Forgive and forget.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Seek and you shall find.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Curiosity killed the cat.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Less is more.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Speak as you find.

Silence is golden.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The early bird gets the worm.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't get mad, get even.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Business before pleasure.

Look before you leap.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You reap what you sow.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Give credit where credit is due.

Another day, another dollar.

Pride comes before a fall.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Home is where the heart is.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

No man can serve two masters.

First things first.

Fortune favours the brave.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A watched pot never boils.

Ignorance is bliss.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Haste makes waste.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No pain, no gain.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fight fire with fire.

More haste, less speed.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Hope springs eternal.

East is east, and west is west.

Even a worm will turn.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

No rest for the wicked.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's one born every minute.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

There's no time like the present.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Charity begins at home.

Slow and steady wins the race.

He who hesitates is lost.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All's well that ends well.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Horses for courses.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Time will tell.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Small things amuse small minds.

Slow but sure.

The best is the enemy of the good.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

No man is an island.

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

One hand washes the other.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Go the extra mile.

Money is the root of all evil.

Hide in plain sight.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The best things in life are free.

Quid pro quo.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Pearls of wisdom.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All things must pass.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Honesty is the best policy.

Enough is enough.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Third time lucky.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Any port in a storm.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Only fools and horses work.

East, west, home's best.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Nothing new under the sun.

Better late than never.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The exception which proves the rule.

Everyone has their price.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Misery loves company.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Talk is cheap.

One good deed deserves another.

Practice what you preach.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The end justifies the means.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Patience is a virtue.

The wages of sin is death.

Good things come in small packages.

Man does not live by bread alone.

For everything there is a season.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Accidents will happen.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Easy come, easy go.

Money isn't everything.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An man's home is his castle.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Time is money.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let the buyer beware.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Share and share alike.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The Devil is in the details.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The best defence is a good offence.

Clothes do not make the man.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Waste not, want not.

You can't always get what you want.

Never tell tales out of school.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

A thing begun is half done.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Live and learn.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Live and let live.

Manners maketh the man.

A good man is hard to find.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Seeing is believing.

Better safe than sorry.

Revenge is sweet.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to tango.

Seize the day.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Nothing succeeds like success.

No news is good news.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Moderation in all things.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

To every thing there is a season.

A word to the wise is enough.

Virtue is its own reward.

All that glitters is not gold.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The show must go on.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Time is a great healer.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Count your blessings.

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

Love will find a way.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Nine tailors make a man.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

If you build it, they will come.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fight the good fight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Still waters run deep.

Cold hands, warm heart.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Every picture tells a story.

It's the singer not the song.

Opposites attract.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Crime doesn't pay.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

Many hands make light work.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Make love not war.

Great minds think alike.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Walls have ears.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Every stick has two ends.

All good things must come to an end.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All the world loves a lover.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Oil and water don't mix.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Silence construes consent.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

First come, first served.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It goes without saying.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There's no smoke without fire.

The more the merrier.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A golden key can open any door.

It's all grist to the mill.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Bad money drives out good.

Let well alone.

All publicity is good publicity.

Practice makes perfect.

The Devil looks after his own.

All roads lead to Rome.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It takes one to know one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

One swallow does not a summer make.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Keep your powder dry.

Love makes the world go round.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

You are what you eat.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Blood is thicker than water.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Like father, like son.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

What goes around comes around.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There are two sides to every question.

Keep your chin up.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Love is blind.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't throw good money after bad.

While there is life, there is hope.

History repeats itself.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cheats never prosper.

Life is what you make it.

Less said, soon mended.

Variety is the spice of life.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Different strokes for different folks.

Only the good die young.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The bigger, the better.

Time flies.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A miss is as good as a mile.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All you need is love.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All's fair in love and war.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Make haste slowly.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Money talks.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Learn to walk before you run.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You are never too old to learn.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Faith will move mountains.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Put your best foot forward.

The customer is always right.

The truth will out.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Money makes the world go round.

An army marches on its stomach.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Truth will out.