Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

All's well that ends well.

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

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

First come, first served.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Go the extra mile.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No man can serve two masters.

All good things must come to an end.

All things must pass.

Money talks.

The end justifies the means.

It's all grist to the mill.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You reap what you sow.

Good talk saves the food.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Third time lucky.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Oil and water don't mix.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Less said, soon mended.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A thing begun is half done.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's no place like home.

Walls have ears.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Time will tell.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A cat may look at a king.

Bad news travels fast.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Seize the day.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Forgive and forget.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A word to the wise is enough.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Silence is golden.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Every picture tells a story.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Any port in a storm.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Home is where the heart is.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Learn to walk before you run.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Knowledge is power.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Every dog has its day.

The early bird gets the worm.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Time flies.

Fight fire with fire.

A house is not a home.

Truth will out.

Fortune favours the brave.

If you build it, they will come.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Let well alone.

Beware the Ides of March.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A golden key can open any door.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

More haste, less speed.

Ignorance is bliss.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Stupid is as stupid does.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There is honour among thieves.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Each to their own.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Might is right.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Life begins at forty.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Like father, like son.

Time is a great healer.

All good things come to those that wait.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Waste not, want not.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Count your blessings.

Bad money drives out good.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

No news is good news.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

An man's home is his castle.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

No pain, no gain.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Look before you leap.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A man is known by his friends.

Two heads are better than one.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Pride comes before a fall.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Quid pro quo.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Different strokes for different folks.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Cold hands, warm heart.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your powder dry.

Life is what you make it.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A good man is hard to find.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

There are two sides to every question.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

East, west, home's best.

Seek and you shall find.

Silence construes consent.

There's one born every minute.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Better safe than sorry.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Blood is thicker than water.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't take it with you.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

No man is an island.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Share and share alike.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't rock the boat.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The age of miracles is past.

It goes without saying.

Fight the good fight.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All the world loves a lover.

Haste makes waste.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Opposites attract.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't win them all.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Every stick has two ends.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Good things come in small packages.

Enough is enough.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Make haste slowly.

Money makes the world go round.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Always put your best foot forward.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Never tell tales out of school.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Small things amuse small minds.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

All you need is love.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Give the Devil his due.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Love is blind.

To every thing there is a season.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

First things first.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

What goes around comes around.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The exception which proves the rule.

What goes up must come down.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Dead men tell no tales.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Accidents will happen.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Business before pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Children should be seen and not heard.

No rest for the wicked.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Horses for courses.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The best things in life are free.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It takes two to tango.

Nine tailors make a man.

All that glitters is not gold.

Hide in plain sight.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Speak as you find.

Only the good die young.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Great minds think alike.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The Devil looks after his own.

One hand washes the other.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's the singer not the song.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Persuasion is better than force.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

It's never too late to mend.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Easy come, easy go.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Better late than never.

Time is money.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An army marches on its stomach.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

You are what you eat.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Seeing is believing.

Keep your chin up.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Practice what you preach.

Get out while the getting is good.

The more the merrier.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

A cat has nine lives.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A bad penny always turns up.

Let the buyer beware.

Tomorrow is another day.

Revenge is sweet.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Faith will move mountains.

Put your best foot forward.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Variety is the spice of life.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The wages of sin is death.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A picture paints a thousand words.

For everything there is a season.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The show must go on.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Money is the root of all evil.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Live and learn.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Charity begins at home.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Still waters run deep.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Patience is a virtue.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You are never too old to learn.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't get mad, get even.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

History repeats itself.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.