No man is an island.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Many hands make light work.

Hide in plain sight.

Blood is thicker than water.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

More haste, less speed.

Home is where the heart is.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

One hand washes the other.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love will find a way.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Waste not, want not.

Pride comes before a fall.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Marriages are made in heaven.

One good deed deserves another.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Money isn't everything.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Every dog has its day.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Keep your powder dry.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

East is east, and west is west.

What goes up must come down.

All good things must come to an end.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's no time like the present.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Life is what you make it.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The bigger, the better.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Go the extra mile.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

No pain, no gain.

Tomorrow never comes.

The Devil is in the details.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no place like home.

Love is blind.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The age of miracles is past.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's never too late to mend.

While there is life, there is hope.

Oil and water don't mix.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Accidents will happen.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Physician, heal thyself.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You are never too old to learn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Good things come to those who wait.

A man is known by his friends.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

East, west, home's best.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A house is not a home.

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

Moderation in all things.

Honesty is the best policy.

Only the good die young.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Good talk saves the food.

Time flies.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Big fish eat little fish.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

First things first.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You are what you eat.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Small things amuse small minds.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Each to their own.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No news is good news.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Faith will move mountains.

Paddle your own canoe.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

Practice makes perfect.

What goes around comes around.

Life begins at forty.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Forgive and forget.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

First come, first served.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Quid pro quo.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Better safe than sorry.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Business before pleasure.

To the victor go the spoils.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Talk is cheap.

Make love not war.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Seek and you shall find.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Any port in a storm.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

All the world loves a lover.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You win some, you lose some.

Put your best foot forward.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Like father, like son.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Look before you leap.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Still waters run deep.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A good man is hard to find.

Enough is enough.

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

Might is right.

A cat has nine lives.

Everyone has their price.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

There's no smoke without fire.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's better to give than to receive.

Bad money drives out good.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Silence construes consent.

Horses for courses.

Less is more.

Ignorance is bliss.

To every thing there is a season.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

All's fair in love and war.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Cheats never prosper.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Only fools and horses work.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No man can serve two masters.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It goes without saying.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All's well that ends well.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The end justifies the means.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Time will tell.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Better late than never.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The wages of sin is death.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Practice what you preach.

Live and learn.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Nothing new under the sun.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fight fire with fire.

All that glitters is not gold.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Make haste slowly.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Money talks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

A word to the wise is enough.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw good money after bad.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Variety is the spice of life.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

An man's home is his castle.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Keep your chin up.

Don't get mad, get even.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The best defence is a good offence.

Never tell tales out of school.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The show must go on.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't win them all.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Patience is a virtue.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Dead men tell no tales.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

God helps those who help themselves.

Easy come, easy go.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let the buyer beware.

The truth will out.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There are two sides to every question.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Speak as you find.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Let well alone.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Seeing is believing.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Share and share alike.

Silence is golden.

Actions speak louder than words.

Beware the Ides of March.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

For everything there is a season.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Wonders will never cease.

Misery loves company.

The best defence is a good offence.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fight the good fight.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes one to know one.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Even a worm will turn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Seize the day.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Crime doesn't pay.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It never rains but it pours.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Count your blessings.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Haste makes waste.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

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

Opposites attract.

All you need is love.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You can't always get what you want.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Give the Devil his due.

A watched pot never boils.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The customer is always right.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time is money.

Walls have ears.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Virtue is its own reward.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You reap what you sow.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

An man's home is his castle.

History repeats itself.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Every picture tells a story.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.