Never tell tales out of school.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't take it with you.

Seeing is believing.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes one to know one.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Money talks.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Crime doesn't pay.

The customer is always right.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fight fire with fire.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Give the Devil his due.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

The show must go on.

Even a worm will turn.

Make love not war.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Always put your best foot forward.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Love makes the world go round.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

While there is life, there is hope.

The Devil looks after his own.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Persuasion is better than force.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Less said, soon mended.

Look before you leap.

You are what you eat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Pride comes before a fall.

Never give a sucker an even break.

What goes around comes around.

Honesty is the best policy.

Truth will out.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The age of miracles is past.

History repeats itself.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fight the good fight.

Good things come to those who wait.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no time like the present.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's all grist to the mill.

Virtue is its own reward.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Silence construes consent.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

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

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Any port in a storm.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Seize the day.

Every picture tells a story.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Tomorrow is another day.

No rest for the wicked.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Money isn't everything.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All's fair in love and war.

You are never too old to learn.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The truth will out.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Moderation in all things.

Quid pro quo.

A house is not a home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Manners maketh the man.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

He who hesitates is lost.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Pearls of wisdom.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A fish always rots from the head.

A golden key can open any door.

Small things amuse small minds.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

Time flies.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A bad penny always turns up.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

There's no place like home.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Only the good die young.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No news is good news.

All you need is love.

You reap what you sow.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It takes two to tango.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Let well alone.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Each to their own.

You can't always get what you want.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Blood is thicker than water.

Physician, heal thyself.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A watched pot never boils.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The Devil is in the details.

Another day, another dollar.

Count your blessings.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A word to the wise is enough.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Every stick has two ends.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Keep your powder dry.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The pen is mightier than sword.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Bad money drives out good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fortune favours the brave.

Time is a great healer.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Third time lucky.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

What goes up must come down.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Speak as you find.

There's one born every minute.

All things must pass.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Live and let live.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No man can serve two masters.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Love will find a way.

Great minds think alike.

East, west, home's best.

Time will tell.

Practice what you preach.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Keep your chin up.

Dead men tell no tales.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A cat may look at a king.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Bad news travels fast.

Good things come in small packages.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All the world loves a lover.

An man's home is his castle.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Slow but sure.

Many hands make light work.

Better safe than sorry.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Love is blind.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Go the extra mile.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let bygones be bygones.

There are two sides to every question.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Revenge is sweet.

All's well that ends well.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's safety in numbers.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Business before pleasure.

A man is known by his friends.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Curiosity killed the cat.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Only fools and horses work.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Still waters run deep.

Home is where the heart is.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

More haste, less speed.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Opposites attract.

Appearances can be deceptive.

One good deed deserves another.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Every dog has its day.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

One hand washes the other.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Silence is golden.

First come, first served.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Everyone has their price.

Knowledge is power.

It never rains but it pours.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Good talk saves the food.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Misery loves company.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Like father, like son.

Nine tailors make a man.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It goes without saying.

You can't win them all.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Easy come, easy go.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Patience is a virtue.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

To the victor go the spoils.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Live and learn.

Get out while the getting is good.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Less is more.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Forgive and forget.

Might is right.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

East is east, and west is west.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's better to give than to receive.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The more the merrier.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A person is known by the company they keep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

No man is an island.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Wonders will never cease.

Talk is cheap.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

The best things in life are free.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A good man is hard to find.

The end justifies the means.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Share and share alike.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Enough is enough.

Money makes the world go round.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Life begins at forty.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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