves.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You can't take it with you.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

It takes one to know one.

Opposites attract.

More haste, less speed.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No man is an island.

Moderation in all things.

There's one born every minute.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's no place like home.

Tomorrow is another day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let well alone.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Laughter is the best medicine.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Persuasion is better than force.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Wonders will never cease.

Still waters run deep.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Count your blessings.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Forgive and forget.

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

No rest for the wicked.

You can't always get what you want.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No pain, no gain.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

You can't win them all.

The show must go on.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Less is more.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The best defence is a good offence.

All you need is love.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Third time lucky.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All good things must come to an end.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Live and learn.

Learn to walk before you run.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Get out while the getting is good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Honesty is the best policy.

Let bygones be bygones.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You win some, you lose some.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Revenge is sweet.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A word to the wise is enough.

For everything there is a season.

Truth will out.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bad money drives out good.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Any port in a storm.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't make bricks without straw.

East, west, home's best.

Time is a great healer.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Good things come to those who wait.

A poor worker blames the tools.

While there is life, there is hope.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Talk is cheap.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no time like the present.

Great minds think alike.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

First come, first served.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Practice what you preach.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The end justifies the means.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Charity begins at home.

Practice makes perfect.

There's an exception to every rule.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

All that glitters is not gold.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fish always rots from the head.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Home is where the heart is.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The wages of sin is death.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A bad penny always turns up.

A thing begun is half done.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Waste not, want not.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Money is the root of all evil.

Make love not war.

If you build it, they will come.

Go the extra mile.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Bad news travels fast.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let the buyer beware.

Fight the good fight.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Clothes do not make the man.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your powder dry.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Put your best foot forward.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

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.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Life begins at forty.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Misery loves company.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

East is east, and west is west.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Dead men tell no tales.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Even a worm will turn.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

To every thing there is a season.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All roads lead to Rome.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Seek and you shall find.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Haste makes waste.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Life is what you make it.

Only fools and horses work.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A cat may look at a king.

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

All's fair in love and war.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Virtue is its own reward.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Make haste slowly.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Every stick has two ends.

Share and share alike.

The pen is mightier than sword.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Stupid is as stupid does.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Silence is golden.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Two wrongs don't make a right.