The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Live and let live.

Crime doesn't pay.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Better safe than sorry.

There's one born every minute.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Seek and you shall find.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Put your best foot forward.

It's never too late to mend.

The customer is always right.

Let the buyer beware.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A good man is hard to find.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Silence is golden.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

A golden key can open any door.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One hand washes the other.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The best defence is a good offence.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's all grist to the mill.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There is honour among thieves.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Cheats never prosper.

An army marches on its stomach.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Like father, like son.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Good things come in small packages.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Make haste slowly.

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

There's safety in numbers.

All roads lead to Rome.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Ignorance is bliss.

Charity begins at home.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Talk is cheap.

Better late than never.

Give credit where credit is due.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Money talks.

The bigger, the better.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The Devil looks after his own.

The best things in life are free.

One good deed deserves another.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Manners maketh the man.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fight the good fight.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Blood is thicker than water.

All's well that ends well.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Seeing is believing.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Learn to walk before you run.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Accidents will happen.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All things must pass.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Pride comes before a fall.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Physician, heal thyself.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A picture paints a thousand words.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

You win some, you lose some.

For everything there is a season.

A fish always rots from the head.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No news is good news.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Less said, soon mended.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You reap what you sow.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Time and tide wait for no one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Keep your powder dry.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Enough is enough.

Go the extra mile.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Two heads are better than one.

Love is blind.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All good things come to those that wait.

The early bird gets the worm.

First things first.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

A house is not a home.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It never rains but it pours.

Good fences make good neighbours.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Opposites attract.

First come, first served.

Share and share alike.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't rock the boat.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Oil and water don't mix.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

What goes up must come down.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Dead men tell no tales.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

He who hesitates is lost.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Haste makes waste.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Business before pleasure.

Big fish eat little fish.

Nothing new under the sun.

Everyone has their price.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The more the merrier.

Truth will out.

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

No pain, no gain.

The end justifies the means.

Money isn't everything.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It takes two to tango.

Small things amuse small minds.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Might is right.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Practice makes perfect.

Life begins at forty.

An man's home is his castle.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Money makes the world go round.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Every stick has two ends.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Misery loves company.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Virtue is its own reward.

Less is more.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A word to the wise is enough.

Great minds think alike.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

If you build it, they will come.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The show must go on.

God helps those who help themselves.

Live and learn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You are never too old to learn.

No rest for the wicked.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A watched pot never boils.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Every picture tells a story.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Each to their own.

Horses for courses.

Different strokes for different folks.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Only fools and horses work.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The wages of sin is death.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Bad money drives out good.

What goes around comes around.

Waste not, want not.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All the world loves a lover.

Tomorrow never comes.

There are two sides to every question.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Get out while the getting is good.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Third time lucky.

Good talk saves the food.

Silence construes consent.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Still waters run deep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Keep your chin up.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A man is known by his friends.

Clothes do not make the man.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Time flies.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Speak as you find.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Every dog has its day.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It goes without saying.

Knowledge is power.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Count your blessings.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

East is east, and west is west.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can't take it with you.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's no place like home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The Devil is in the details.

Life is what you make it.

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

Look before you leap.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Even a worm will turn.

All publicity is good publicity.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Wonders will never cease.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Make love not war.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time will tell.

Slow but sure.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Many hands make light work.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The exception which proves the rule.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Any port in a storm.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It takes one to know one.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Revenge is sweet.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's an exception to every rule.

History repeats itself.

Variety is the spice of life.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

More haste, less speed.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All you need is love.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Faith will move mountains.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Different strokes for different folks.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Moderation in all things.

The age of miracles is past.

Tomorrow is another day.