You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Practice makes perfect.

History repeats itself.

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

Time is a great healer.

For everything there is a season.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One good deed deserves another.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money isn't everything.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One hand washes the other.

A watched pot never boils.

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

It's the singer not the song.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's all grist to the mill.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The more the merrier.

Time will tell.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Youth is wasted on the young.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A house is not a home.

Only the good die young.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Seize the day.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes two to tango.

Learn to walk before you run.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

East is east, and west is west.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

You can't always get what you want.

A cat has nine lives.

A golden key can open any door.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't take it with you.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Give the Devil his due.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Business before pleasure.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All good things must come to an end.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Blood is thicker than water.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The best things in life are free.

Every stick has two ends.

If you build it, they will come.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Practice what you preach.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's no time like the present.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To the victor go the spoils.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Might is right.

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

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

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

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

All things must pass.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Love makes the world go round.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Virtue is its own reward.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Hide in plain sight.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

While there is life, there is hope.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Keep your chin up.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Money is the root of all evil.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

East, west, home's best.

Home is where the heart is.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

No man is an island.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Speak as you find.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Two heads are better than one.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Pearls of wisdom.

Time is money.

Share and share alike.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Moderation in all things.

Love will find a way.

The end justifies the means.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Everyone has their price.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

There's one born every minute.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't rock the boat.

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

The bigger, the better.

First things first.

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

Knowledge is power.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Each to their own.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Haste makes waste.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The show must go on.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All the world loves a lover.

Fortune favours the brave.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Ignorance is bliss.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Physician, heal thyself.

More haste, less speed.

Less is more.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Small things amuse small minds.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The Devil is in the details.

Pride comes before a fall.

Forgive and forget.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Keep your powder dry.

An army marches on its stomach.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Waste not, want not.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Fight fire with fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fight the good fight.

The early bird gets the worm.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Bad news travels fast.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It takes one to know one.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Money talks.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

You reap what you sow.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The pen is mightier than sword.

What goes up must come down.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Third time lucky.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good things come to those who wait.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Silence construes consent.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Quid pro quo.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Many hands make light work.

Look before you leap.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Clothes do not make the man.

Opposites attract.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Nothing new under the sun.

Never tell tales out of school.

An man's home is his castle.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Oil and water don't mix.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It goes without saying.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's no place like home.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beggars can't be choosers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Make haste slowly.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Life is what you make it.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

First come, first served.

Better safe than sorry.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

All's well that ends well.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Count your blessings.

You win some, you lose some.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

The customer is always right.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Talk is cheap.

It never rains but it pours.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Hope springs eternal.

Misery loves company.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Go the extra mile.

Life begins at forty.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Seeing is believing.

There's safety in numbers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let the buyer beware.

Cheats never prosper.

A good man is hard to find.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Another day, another dollar.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A bad penny always turns up.

The Devil looks after his own.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

He who hesitates is lost.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Accidents will happen.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Different strokes for different folks.

To every thing there is a season.

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The age of miracles is past.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All publicity is good publicity.

You are what you eat.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The wages of sin is death.

There are two sides to every question.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Persuasion is better than force.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All's fair in love and war.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Slow but sure.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Actions speak louder than words.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Time flies.

A man is known by his friends.

Horses for courses.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every picture tells a story.

Give credit where credit is due.

No pain, no gain.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Charity begins at home.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Truth will out.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best defence is a good offence.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Silence is golden.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All good things come to those that wait.

All you need is love.

Wonders will never cease.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Business before pleasure.

Any port in a storm.

Faith will move mountains.

Make love not war.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Better late than never.

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