It's best to be on the safe side.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Business before pleasure.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Truth will out.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Accidents will happen.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Enough is enough.

Oil and water don't mix.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't win them all.

There are two sides to every question.

Tomorrow never comes.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Actions speak louder than words.

Horses for courses.

Don't rock the boat.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Every stick has two ends.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Nine tailors make a man.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and learn.

Beware the Ides of March.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no place like home.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

First come, first served.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Go the extra mile.

More haste, less speed.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Walls have ears.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Many hands make light work.

Slow but sure.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no time like the present.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All things must pass.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A good man is hard to find.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Waste not, want not.

Love will find a way.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

What goes around comes around.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

All you need is love.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

No pain, no gain.

The early bird gets the worm.

Every dog has its day.

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

You are what you eat.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't take it with you.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's safety in numbers.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

The show must go on.

Time will tell.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

No news is good news.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Time flies.

Persuasion is better than force.

Pearls of wisdom.

For everything there is a season.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Might is right.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Haste makes waste.

A thing begun is half done.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

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

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Good things come in small packages.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

East, west, home's best.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Make love not war.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Home is where the heart is.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A golden key can open any door.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Strike while the iron is hot.

He who hesitates is lost.

Life begins at forty.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Less is more.

Keep your chin up.

All good things come to those that wait.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A cat may look at a king.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes two to tango.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Better late than never.

A house is not a home.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The wages of sin is death.

The best defence is a good offence.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Silence construes consent.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Seize the day.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

An man's home is his castle.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It takes one to know one.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Ignorance is bliss.

Knowledge is power.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's one born every minute.

Paddle your own canoe.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Great minds think alike.

All good things must come to an end.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Fight the good fight.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Time is a great healer.

Patience is a virtue.

It's the singer not the song.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let well alone.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Talk is cheap.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

All that glitters is not gold.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Live and let live.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The end justifies the means.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Every picture tells a story.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Love is blind.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

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

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

First things first.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

The age of miracles is past.

What goes up must come down.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The Devil looks after his own.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Variety is the spice of life.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You win some, you lose some.

You reap what you sow.

Opposites attract.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Share and share alike.

Practice what you preach.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Charity begins at home.

While there is life, there is hope.

The customer is always right.

Revenge is sweet.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Hide in plain sight.

Make haste slowly.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

An army marches on its stomach.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Time is money.

Put your best foot forward.

Easy come, easy go.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You are never too old to learn.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Any port in a storm.

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

Forgive and forget.

It goes without saying.

There's an exception to every rule.

One hand washes the other.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fight fire with fire.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's never too late to mend.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The more the merrier.

Seeing is believing.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Quid pro quo.

Practice makes perfect.

Two heads are better than one.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All's fair in love and war.

Less said, soon mended.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Crime doesn't pay.

The exception which proves the rule.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The truth will out.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Silence is golden.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Time is a great healer.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Virtue is its own reward.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

To every thing there is a season.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All publicity is good publicity.

Always put your best foot forward.

Count your blessings.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never go to bed on an argument.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Good talk saves the food.

Third time lucky.

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

Speak as you find.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

The bigger, the better.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Bad money drives out good.

Give the Devil his due.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The Devil is in the details.

Hope springs eternal.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Big fish eat little fish.

Even a worm will turn.

Different strokes for different folks.

No rest for the wicked.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Each to their own.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Still waters run deep.

No man can serve two masters.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The best things in life are free.

No man is an island.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Look before you leap.

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

One good deed deserves another.