Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Manners maketh the man.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't always get what you want.

You can't win them all.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Make haste slowly.

A word to the wise is enough.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Everyone has their price.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Less is more.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Put your best foot forward.

Every dog has its day.

A watched pot never boils.

Time is a great healer.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Charity begins at home.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Money isn't everything.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Oil and water don't mix.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One swallow does not a summer make.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Clothes do not make the man.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

No man can serve two masters.

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

All you need is love.

The truth will out.

You reap what you sow.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

Any port in a storm.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Money makes the world go round.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Two heads are better than one.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It goes without saying.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You win some, you lose some.

All things must pass.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A golden key can open any door.

The wages of sin is death.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Better late than never.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

All that glitters is not gold.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Time will tell.

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

All's fair in love and war.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It takes two to tango.

A good man is hard to find.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Let well alone.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Better safe than sorry.

Enough is enough.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

First come, first served.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The best things in life are free.

No rest for the wicked.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Bad news travels fast.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Honesty is the best policy.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

East, west, home's best.

Fight fire with fire.

Pearls of wisdom.

Get out while the getting is good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Count your blessings.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Hope springs eternal.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Slow but sure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Accidents will happen.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Wonders will never cease.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Persuasion is better than force.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Good talk saves the food.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A house is not a home.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Many hands make light work.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Virtue is its own reward.

Live and let live.

The end justifies the means.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't get mad, get even.

You are what you eat.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's one born every minute.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Moderation in all things.

Less said, soon mended.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

No man is an island.

It's better to give than to receive.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Give the Devil his due.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Love makes the world go round.

Seeing is believing.

Life begins at forty.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Still waters run deep.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

History repeats itself.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The early bird gets the worm.

Great minds think alike.

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

The more the merrier.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Seize the day.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The age of miracles is past.

More haste, less speed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Make love not war.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A man is known by his friends.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't rock the boat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Only the good die young.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Ignorance is bliss.

The customer is always right.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Revenge is sweet.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

All roads lead to Rome.

What goes around comes around.

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

Keep your chin up.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There's an exception to every rule.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All good things come to those that wait.

The bigger, the better.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Misery loves company.

There's safety in numbers.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good things come in small packages.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Opposites attract.

Home is where the heart is.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Learn to walk before you run.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Waste not, want not.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

One good deed deserves another.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Patience is a virtue.

One hand washes the other.

No pain, no gain.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The best defence is a good offence.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There are two sides to every question.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All good things must come to an end.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Keep your powder dry.

Silence is golden.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There is honour among thieves.

Love will find a way.

Truth will out.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

If you build it, they will come.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Third time lucky.

Faith will move mountains.

Live and learn.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Go the extra mile.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Speak as you find.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Practice what you preach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Each to their own.

Look before you leap.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love is blind.

Knowledge is power.

Fight the good fight.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's never too late to mend.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Curiosity killed the cat.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Share and share alike.

For everything there is a season.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

First things first.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Horses for courses.

To the victor go the spoils.

Physician, heal thyself.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Cheats never prosper.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Business before pleasure.

A picture paints a thousand words.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Different strokes for different folks.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Beauty is only skin deep.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Crime doesn't pay.

Like father, like son.

It's the singer not the song.

Silence construes consent.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

You can't take it with you.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Time is money.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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