Bad money drives out good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Forgive and forget.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Pearls of wisdom.

Even a worm will turn.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The bigger, the better.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Talk is cheap.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There is honour among thieves.

Ignorance is bliss.

There are two sides to every question.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Many hands make light work.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Never give a sucker an even break.

What goes around comes around.

Cheats never prosper.

You reap what you sow.

All the world loves a lover.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Better safe than sorry.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All publicity is good publicity.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Wonders will never cease.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't always get what you want.

Tomorrow is another day.

Accidents will happen.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Forewarned is forearmed.

For everything there is a season.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Third time lucky.

Good things come to those who wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

It takes one to know one.

Live and let live.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no time like the present.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The show must go on.

Let well alone.

Nine tailors make a man.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A thing begun is half done.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life begins at forty.

Physician, heal thyself.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Silence is golden.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

God helps those who help themselves.

History repeats itself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You are what you eat.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Waste not, want not.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

First come, first served.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Still waters run deep.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The best defence is a good offence.

Keep your chin up.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All good things must come to an end.

Better late than never.

First things first.

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

Enough is enough.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fortune favours the brave.

An army marches on its stomach.

One hand washes the other.

It never rains but it pours.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Quid pro quo.

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

Fight fire with fire.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The customer is always right.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Everyone has their price.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

It takes two to tango.

Might is right.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's the singer not the song.

Love makes the world go round.

Count your blessings.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Learn to walk before you run.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Home is where the heart is.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

More haste, less speed.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All's fair in love and war.

Less said, soon mended.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Business before pleasure.

Speak as you find.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Faith will move mountains.

No pain, no gain.

Seeing is believing.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money isn't everything.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Make hay while the sun shines.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Like father, like son.

If you can't be good, be careful.

While there is life, there is hope.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Two heads are better than one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Live and learn.

Money makes the world go round.

To the victor go the spoils.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A cat has nine lives.

Silence construes consent.

To every thing there is a season.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Time is money.

Moderation in all things.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Less is more.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A good man is hard to find.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Birds of a feather flock together.

No man is an island.

You can't take it with you.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

No news is good news.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

The best things in life are free.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fight the good fight.

Great minds think alike.

Knowledge is power.

Time is a great healer.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no place like home.

Seek and you shall find.

Hide in plain sight.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's safety in numbers.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hope springs eternal.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A cat may look at a king.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Truth will out.

Time will tell.

Make haste slowly.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Blood is thicker than water.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Let the buyer beware.

There's an exception to every rule.

Only fools and horses work.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No rest for the wicked.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Money is the root of all evil.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Love will find a way.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The more the merrier.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Practice makes perfect.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There is no accounting for tastes.

All things must pass.

The Devil is in the details.

Always put your best foot forward.

Make love not war.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Honesty is the best policy.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

East, west, home's best.

A word to the wise is enough.

Life is what you make it.

No man can serve two masters.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Seize the day.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It goes without saying.

Every dog has its day.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Keep your powder dry.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Each to their own.

The truth will out.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Look before you leap.

One good deed deserves another.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

What goes up must come down.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Share and share alike.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Only the good die young.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Money talks.

If you build it, they will come.

Charity begins at home.

Slow but sure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The end justifies the means.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

You can't win them all.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Opposites attract.

Any port in a storm.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All good things come to those that wait.

The early bird gets the worm.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's one born every minute.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Give the Devil his due.

Crime doesn't pay.

Time flies.

Misery loves company.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The age of miracles is past.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Haste makes waste.

Small things amuse small minds.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Easy come, easy go.

All you need is love.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A golden key can open any door.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.