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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Fight fire with fire.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Give the Devil his due.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Time will tell.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Revenge is sweet.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All good things must come to an end.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Go the extra mile.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The customer is always right.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't take it with you.

Learn to walk before you run.

Big fish eat little fish.

Like father, like son.

Opposites attract.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The Devil looks after his own.

First things first.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Faith will move mountains.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You win some, you lose some.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All good things come to those that wait.

Seeing is believing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Always put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Love is blind.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Good fences make good neighbours.

To the victor go the spoils.

Two heads are better than one.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't get mad, get even.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

Every picture tells a story.

Let bygones be bygones.

Pearls of wisdom.

Waste not, want not.

All you need is love.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Better late than never.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

There's no time like the present.

A man is known by his friends.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Any port in a storm.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Less is more.

Still waters run deep.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Many hands make light work.

Silence construes consent.

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

Business before pleasure.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Another day, another dollar.

All things must pass.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Love will find a way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There is honour among thieves.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Easy come, easy go.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

It goes without saying.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

It takes one to know one.

Horses for courses.

For everything there is a season.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A bad penny always turns up.

Small things amuse small minds.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Money talks.

There are two sides to every question.

Look before you leap.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

More haste, less speed.

History repeats itself.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The more the merrier.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Talk is cheap.

Haste makes waste.

Fortune favours the brave.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The exception which proves the rule.

A cat may look at a king.

You reap what you sow.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Only fools and horses work.

It's never too late to mend.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The wages of sin is death.

Money is the root of all evil.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bad news travels fast.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Money isn't everything.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A watched pot never boils.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Crime doesn't pay.

One hand washes the other.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Pride comes before a fall.

Each to their own.

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

What goes up must come down.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Out of sight, out of mind.

What goes around comes around.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Count your blessings.

All's well that ends well.

No news is good news.

An man's home is his castle.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A cat has nine lives.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

All that glitters is not gold.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hide in plain sight.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

No man is an island.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

East, west, home's best.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

East is east, and west is west.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Live and let live.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Love makes the world go round.

Time flies.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No pain, no gain.

A golden key can open any door.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Practice what you preach.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's one born every minute.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Dead men tell no tales.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A house is not a home.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Tomorrow is another day.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let well alone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Accidents will happen.

Only the good die young.

Seek and you shall find.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Speak as you find.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Moderation in all things.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Manners maketh the man.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Quid pro quo.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Truth will out.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Time is money.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Hope springs eternal.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bigger, the better.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Cheats never prosper.

Put your best foot forward.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You are what you eat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Keep your chin up.

No man can serve two masters.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Knowledge is power.

Make love not war.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Wonders will never cease.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Give credit where credit is due.

The Devil is in the details.

A good man is hard to find.

Fight the good fight.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's a time and a place for everything.

There's no place like home.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Slow but sure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Every dog has its day.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Third time lucky.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's better to give than to receive.

Silence is golden.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't always get what you want.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All's fair in love and war.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no smoke without fire.

Live and learn.

Beware the Ides of March.

The truth will out.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Tomorrow never comes.

Charity begins at home.

When one door shuts, another opens.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can't win them all.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Share and share alike.

Nothing new under the sun.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There's no fool like an old fool.

No rest for the wicked.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Christmas comes but once a year.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Better safe than sorry.

Life begins at forty.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Forgive and forget.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Walls have ears.

Ignorance is bliss.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Time is a great healer.

There's safety in numbers.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Everyone has their price.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

If you build it, they will come.

Great minds think alike.

The show must go on.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A word to the wise is enough.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

As you sow, so you shall reap.