You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Waste not, want not.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't always get what you want.

Practice what you preach.

When one door shuts, another opens.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never give a sucker an even break.

One hand washes the other.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Pearls of wisdom.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Silence construes consent.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Persuasion is better than force.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Patience is a virtue.

For everything there is a season.

The more the merrier.

Charity begins at home.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

One good deed deserves another.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The wages of sin is death.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A golden key can open any door.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't win them all.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

An man's home is his castle.

It's never too late to mend.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Like father, like son.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Honesty is the best policy.

Seeing is believing.

Another day, another dollar.

Silence is golden.

It's all grist to the mill.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Any port in a storm.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A bad penny always turns up.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Seek and you shall find.

Love makes the world go round.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Home is where the heart is.

If you build it, they will come.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Beware the Ides of March.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Faith will move mountains.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Many hands make light work.

Variety is the spice of life.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's the singer not the song.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

What goes up must come down.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Money is the root of all evil.

Make haste slowly.

Hope springs eternal.

There's an exception to every rule.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Count your blessings.

No news is good news.

Walls have ears.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It never rains but it pours.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Ignorance is bliss.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

No pain, no gain.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life is what you make it.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The bigger, the better.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You reap what you sow.

Forgive and forget.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Still waters run deep.

Less said, soon mended.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Actions speak louder than words.

All publicity is good publicity.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Practice makes perfect.

Bad news travels fast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There are two sides to every question.

Small things amuse small minds.

Put your best foot forward.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Time will tell.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The exception which proves the rule.

Enough is enough.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The end justifies the means.

Love will find a way.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A fish always rots from the head.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

What goes around comes around.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Make love not war.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Keep your powder dry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Manners maketh the man.

Slow but sure.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Share and share alike.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No man is an island.

Learn to walk before you run.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Different strokes for different folks.

The Devil is in the details.

Keep your chin up.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Better late than never.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Clothes do not make the man.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Third time lucky.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Everyone has their price.

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

All things must pass.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Money talks.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It goes without saying.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

First come, first served.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

The best things in life are free.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't take it with you.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let well alone.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All's fair in love and war.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You are what you eat.

It takes one to know one.

Even a worm will turn.

Live and let live.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Crime doesn't pay.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

All good things must come to an end.

Quid pro quo.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Might is right.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Horses for courses.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Good things come to those who wait.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Business before pleasure.

Haste makes waste.

Each to their own.

Hide in plain sight.

Less is more.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Misery loves company.

Accidents will happen.

Never tell tales out of school.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Live and learn.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Give credit where credit is due.

Truth will out.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A thing begun is half done.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Big fish eat little fish.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All that glitters is not gold.

A cat may look at a king.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There's one born every minute.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

The customer is always right.

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

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

Only the good die young.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fight the good fight.

The age of miracles is past.

No rest for the wicked.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All's well that ends well.

Better safe than sorry.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Every stick has two ends.

Revenge is sweet.

Great minds think alike.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Every dog has its day.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Easy come, easy go.

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

A cat has nine lives.

You win some, you lose some.

Moderation in all things.

The show must go on.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A house is not a home.

Speak as you find.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Dead men tell no tales.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't get mad, get even.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All you need is love.

Wonders will never cease.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's better to give than to receive.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A good man is hard to find.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Go the extra mile.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil looks after his own.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Seize the day.

Money isn't everything.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

East, west, home's best.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

A man is known by his friends.

The truth will out.

Always put your best foot forward.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Good talk saves the food.

There is honour among thieves.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All good things come to those that wait.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's no time like the present.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It takes two to tango.

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