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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Quid pro quo.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Hope springs eternal.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best defence is a good offence.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The wages of sin is death.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

You can't take it with you.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nothing new under the sun.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Enough is enough.

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

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Love is blind.

A man is known by his friends.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Big fish eat little fish.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

One hand washes the other.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

The bigger, the better.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Life begins at forty.

Faith will move mountains.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A good man is hard to find.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Third time lucky.

A thing begun is half done.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's all grist to the mill.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Let well alone.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

While there is life, there is hope.

Honesty is the best policy.

No man is an island.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Give the Devil his due.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All good things come to those that wait.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Every picture tells a story.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It goes without saying.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

What goes up must come down.

When one door shuts, another opens.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Only fools and horses work.

Time flies.

Love will find a way.

Forewarned is forearmed.

No pain, no gain.

Time is a great healer.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's never too late to mend.

Let bygones be bygones.

All you need is love.

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

Opposites attract.

No man can serve two masters.

Haste makes waste.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Horses for courses.

First come, first served.

There's one born every minute.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Talk is cheap.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Put your best foot forward.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no place like home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Each to their own.

East is east, and west is west.

All roads lead to Rome.

Get out while the getting is good.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Two heads are better than one.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't rock the boat.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Never tell tales out of school.

Practice makes perfect.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Virtue is its own reward.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A word to the wise is enough.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Persuasion is better than force.

Seek and you shall find.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

All's fair in love and war.

Let the buyer beware.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

All things must pass.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Every dog has its day.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Beware the Ides of March.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All the world loves a lover.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

To every thing there is a season.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Time is money.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Seize the day.

Give credit where credit is due.

Any port in a storm.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Another day, another dollar.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The customer is always right.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Money talks.

Go the extra mile.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

East, west, home's best.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You are what you eat.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Everyone has their price.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Pride comes before a fall.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Revenge is sweet.

Truth will out.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love makes the world go round.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes one to know one.

The show must go on.

Live and let live.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

No news is good news.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

He who hesitates is lost.

Actions speak louder than words.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Time will tell.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

First things first.

Seeing is believing.

Wonders will never cease.

Walls have ears.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Physician, heal thyself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Make love not war.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Cheats never prosper.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Manners maketh the man.

Knowledge is power.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Many hands make light work.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A house is not a home.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

One good deed deserves another.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Moderation in all things.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Share and share alike.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Business before pleasure.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Forgive and forget.

You reap what you sow.

Oil and water don't mix.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The best things in life are free.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

The end justifies the means.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fight fire with fire.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes two to tango.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It never rains but it pours.

The truth will out.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

There's no time like the present.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

History repeats itself.

All that glitters is not gold.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Only the good die young.

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

Misery loves company.

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

You can't win them all.

Still waters run deep.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All good things must come to an end.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Every stick has two ends.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Like father, like son.

Paddle your own canoe.

The Devil looks after his own.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

You are never too old to learn.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Keep your powder dry.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Blood is thicker than water.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Hide in plain sight.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If the cap fits, wear it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All's well that ends well.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Look before you leap.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Good things come to those who wait.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is what you make it.

The more the merrier.

For everything there is a season.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Pearls of wisdom.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

God helps those who help themselves.

Learn to walk before you run.

Speak as you find.

Variety is the spice of life.

Slow but sure.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A cat has nine lives.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A watched pot never boils.

Accidents will happen.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Great minds think alike.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Attack is the best form of defence.