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

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Still waters run deep.

Better safe than sorry.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Make haste slowly.

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

Business before pleasure.

It never rains but it pours.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Hope springs eternal.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The early bird gets the worm.

Clothes do not make the man.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Enough is enough.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Put your best foot forward.

Laughter is the best medicine.

To the victor go the spoils.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Patience is a virtue.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A good man is hard to find.

Silence construes consent.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Manners maketh the man.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The exception which proves the rule.

The end justifies the means.

All's well that ends well.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Life begins at forty.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hide in plain sight.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

There are two sides to every question.

Money talks.

You reap what you sow.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An man's home is his castle.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't rock the boat.

All things must pass.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Great minds think alike.

Practice what you preach.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Money isn't everything.

Live and let live.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Silence is golden.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

One hand washes the other.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

He who hesitates is lost.

Count your blessings.

Big fish eat little fish.

It goes without saying.

All good things must come to an end.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The truth will out.

Love makes the world go round.

There's one born every minute.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Money is the root of all evil.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Let well alone.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Keep your powder dry.

Fight fire with fire.

The show must go on.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing new under the sun.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Home is where the heart is.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Slow but sure.

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

The best things in life are free.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Revenge is sweet.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's no place like home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All roads lead to Rome.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Two heads are better than one.

It's best to be on the safe side.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Might is right.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A man is known by his friends.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Truth will out.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All good things come to those that wait.

A cat may look at a king.

The Devil is in the details.

Forgive and forget.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The wages of sin is death.

The bigger, the better.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Less said, soon mended.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Dead men tell no tales.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's better to give than to receive.

Good things come in small packages.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your chin up.

Paddle your own canoe.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Haste makes waste.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

For everything there is a season.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Every picture tells a story.

Moderation in all things.

A house is not a home.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Faith will move mountains.

Knowledge is power.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Life is what you make it.

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

You can't take it with you.

Everyone has their price.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Many hands make light work.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Give the Devil his due.

The age of miracles is past.

Physician, heal thyself.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Pearls of wisdom.

No news is good news.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Only the good die young.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Waste not, want not.

If you build it, they will come.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's an exception to every rule.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Oil and water don't mix.

The best-laid plans go astray.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No rest for the wicked.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love will find a way.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Third time lucky.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All the world loves a lover.

Fortune favours the brave.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Every dog has its day.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Go the extra mile.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You can't always get what you want.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It takes one to know one.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Give credit where credit is due.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Better late than never.

It takes two to tango.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Only fools and horses work.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

First things first.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Walls have ears.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't get mad, get even.

Speak as you find.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

History repeats itself.

Blood is thicker than water.

More haste, less speed.

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

You win some, you lose some.

You can't win them all.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's the singer not the song.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Each to their own.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Seize the day.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Look before you leap.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Like father, like son.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Get out while the getting is good.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Horses for courses.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Any port in a storm.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No pain, no gain.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

First come, first served.

Time will tell.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Small things amuse small minds.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

Seeing is believing.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A cat has nine lives.

What goes up must come down.

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

Share and share alike.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There's no time like the present.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Less is more.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Live and learn.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A word to the wise is enough.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All publicity is good publicity.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Time is money.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Seek and you shall find.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Easy come, easy go.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Opposites attract.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing succeeds like success.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

No man is an island.

When one door shuts, another opens.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Good things come to those who wait.

The more the merrier.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time is a great healer.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Make love not war.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You are never too old to learn.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Honesty is the best policy.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's never too late to mend.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Practice makes perfect.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Every stick has two ends.

The Devil looks after his own.

Accidents will happen.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

One good deed deserves another.

Never tell tales out of school.

Pride comes before a fall.

A bad penny always turns up.

You are what you eat.

Let bygones be bygones.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cheats never prosper.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Fight the good fight.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Different strokes for different folks.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.