A cat has nine lives.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Hide in plain sight.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Revenge is sweet.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Count your blessings.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Waste not, want not.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your powder dry.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Haste makes waste.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

You can't take it with you.

All things must pass.

Fortune favours the brave.

A bad penny always turns up.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Bad money drives out good.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

More haste, less speed.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Go the extra mile.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It takes one to know one.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Get out while the getting is good.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Seeing is believing.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil looks after his own.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's all grist to the mill.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Look before you leap.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

It never rains but it pours.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Truth will out.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Bad news travels fast.

Silence is golden.

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

Let well alone.

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

There's no time like the present.

Two heads are better than one.

God helps those who help themselves.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Make love not war.

It's better to give than to receive.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Might is right.

The show must go on.

East is east, and west is west.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Hope springs eternal.

What goes up must come down.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Blood is thicker than water.

Opposites attract.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Pride comes before a fall.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Small things amuse small minds.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

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

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

Many hands make light work.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

It goes without saying.

There's one born every minute.

Forgive and forget.

You are never too old to learn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Less is more.

While there is life, there is hope.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Moderation in all things.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't shoot the messenger.

He who hesitates is lost.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best is the enemy of the good.

No pain, no gain.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A word to the wise is enough.

Seek and you shall find.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Give the Devil his due.

No man can serve two masters.

Live and let live.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A good man is hard to find.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog has its day.

Better late than never.

The end justifies the means.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Actions speak louder than words.

All you need is love.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Great minds think alike.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Never go to bed on an argument.

One good deed deserves another.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's no place like home.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Money makes the world go round.

Beware the Ides of March.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cheats never prosper.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

First come, first served.

Seize the day.

Every picture tells a story.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let bygones be bygones.

The more the merrier.

Less said, soon mended.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's the singer not the song.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There are two sides to every question.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Love will find a way.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Wonders will never cease.

Practice makes perfect.

Put your best foot forward.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Even a worm will turn.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Walls have ears.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

You reap what you sow.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

One hand washes the other.

Everyone has their price.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let the dead bury the dead.

First things first.

The customer is always right.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A man is known by his friends.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Each to their own.

Time will tell.

All that glitters is not gold.

Easy come, easy go.

Speak as you find.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Like father, like son.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Pearls of wisdom.

Nine tailors make a man.

No news is good news.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Only the good die young.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Slow but sure.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Third time lucky.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Talk is cheap.

Fight fire with fire.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Knowledge is power.

Nothing new under the sun.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Manners maketh the man.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Horses for courses.

Good things come to those who wait.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An man's home is his castle.

The exception which proves the rule.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A house is not a home.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A cat may look at a king.

All's well that ends well.

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

Good talk saves the food.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Charity begins at home.

The bigger, the better.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A thing begun is half done.

Crime doesn't pay.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All's fair in love and war.

There's safety in numbers.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Love makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

Persuasion is better than force.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Keep your chin up.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Any port in a storm.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A fish always rots from the head.

All good things must come to an end.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There's no smoke without fire.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

No man is an island.

Better safe than sorry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

All the world loves a lover.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Time is a great healer.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Still waters run deep.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There is honour among thieves.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money isn't everything.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's best to be on the safe side.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Business before pleasure.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Let the buyer beware.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Share and share alike.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Misery loves company.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Love is blind.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Virtue is its own reward.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

East, west, home's best.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money talks.

Variety is the spice of life.

Only fools and horses work.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Always put your best foot forward.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Time flies.

No rest for the wicked.

Live and learn.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's an exception to every rule.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Revenge is sweet.