If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It goes without saying.

Slow but sure.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing new under the sun.

Only the good die young.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Patience is a virtue.

Share and share alike.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Always put your best foot forward.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Keep your powder dry.

Every stick has two ends.

Love is blind.

Blood is thicker than water.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Home is where the heart is.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

While there is life, there is hope.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The show must go on.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Two heads are better than one.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

In the midst of life we are in death.

First things first.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All that glitters is not gold.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Business before pleasure.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Horses for courses.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The end justifies the means.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All the world loves a lover.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Let the buyer beware.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All you need is love.

No man can serve two masters.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Opposites attract.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Life is what you make it.

It's never too late to mend.

Many hands make light work.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Money talks.

Time will tell.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There is honour among thieves.

Time is money.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Live and learn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Make haste slowly.

A golden key can open any door.

Live and let live.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Like father, like son.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

East, west, home's best.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Seeing is believing.

The early bird gets the worm.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Less said, soon mended.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Good things come in small packages.

Knowledge is power.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All good things must come to an end.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Small things amuse small minds.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

God helps those who help themselves.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It takes one to know one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

You are what you eat.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Each to their own.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Money is the root of all evil.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best things in life are free.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Practice makes perfect.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Practice what you preach.

You win some, you lose some.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make love not war.

Give the Devil his due.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak as you find.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Let well alone.

Honesty is the best policy.

Any port in a storm.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All's well that ends well.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Might is right.

Manners maketh the man.

All publicity is good publicity.

You reap what you sow.

First come, first served.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Waste not, want not.

Nine tailors make a man.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

For everything there is a season.

You can't win them all.

A fish always rots from the head.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Revenge is sweet.

A watched pot never boils.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time flies.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Tomorrow is another day.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

History repeats itself.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

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

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Seize the day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's one born every minute.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No news is good news.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Ignorance is bliss.

Silence is golden.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Moderation in all things.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Bad news travels fast.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Go the extra mile.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Seek and you shall find.

Great minds think alike.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A house is not a home.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Even a worm will turn.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Fight fire with fire.

Quid pro quo.

Less is more.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

What goes around comes around.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

More haste, less speed.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All roads lead to Rome.

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Money isn't everything.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Virtue is its own reward.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

One hand washes the other.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no place like home.

The wages of sin is death.

The Devil looks after his own.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A thing begun is half done.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Third time lucky.

Don't get mad, get even.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A cat may look at a king.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

One good deed deserves another.

There's no time like the present.

It's all grist to the mill.

The truth will out.

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

No pain, no gain.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It takes two to tango.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Misery loves company.

Cheats never prosper.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Better late than never.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Accidents will happen.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Let bygones be bygones.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The age of miracles is past.

Look before you leap.

No man is an island.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Never tell tales out of school.

Silence construes consent.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Count your blessings.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Another day, another dollar.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All's fair in love and war.

You can't always get what you want.

Hope springs eternal.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There are two sides to every question.

Love will find a way.

To every thing there is a season.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

To the victor go the spoils.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Bad money drives out good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money makes the world go round.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't rock the boat.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A stitch in time saves nine.