Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Forgive and forget.

A cat may look at a king.

Manners maketh the man.

Truth will out.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Each to their own.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A thing begun is half done.

Time will tell.

Walls have ears.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No man can serve two masters.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Time flies.

Only fools and horses work.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

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

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Money talks.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Many hands make light work.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't always get what you want.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Any port in a storm.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The wages of sin is death.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Don't rock the boat.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The best defence is a good offence.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's never too late to mend.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Good things come in small packages.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Haste makes waste.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

One hand washes the other.

All's fair in love and war.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Great minds think alike.

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

There's one born every minute.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Different strokes for different folks.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Ignorance is bliss.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

For everything there is a season.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Live and learn.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Dead men tell no tales.

History repeats itself.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Faith will move mountains.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Time is money.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Every picture tells a story.

Give the Devil his due.

A fish always rots from the head.

Tomorrow never comes.

No news is good news.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Opposites attract.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

One good deed deserves another.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Everyone has their price.

Hide in plain sight.

An army marches on its stomach.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

All that glitters is not gold.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

All's well that ends well.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Love is blind.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cold hands, warm heart.

What goes around comes around.

Learn to walk before you run.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Blood is thicker than water.

The best things in life are free.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All roads lead to Rome.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Less is more.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

East, west, home's best.

All you need is love.

To every thing there is a season.

Beware the Ides of March.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Better late than never.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Forewarned is forearmed.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let well alone.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

A house is not a home.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't take it with you.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Silence construes consent.

There's no smoke without fire.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

An man's home is his castle.

The end justifies the means.

Count your blessings.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Clothes do not make the man.

Time is a great healer.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Love will find a way.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your chin up.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Might is right.

Life begins at forty.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Physician, heal thyself.

Slow but sure.

Oil and water don't mix.

Look before you leap.

Let the buyer beware.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Speak as you find.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Less said, soon mended.

It goes without saying.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

He who hesitates is lost.

Every dog has its day.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's better to give than to receive.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Quid pro quo.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Even a worm will turn.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The bigger, the better.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bad money drives out good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Pride comes before a fall.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Enough is enough.

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

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

All things must pass.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Still waters run deep.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Pearls of wisdom.

The age of miracles is past.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Wonders will never cease.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Virtue is its own reward.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Horses for courses.

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

Make love not war.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A cat has nine lives.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A golden key can open any door.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Like father, like son.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Money isn't everything.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The Devil looks after his own.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Accidents will happen.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Practice what you preach.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Go the extra mile.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Big fish eat little fish.

Misery loves company.

Knowledge is power.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Share and share alike.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

What goes up must come down.

There's no place like home.

No man is an island.

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

More haste, less speed.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Live and let live.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You are what you eat.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Better safe than sorry.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Half a loaf is better than none.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Only the good die young.

No rest for the wicked.

Paddle your own canoe.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Crime doesn't pay.

You reap what you sow.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Enough is as good as a feast.

First things first.

It never rains but it pours.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

It takes two to tango.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Silence is golden.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Good talk saves the food.

All good things must come to an end.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Silence is golden.

Seeing is believing.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The customer is always right.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Business before pleasure.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

First come, first served.

Revenge is sweet.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The exception which proves the rule.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Moderation in all things.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A watched pot never boils.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

No pain, no gain.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.