Never tell tales out of school.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You are what you eat.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

No news is good news.

Bad news travels fast.

Seeing is believing.

East is east, and west is west.

No man can serve two masters.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Put your best foot forward.

Different strokes for different folks.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Less is more.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Look before you leap.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

What goes around comes around.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Only fools and horses work.

There's one born every minute.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cheats never prosper.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You are never too old to learn.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Time is money.

A bad penny always turns up.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

He who hesitates is lost.

The age of miracles is past.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Moderation in all things.

Another day, another dollar.

Revenge is sweet.

Fight the good fight.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Share and share alike.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Practice what you preach.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

All the world loves a lover.

Physician, heal thyself.

All good things must come to an end.

History repeats itself.

It goes without saying.

It's never too late to mend.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beware the Ides of March.

Might is right.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Time is a great healer.

The show must go on.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Enough is enough.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Count your blessings.

Charity begins at home.

Home is where the heart is.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Waste not, want not.

Everyone has their price.

It's the singer not the song.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't take it with you.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A man is known by his friends.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Horses for courses.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It never rains but it pours.

Walls have ears.

Tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow never comes.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Hope springs eternal.

One hand washes the other.

Paddle your own canoe.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Fight fire with fire.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Silence construes consent.

While there is life, there is hope.

Make love not war.

Go the extra mile.

Give credit where credit is due.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The Devil looks after his own.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A thing begun is half done.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The end justifies the means.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Slow but sure.

Better late than never.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Manners maketh the man.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All you need is love.

It takes two to tango.

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

Live and learn.

Good things come to those who wait.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Life begins at forty.

Each to their own.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Money isn't everything.

Live and let live.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Good talk saves the food.

The more the merrier.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A house is not a home.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Truth will out.

Seize the day.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Many hands make light work.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Let the buyer beware.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best defence is a good offence.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Even a worm will turn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Make haste slowly.

The truth will out.

Still waters run deep.

Misery loves company.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Get out while the getting is good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The wages of sin is death.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

No rest for the wicked.

It's all grist to the mill.

Knowledge is power.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dead men tell no tales.

A fish always rots from the head.

Variety is the spice of life.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The bigger, the better.

Speak as you find.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every picture tells a story.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Honesty is the best policy.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Love is blind.

Don't get mad, get even.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All things must pass.

Let well alone.

There are two sides to every question.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

You reap what you sow.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Great minds think alike.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

All roads lead to Rome.

Like father, like son.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Better safe than sorry.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A cat has nine lives.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes one to know one.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Talk is cheap.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Blood is thicker than water.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Every dog has its day.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All good things come to those that wait.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

First come, first served.

Small things amuse small minds.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Good things come in small packages.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The best things in life are free.

Don't change horses in midstream.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You can't always get what you want.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

A watched pot never boils.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

The customer is always right.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's no time like the present.

Time will tell.

Only the good die young.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money talks.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An army marches on its stomach.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A golden key can open any door.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Silence is golden.

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

Time flies.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The early bird gets the worm.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Any port in a storm.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Quid pro quo.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

To the victor go the spoils.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Wonders will never cease.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

What goes up must come down.

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

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your chin up.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Money makes the world go round.

Virtue is its own reward.

Third time lucky.

Forgive and forget.

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

There is honour among thieves.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

For everything there is a season.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.