Look before you leap.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Time is money.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Less is more.

Seeing is believing.

Blood is thicker than water.

The truth will out.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

History repeats itself.

Make haste slowly.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Misery loves company.

Let the buyer beware.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

No man can serve two masters.

All good things come to those that wait.

Live and learn.

Tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Christmas comes but once a year.

For everything there is a season.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All's well that ends well.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Practice makes perfect.

Money makes the world go round.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Walls have ears.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The best defence is a good offence.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Variety is the spice of life.

To every thing there is a season.

What goes around comes around.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Virtue is its own reward.

Honesty is the best policy.

Silence is golden.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The end justifies the means.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Love is blind.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The more the merrier.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Better safe than sorry.

The exception which proves the rule.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Count your blessings.

Third time lucky.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

God helps those who help themselves.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Different strokes for different folks.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Silence construes consent.

A house is not a home.

Truth will out.

Manners maketh the man.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Keep your chin up.

It takes one to know one.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Good talk saves the food.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You reap what you sow.

Haste makes waste.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There is honour among thieves.

Moderation in all things.

Opposites attract.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let well alone.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All's fair in love and war.

Many hands make light work.

If you build it, they will come.

Still waters run deep.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no place like home.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Patience is a virtue.

East, west, home's best.

Cheats never prosper.

Everyone has their price.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One swallow does not a summer make.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's safety in numbers.

There's no time like the present.

A good man is hard to find.

Money talks.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Waste not, want not.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Nothing new under the sun.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Actions speak louder than words.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

You can't take it with you.

Only the good die young.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There's no smoke without fire.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Horses for courses.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life is what you make it.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Cold hands, warm heart.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Speak as you find.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The age of miracles is past.

Talk is cheap.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Learn to walk before you run.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Forgive and forget.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The customer is always right.

Like father, like son.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All that glitters is not gold.

Physician, heal thyself.

Every stick has two ends.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Time will tell.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Time is a great healer.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Live and let live.

Always put your best foot forward.

Enough is enough.

A man is known by his friends.

All the world loves a lover.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

The show must go on.

Bad money drives out good.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A thing begun is half done.

Even a worm will turn.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Share and share alike.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Shrouds have no pockets.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

There's one born every minute.

A golden key can open any door.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

First things first.

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

Money isn't everything.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fight fire with fire.

Charity begins at home.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Hide in plain sight.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All roads lead to Rome.

Big fish eat little fish.

First come, first served.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

What goes up must come down.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Great minds think alike.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Seize the day.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Persuasion is better than force.

Slow but sure.

All you need is love.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's better to give than to receive.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Ignorance is bliss.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

No news is good news.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

Only fools and horses work.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your powder dry.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

There are two sides to every question.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Quid pro quo.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A cat has nine lives.

Better late than never.

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

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Knowledge is power.

The Devil looks after his own.

No pain, no gain.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Give the Devil his due.

Give credit where credit is due.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Accidents will happen.

Time flies.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You are what you eat.

No rest for the wicked.

He who hesitates is lost.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

Love makes the world go round.

The wages of sin is death.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Another day, another dollar.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You win some, you lose some.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Nine tailors make a man.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It's never too late to mend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Paddle your own canoe.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Each to their own.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It goes without saying.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every dog has its day.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Love will find a way.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Two heads are better than one.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Any port in a storm.

The bigger, the better.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

One hand washes the other.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Crime doesn't pay.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Fight the good fight.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Home is where the heart is.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All things must pass.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A watched pot never boils.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.