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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Seize the day.

Let well alone.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

No pain, no gain.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Patience is a virtue.

Time is a great healer.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Every stick has two ends.

Each to their own.

Fight the good fight.

First things first.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Might is right.

Any port in a storm.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All's well that ends well.

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

Practice makes perfect.

The exception which proves the rule.

History repeats itself.

Virtue is its own reward.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You are what you eat.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The show must go on.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't always get what you want.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

What goes around comes around.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Forewarned is forearmed.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Silence is golden.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Wonders will never cease.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Ignorance is bliss.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The end justifies the means.

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

It takes one to know one.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Practice what you preach.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Silence construes consent.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Make love not war.

To the victor go the spoils.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's no smoke without fire.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Great minds think alike.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Better safe than sorry.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

All's fair in love and war.

It's best to be on the safe side.

No man is an island.

Two heads are better than one.

Share and share alike.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Time is money.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Clothes do not make the man.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no time like the present.

No news is good news.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Hide in plain sight.

Always put your best foot forward.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It never rains but it pours.

Paddle your own canoe.

While there is life, there is hope.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Actions speak louder than words.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money isn't everything.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

You can't take it with you.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Once a thief, always a thief.

When one door shuts, another opens.

All things must pass.

There's no place like home.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The best things in life are free.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

East, west, home's best.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There is honour among thieves.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Even a worm will turn.

Go the extra mile.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Misery loves company.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Nothing new under the sun.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Love will find a way.

Knowledge is power.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Never tell tales out of school.

Waste not, want not.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Accidents will happen.

Big fish eat little fish.

Walls have ears.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Nine tailors make a man.

Forgive and forget.

An man's home is his castle.

Speak as you find.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't win them all.

Revenge is sweet.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Seeing is believing.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

One hand washes the other.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Everyone has their price.

Don't rock the boat.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Tomorrow is another day.

Pride comes before a fall.

A house is not a home.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

A good man is hard to find.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

God helps those who help themselves.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Like father, like son.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A cat may look at a king.

He who hesitates is lost.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

What goes up must come down.

Give the Devil his due.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A stitch in time saves nine.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Bad money drives out good.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There are two sides to every question.

Love is blind.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Less is more.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The wages of sin is death.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All that glitters is not gold.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Live and learn.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Talk is cheap.

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

Truth will out.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

The more the merrier.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

For everything there is a season.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A thing begun is half done.

You are never too old to learn.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If you can't be good, be careful.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Quid pro quo.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A golden key can open any door.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Manners maketh the man.

Horses for courses.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

You win some, you lose some.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Keep your powder dry.

All good things must come to an end.

Life is what you make it.

A fish always rots from the head.

Seek and you shall find.

It takes two to tango.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Opposites attract.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Time will tell.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Easy come, easy go.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No rest for the wicked.

First come, first served.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Money makes the world go round.

All good things come to those that wait.

A man is known by his friends.

Crime doesn't pay.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't get mad, get even.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Still waters run deep.

Hope springs eternal.

Haste makes waste.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Another day, another dollar.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Life begins at forty.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

There's one born every minute.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Enough is enough.

Time flies.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Better late than never.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A cat has nine lives.

If you build it, they will come.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fortune favours the brave.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Only the good die young.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good things come in small packages.

Many hands make light work.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The best defence is a good offence.

Money talks.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Good things come to those who wait.

Blood is thicker than water.

Look before you leap.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Make haste slowly.

The customer is always right.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Slow but sure.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

All you need is love.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Live and let live.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every picture tells a story.

There's an exception to every rule.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Keep your chin up.

There's safety in numbers.

Honesty is the best policy.

A watched pot never boils.

Pearls of wisdom.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Charity begins at home.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.