Let well alone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Love is blind.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You are what you eat.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Give the Devil his due.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The wages of sin is death.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Two heads are better than one.

No pain, no gain.

All you need is love.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let the buyer beware.

Make love not war.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's no smoke without fire.

Cheats never prosper.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Opposites attract.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Third time lucky.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A fish always rots from the head.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Business before pleasure.

Pride comes before a fall.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

What goes up must come down.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

No news is good news.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All roads lead to Rome.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The show must go on.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Look before you leap.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Less is more.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Time and tide wait for no one.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Live and let live.

One good deed deserves another.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Crime doesn't pay.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All that glitters is not gold.

A bad penny always turns up.

He who hesitates is lost.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A word to the wise is enough.

Time is a great healer.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Nine tailors make a man.

Money isn't everything.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It takes one to know one.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Manners maketh the man.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Tomorrow is another day.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Always put your best foot forward.

Might is right.

An man's home is his castle.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Wonders will never cease.

Knowledge is power.

Tomorrow never comes.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Bad news travels fast.

It goes without saying.

Fight fire with fire.

One hand washes the other.

All publicity is good publicity.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

First come, first served.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can have too much of a good thing.

God helps those who help themselves.

Share and share alike.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

All the world loves a lover.

You can't take it with you.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

East, west, home's best.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You reap what you sow.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

No man can serve two masters.

Accidents will happen.

Time is money.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Many hands make light work.

Time will tell.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The more the merrier.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Let bygones be bygones.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Money talks.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Hope springs eternal.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't always get what you want.

All good things come to those that wait.

Good talk saves the food.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Seeing is believing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The truth will out.

The early bird gets the worm.

Money is the root of all evil.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Seize the day.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Bad money drives out good.

Another day, another dollar.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's one born every minute.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Slow but sure.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Patience is a virtue.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

To every thing there is a season.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's all grist to the mill.

Any port in a storm.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Hide in plain sight.

Fortune favours the brave.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

All's fair in love and war.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Love will find a way.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and learn.

You win some, you lose some.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Never tell tales out of school.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A thing begun is half done.

Speak as you find.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Everyone has their price.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Walls have ears.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Each to their own.

Persuasion is better than force.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Less said, soon mended.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Horses for courses.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Count your blessings.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It's the singer not the song.

Silence is golden.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Every stick has two ends.

All good things must come to an end.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Make haste slowly.

It's best to be on the safe side.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First impressions are the most lasting.

First things first.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no place like home.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Big fish eat little fish.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An army marches on its stomach.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Forgive and forget.

What goes around comes around.

Time flies.

The bigger, the better.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Oil and water don't mix.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Once a thief, always a thief.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes two to tango.

Good things come in small packages.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Go the extra mile.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't win them all.

Enough is enough.

Give credit where credit is due.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Waste not, want not.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Money makes the world go round.

The end justifies the means.

Paddle your own canoe.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Like father, like son.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Moderation in all things.

A cat has nine lives.

Silence construes consent.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Charity begins at home.

No rest for the wicked.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The Devil is in the details.

Better late than never.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Only the good die young.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No man is an island.

If you build it, they will come.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Still waters run deep.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

History repeats itself.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Blood is thicker than water.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Seek and you shall find.

Good things come to those who wait.

There is honour among thieves.

Life is what you make it.

For everything there is a season.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Every dog has its day.

The customer is always right.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Even a worm will turn.

A golden key can open any door.

Home is where the heart is.

There's safety in numbers.

It's better to give than to receive.

All things must pass.

Talk is cheap.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Better safe than sorry.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't rock the boat.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Quid pro quo.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Actions speak louder than words.

Learn to walk before you run.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Haste makes waste.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Life begins at forty.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

There are two sides to every question.

Beware the Ides of March.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Practice what you preach.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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