Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't rock the boat.

The early bird gets the worm.

Charity begins at home.

East is east, and west is west.

Once bitten, twice shy.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The Devil looks after his own.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

You can't always get what you want.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Haste makes waste.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Enough is enough.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Faith will move mountains.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A watched pot never boils.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Go the extra mile.

Silence construes consent.

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

Share and share alike.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Seek and you shall find.

If you can't be good, be careful.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best things in life are free.

Great minds think alike.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The wages of sin is death.

You can't win them all.

Keep your powder dry.

Pearls of wisdom.

The end justifies the means.

Money isn't everything.

Quid pro quo.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Knowledge is power.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's one born every minute.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No pain, no gain.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Each to their own.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Learn to walk before you run.

Like father, like son.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The best defence is a good offence.

All that glitters is not gold.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Third time lucky.

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

Still waters run deep.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There's safety in numbers.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A cat may look at a king.

Fight the good fight.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Time flies.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Business before pleasure.

The customer is always right.

It's all grist to the mill.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fortune favours the brave.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Money is the root of all evil.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A thing begun is half done.

No man is an island.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Bad money drives out good.

Honesty is the best policy.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Tomorrow is another day.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You reap what you sow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't throw good money after bad.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Revenge is sweet.

Actions speak louder than words.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Less is more.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Misery loves company.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Moderation in all things.

No news is good news.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Time is a great healer.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Time is money.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All good things must come to an end.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It's better to give than to receive.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Everyone has their price.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Patience is a virtue.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A bad penny always turns up.

It goes without saying.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

To the victor go the spoils.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

No man can serve two masters.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A fish always rots from the head.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Crime doesn't pay.

Every dog has its day.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

What goes up must come down.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Make love not war.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Nothing new under the sun.

Two heads are better than one.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

East, west, home's best.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The Devil is in the details.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Only the good die young.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The best-laid plans go astray.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Good talk saves the food.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no smoke without fire.

He who hesitates is lost.

Any port in a storm.

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

There's no time like the present.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The age of miracles is past.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A house is not a home.

Let bygones be bygones.

Horses for courses.

Wonders will never cease.

Time will tell.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Put your best foot forward.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You are what you eat.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Even a worm will turn.

Look before you leap.

Hide in plain sight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

No rest for the wicked.

Let well alone.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Pride comes before a fall.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

Practice makes perfect.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

First come, first served.

Count your blessings.

Bad news travels fast.

Slow but sure.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Seeing is believing.

Live and learn.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Accidents will happen.

To every thing there is a season.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Waste not, want not.

All things must pass.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One good deed deserves another.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The more the merrier.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A golden key can open any door.

Give the Devil his due.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Money talks.

All you need is love.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Life is what you make it.

Virtue is its own reward.

Make haste slowly.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Practice what you preach.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Paddle your own canoe.

Different strokes for different folks.

Possession is nine points of the law.

More haste, less speed.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Money makes the world go round.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An army marches on its stomach.

Better late than never.

One hand washes the other.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There is honour among thieves.

It takes one to know one.

For everything there is a season.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Speak as you find.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

While there is life, there is hope.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Physician, heal thyself.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's the singer not the song.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes two to tango.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Might is right.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Let the buyer beware.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Every stick has two ends.

Keep your chin up.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

All's well that ends well.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

First things first.

First impressions are the most lasting.

What goes around comes around.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't get mad, get even.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Dead men tell no tales.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Talk is cheap.

Hope springs eternal.

Silence is golden.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.