A cat has nine lives.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Pearls of wisdom.

A thing begun is half done.

Enough is enough.

Time will tell.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no place like home.

Faith will move mountains.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Moderation in all things.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't throw good money after bad.

No rest for the wicked.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There is honour among thieves.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Forgive and forget.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Actions speak louder than words.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's safety in numbers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Business before pleasure.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The Devil is in the details.

A good man is hard to find.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

East, west, home's best.

Tomorrow is another day.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Each to their own.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

The truth will out.

Needs must when the devil drives.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Paddle your own canoe.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Make love not war.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

One hand washes the other.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Go the extra mile.

Cheats never prosper.

All's fair in love and war.

Slow but sure.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Practice makes perfect.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Silence construes consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

Time is a great healer.

Grief divided is made lighter.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's all grist to the mill.

Opposites attract.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

You win some, you lose some.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

It's the singer not the song.

It goes without saying.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Talk is cheap.

No news is good news.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

History repeats itself.

Different strokes for different folks.

Might is right.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The Devil looks after his own.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

You can't take it with you.

Live and learn.

One good deed deserves another.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

To the victor go the spoils.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

Revenge is sweet.

Hope springs eternal.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You are what you eat.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Bad money drives out good.

Fight fire with fire.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

There's no time like the present.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Money makes the world go round.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The show must go on.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Every dog has its day.

Never tell tales out of school.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Even a worm will turn.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Nine tailors make a man.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Every picture tells a story.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A cat may look at a king.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

A house is not a home.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An man's home is his castle.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A bad penny always turns up.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No pain, no gain.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Walls have ears.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let well alone.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's no smoke without fire.

Big fish eat little fish.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Knowledge is power.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Truth will out.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

First things first.

Love will find a way.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

No man can serve two masters.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bigger, the better.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Only the good die young.

Make haste slowly.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Like father, like son.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The best things in life are free.

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

Better late than never.

Love makes the world go round.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Practice what you preach.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Waste not, want not.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Once bitten, twice shy.

What goes around comes around.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Give the Devil his due.

Quid pro quo.

Life is what you make it.

Another day, another dollar.

Money isn't everything.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

To every thing there is a season.

You are never too old to learn.

You reap what you sow.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Life begins at forty.

Hide in plain sight.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Good things come in small packages.

Seek and you shall find.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Half a loaf is better than none.

No man is an island.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Less said, soon mended.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

Look before you leap.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Horses for courses.

Still waters run deep.

Easy come, easy go.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Do as I say, not as I do.

There's one born every minute.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Less is more.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Dead men tell no tales.

What goes up must come down.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Any port in a storm.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

He who hesitates is lost.

A watched pot never boils.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Silence is golden.

Money talks.

Keep your chin up.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Learn to walk before you run.

East is east, and west is west.

Bad news travels fast.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Accidents will happen.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't get mad, get even.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's better to give than to receive.

Everyone has their price.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Beware the Ides of March.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Speak as you find.

Crime doesn't pay.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good things come to those who wait.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The end justifies the means.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Love is blind.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Haste makes waste.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Variety is the spice of life.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Seize the day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Good talk saves the food.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

While there is life, there is hope.

Clothes do not make the man.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Many hands make light work.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Give credit where credit is due.

Share and share alike.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The age of miracles is past.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A word to the wise is enough.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Patience is a virtue.

There are two sides to every question.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The more the merrier.

All you need is love.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A golden key can open any door.

Honesty is the best policy.

Live and let live.

First come, first served.

All the world loves a lover.

Count your blessings.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Persuasion is better than force.

Seeing is believing.

Only fools and horses work.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Home is where the heart is.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.