It takes one to know one.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Accidents will happen.

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

East, west, home's best.

Enough is enough.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Waste not, want not.

There's one born every minute.

Charity begins at home.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Put your best foot forward.

Bad money drives out good.

More haste, less speed.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If you build it, they will come.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The bigger, the better.

The end justifies the means.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A thing begun is half done.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It never rains but it pours.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It goes without saying.

To every thing there is a season.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's no time like the present.

Haste makes waste.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

First things first.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Silence construes consent.

Less said, soon mended.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

An man's home is his castle.

Cheats never prosper.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

The best things in life are free.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Bad news travels fast.

The leopard does not change his spots.

No man can serve two masters.

Live and learn.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

You can't take it with you.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An army marches on its stomach.

Time is money.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Good things come to those who wait.

Clothes do not make the man.

Only fools and horses work.

What goes up must come down.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Go the extra mile.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

East is east, and west is west.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no smoke without fire.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Oil and water don't mix.

Fortune favours the brave.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fight the good fight.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You reap what you sow.

Ignorance is bliss.

Seeing is believing.

One hand washes the other.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

First come, first served.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

History repeats itself.

Let the buyer beware.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Keep your chin up.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Don't rock the boat.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Business before pleasure.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The show must go on.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Faith will move mountains.

Never tell tales out of school.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Beggars can't be choosers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

No man is an island.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Money is the root of all evil.

Practice what you preach.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Horses for courses.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A house is not a home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The wages of sin is death.

All you need is love.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Time flies.

Walls have ears.

Small things amuse small minds.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Seek and you shall find.

A cat may look at a king.

Any port in a storm.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A man is known by his friends.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love is blind.

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

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

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

All things must pass.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The best defence is a good offence.

Give the Devil his due.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Love will find a way.

Dead men tell no tales.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The truth will out.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The customer is always right.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Like father, like son.

Give credit where credit is due.

It's never too late to mend.

Look before you leap.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Manners maketh the man.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Wonders will never cease.

All good things must come to an end.

Time is a great healer.

A cat has nine lives.

There are two sides to every question.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Each to their own.

Keep your powder dry.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Slow but sure.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Always put your best foot forward.

Virtue is its own reward.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A golden key can open any door.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no place like home.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Time will tell.

Patience is a virtue.

Less is more.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No news is good news.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Let well alone.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There is honour among thieves.

Home is where the heart is.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money talks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Truth will out.

Share and share alike.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Moderation in all things.

Beauty is only skin deep.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Tomorrow is another day.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Better safe than sorry.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Pearls of wisdom.

Get out while the getting is good.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

For everything there is a season.

What goes around comes around.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let bygones be bygones.

All publicity is good publicity.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Honesty is the best policy.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Make haste slowly.

Only the good die young.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Money isn't everything.

The Devil looks after his own.

Pride comes before a fall.

Good things come in small packages.

Seize the day.

All's fair in love and war.

Money makes the world go round.

Actions speak louder than words.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Every dog has its day.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You win some, you lose some.

Variety is the spice of life.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

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

Speak as you find.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Hide in plain sight.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

You can't win them all.

Don't get mad, get even.

A good man is hard to find.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's an exception to every rule.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Count your blessings.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Still waters run deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The age of miracles is past.

A word to the wise is enough.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It takes two to tango.

Opposites attract.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Silence is golden.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Laughter is the best medicine.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Easy come, easy go.

The early bird gets the worm.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

You are what you eat.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

A watched pot never boils.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Third time lucky.

Life begins at forty.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.