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

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The wages of sin is death.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Put your best foot forward.

Charity begins at home.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You win some, you lose some.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

There's an exception to every rule.

Count your blessings.

Like father, like son.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love is blind.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Better safe than sorry.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Live and learn.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

There's no place like home.

Any port in a storm.

You are never too old to learn.

Get out while the getting is good.

Tomorrow never comes.

The customer is always right.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Ignorance is bliss.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

All you need is love.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Everyone has their price.

It goes without saying.

You can't win them all.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Time is money.

Time flies.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You are what you eat.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fortune favours the brave.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Honesty is the best policy.

Horses for courses.

Look before you leap.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Hide in plain sight.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Talk is cheap.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Forgive and forget.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It never rains but it pours.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Enough is enough.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Every picture tells a story.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Good things come to those who wait.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

East, west, home's best.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The exception which proves the rule.

Only the good die young.

To the victor go the spoils.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Misery loves company.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Live and let live.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Each to their own.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

First things first.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

A house is not a home.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All that glitters is not gold.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One hand washes the other.

Opposites attract.

Man does not live by bread alone.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Big fish eat little fish.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Might is right.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You reap what you sow.

To every thing there is a season.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A bad penny always turns up.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Variety is the spice of life.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Good talk saves the food.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

No news is good news.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Revenge is sweet.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The more the merrier.

Don't change horses in midstream.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's better to give than to receive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fight the good fight.

Love makes the world go round.

Manners maketh the man.

Cheats never prosper.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Life is what you make it.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no time like the present.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Make love not war.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never tell tales out of school.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money talks.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Better late than never.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Let the buyer beware.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All publicity is good publicity.

A cat has nine lives.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make haste slowly.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Small things amuse small minds.

There is honour among thieves.

Go the extra mile.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Wonders will never cease.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Oil and water don't mix.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Business before pleasure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

God helps those who help themselves.

Third time lucky.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

No pain, no gain.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nothing new under the sun.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All things must pass.

Another day, another dollar.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

An man's home is his castle.

Practice what you preach.

For everything there is a season.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All good things come to those that wait.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Blood is thicker than water.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Give the Devil his due.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Money is the root of all evil.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Seize the day.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Every dog has its day.

One good deed deserves another.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Patience is a virtue.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Paddle your own canoe.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

He who hesitates is lost.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Faith will move mountains.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Nine tailors make a man.

History repeats itself.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Haste makes waste.

Money makes the world go round.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

First come, first served.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A thing begun is half done.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The age of miracles is past.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Money isn't everything.

No man is an island.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

East is east, and west is west.

The Devil is in the details.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Strike while the iron is hot.

More haste, less speed.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Keep your chin up.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Physician, heal thyself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Keep your powder dry.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Speak as you find.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Share and share alike.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A watched pot never boils.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Accidents will happen.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are two sides to every question.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A word to the wise is enough.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Waste not, want not.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A good man is hard to find.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Out of sight, out of mind.

An army marches on its stomach.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Walls have ears.

Great minds think alike.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

What goes up must come down.

Even a worm will turn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Fight fire with fire.

The end justifies the means.

It takes one to know one.

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

Knowledge is power.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Many hands make light work.

Actions speak louder than words.

Silence is golden.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

While there is life, there is hope.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

The best defence is a good offence.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Slow but sure.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Quid pro quo.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A man is known by his friends.

Seeing is believing.

Time is a great healer.