There's no place like home.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Good talk saves the food.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It never rains but it pours.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

It takes one to know one.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Slow but sure.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Many hands make light work.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Money talks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The age of miracles is past.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Moderation in all things.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Put your best foot forward.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The bigger, the better.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Only fools and horses work.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Actions speak louder than words.

Less is more.

No news is good news.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Pearls of wisdom.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

What goes up must come down.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

There's no time like the present.

Tomorrow never comes.

Give credit where credit is due.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's better to give than to receive.

Fortune favours the brave.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Revenge is sweet.

Hide in plain sight.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

There's an exception to every rule.

Seeing is believing.

Let the buyer beware.

No man is an island.

Go the extra mile.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Love is blind.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Practice what you preach.

Virtue is its own reward.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Horses for courses.

A house is not a home.

A good man is hard to find.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Walls have ears.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Share and share alike.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Seize the day.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Enough is enough.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love will find a way.

All's well that ends well.

Misery loves company.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There is honour among thieves.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All good things must come to an end.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Less said, soon mended.

Two heads are better than one.

Home is where the heart is.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Life begins at forty.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Speak as you find.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't win them all.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The truth will out.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time is a great healer.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A cat has nine lives.

Easy come, easy go.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fight the good fight.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Like father, like son.

More haste, less speed.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Might is right.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It goes without saying.

Variety is the spice of life.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Children should be seen and not heard.

First things first.

First impressions are the most lasting.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Small things amuse small minds.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Out of sight, out of mind.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

While there is life, there is hope.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Truth will out.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A golden key can open any door.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Waste not, want not.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't rock the boat.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Another day, another dollar.

Keep your chin up.

Handsome is as handsome does.

No man can serve two masters.

Business before pleasure.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You are never too old to learn.

The wages of sin is death.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's one born every minute.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Money isn't everything.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Time will tell.

You are what you eat.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Time flies.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Forgive and forget.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Haste makes waste.

A thing begun is half done.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Better safe than sorry.

There are two sides to every question.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

God helps those who help themselves.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A word to the wise is enough.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Better late than never.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Opposites attract.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Faith will move mountains.

There's safety in numbers.

Any port in a storm.

Make love not war.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

He who hesitates is lost.

A fish always rots from the head.

Still waters run deep.

Love makes the world go round.

Good things come in small packages.

Clothes do not make the man.

Silence construes consent.

The customer is always right.

It's the singer not the song.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All things must pass.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All roads lead to Rome.

Honesty is the best policy.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Knowledge is power.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Talk is cheap.

Each to their own.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You reap what you sow.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Live and let live.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Seek and you shall find.

To every thing there is a season.

One good deed deserves another.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A man is known by his friends.

All the world loves a lover.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

One hand washes the other.

There's no smoke without fire.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

All's fair in love and war.

Bad news travels fast.

Time is money.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

First come, first served.

Count your blessings.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Manners maketh the man.

Bad money drives out good.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The Devil looks after his own.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You win some, you lose some.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Tomorrow is another day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

East, west, home's best.

Money is the root of all evil.

Make haste slowly.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The show must go on.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let well alone.

Only the good die young.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

To the victor go the spoils.

A watched pot never boils.

The end justifies the means.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Give the Devil his due.

Accidents will happen.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

For everything there is a season.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Practice makes perfect.

Make haste slowly.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Look before you leap.

Don't sweat the small stuff.