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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The show must go on.

Make love not war.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Life begins at forty.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Put your best foot forward.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No pain, no gain.

Cheats never prosper.

Share and share alike.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Every picture tells a story.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Live and let live.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Misery loves company.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Great minds think alike.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Third time lucky.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

To the victor go the spoils.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Seize the day.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You can't always get what you want.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Every dog has its day.

To every thing there is a season.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Live and learn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Opposites attract.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no time like the present.

Beware the Ides of March.

Two heads are better than one.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The bigger, the better.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A cat may look at a king.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Love makes the world go round.

Haste makes waste.

Everyone has their price.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Let bygones be bygones.

For everything there is a season.

Revenge is sweet.

Talk is cheap.

Better late than never.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Home is where the heart is.

Horses for courses.

The customer is always right.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every stick has two ends.

Blood is thicker than water.

All roads lead to Rome.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fight fire with fire.

Count your blessings.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There's no place like home.

Money is the root of all evil.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Marriages are made in heaven.

All's fair in love and war.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Quid pro quo.

The age of miracles is past.

What goes up must come down.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Tomorrow is another day.

Big fish eat little fish.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

One hand washes the other.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Make haste slowly.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Still waters run deep.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Easy come, easy go.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Business before pleasure.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

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

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

Look before you leap.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't win them all.

There's a time and a place for everything.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't get mad, get even.

All things must pass.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A thing begun is half done.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The early bird gets the worm.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Only the good die young.

Honesty is the best policy.

Time will tell.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Accidents will happen.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Like father, like son.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The wages of sin is death.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Even a worm will turn.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can't take it with you.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The best things in life are free.

Seek and you shall find.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Life is what you make it.

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

Time flies.

Pride comes before a fall.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Let well alone.

Bad news travels fast.

It goes without saying.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Faith will move mountains.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There is honour among thieves.

Might is right.

Each to their own.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time and tide wait for no one.

First come, first served.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Bad money drives out good.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good things come in small packages.

Waste not, want not.

What goes around comes around.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

There's safety in numbers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Pearls of wisdom.

The truth will out.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Attack is the best form of defence.

While there is life, there is hope.

An man's home is his castle.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There are two sides to every question.

It never rains but it pours.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One good deed deserves another.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Silence construes consent.

Money talks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Dead men tell no tales.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Strike while the iron is hot.

East is east, and west is west.

Speak as you find.

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

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

Nine tailors make a man.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The exception which proves the rule.

Walls have ears.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Variety is the spice of life.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's an exception to every rule.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Enough is enough.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All you need is love.

No man is an island.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All the world loves a lover.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

No man can serve two masters.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A miss is as good as a mile.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's one born every minute.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Fortune favours the brave.

Persuasion is better than force.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

More haste, less speed.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Knowledge is power.

A man is known by his friends.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Truth will out.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's never too late to mend.

Practice makes perfect.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All publicity is good publicity.

Many hands make light work.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You reap what you sow.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It's all grist to the mill.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

No news is good news.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You are never too old to learn.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seeing is believing.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's the singer not the song.

Money makes the world go round.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let the buyer beware.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Crime doesn't pay.

All that glitters is not gold.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hide in plain sight.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you build it, they will come.

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

The end justifies the means.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Another day, another dollar.

Moderation in all things.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

No rest for the wicked.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Wonders will never cease.

Learn to walk before you run.

Manners maketh the man.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

First things first.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Go the extra mile.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

East, west, home's best.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Love will find a way.

Oil and water don't mix.

A cat has nine lives.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Give credit where credit is due.

Small things amuse small minds.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Silence is golden.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Love is blind.

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

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

History repeats itself.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Slow but sure.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You win some, you lose some.

Time is a great healer.

A fish always rots from the head.

Actions speak louder than words.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Keep your chin up.

Forgive and forget.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Make hay while the sun shines.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Once bitten, twice shy.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Less is more.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.