You are what you eat.

Give the Devil his due.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Persuasion is better than force.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Another day, another dollar.

Love makes the world go round.

The best-laid plans go astray.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes two to tango.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Go the extra mile.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's safety in numbers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's no smoke without fire.

No rest for the wicked.

Misery loves company.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A good man is hard to find.

Wonders will never cease.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Love will find a way.

Knowledge is power.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Better late than never.

You are never too old to learn.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

The customer is always right.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Silence construes consent.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A fish always rots from the head.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All roads lead to Rome.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Everyone has their price.

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

Let the buyer beware.

You can't always get what you want.

Paddle your own canoe.

Hide in plain sight.

You reap what you sow.

Every dog has its day.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

First come, first served.

Time is a great healer.

An man's home is his castle.

Every stick has two ends.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

What goes up must come down.

A word to the wise is enough.

A bad penny always turns up.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Small things amuse small minds.

Make love not war.

Quid pro quo.

Put your best foot forward.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

You can't take it with you.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Revenge is sweet.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nine tailors make a man.

Ignorance is bliss.

Pride comes before a fall.

Love is blind.

Share and share alike.

Easy come, easy go.

Third time lucky.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Business before pleasure.

God helps those who help themselves.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No news is good news.

Only fools and horses work.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The show must go on.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It never rains but it pours.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Waste not, want not.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Horses for courses.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Every picture tells a story.

A golden key can open any door.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All's well that ends well.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Seek and you shall find.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Let well alone.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The more the merrier.

Haste makes waste.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Seize the day.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There are two sides to every question.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Charity begins at home.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Speak as you find.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

No man can serve two masters.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Practice what you preach.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

First things first.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

A house is not a home.

You can't win them all.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The best defence is a good offence.

Bad money drives out good.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No man is an island.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Never tell tales out of school.

Tomorrow never comes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All good things come to those that wait.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The Devil is in the details.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Good things come to those who wait.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Truth will out.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's no time like the present.

It's all grist to the mill.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Life begins at forty.

Count your blessings.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Walls have ears.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Might is right.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A man is known by his friends.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time flies.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Seeing is believing.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Still waters run deep.

It's the singer not the song.

A cat has nine lives.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Like father, like son.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

A thing begun is half done.

One good deed deserves another.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A watched pot never boils.

East, west, home's best.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It goes without saying.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Opposites attract.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All good things must come to an end.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Time is money.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing new under the sun.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Less is more.

Faith will move mountains.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

History repeats itself.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Pearls of wisdom.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Look before you leap.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Less said, soon mended.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

There is honour among thieves.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Moderation in all things.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Accidents will happen.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Learn to walk before you run.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

For everything there is a season.

It takes one to know one.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's an exception to every rule.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Virtue is its own reward.

Oil and water don't mix.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The Devil looks after his own.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All publicity is good publicity.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

The end justifies the means.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live and learn.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Hope springs eternal.

Fight fire with fire.

More haste, less speed.

There's one born every minute.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All things must pass.

Keep your chin up.

All the world loves a lover.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Only the good die young.

East is east, and west is west.

Practice makes perfect.

Money is the root of all evil.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Beware the Ides of March.

Silence is golden.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

All you need is love.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Make haste slowly.

Slow but sure.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Many hands make light work.

Bad news travels fast.

The bigger, the better.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

To every thing there is a season.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't win them all.

Money isn't everything.

Patience is a virtue.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Great minds think alike.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life is what you make it.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Enough is enough.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Manners maketh the man.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The age of miracles is past.

The best things in life are free.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Walls have ears.