Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Patience is a virtue.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The best-laid plans go astray.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Look before you leap.

East is east, and west is west.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Time flies.

Revenge is sweet.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The best things in life are free.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No rest for the wicked.

Fight the good fight.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Silence construes consent.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Two heads are better than one.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Tomorrow is another day.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't shoot the messenger.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

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

Money isn't everything.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All things must pass.

Practice makes perfect.

A cat has nine lives.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your chin up.

All's well that ends well.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

An man's home is his castle.

The exception which proves the rule.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Love is blind.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Slow but sure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

History repeats itself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Nine tailors make a man.

Fortune favours the brave.

All you need is love.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time is money.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Easy come, easy go.

First things first.

A cat may look at a king.

Opposites attract.

East, west, home's best.

The leopard does not change his spots.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Quid pro quo.

Paddle your own canoe.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Persuasion is better than force.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Give the Devil his due.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money makes the world go round.

Never tell tales out of school.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There are two sides to every question.

First come, first served.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No man is an island.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Forewarned is forearmed.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Share and share alike.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A good man is hard to find.

Put your best foot forward.

Seize the day.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All's fair in love and war.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Speak as you find.

Let well alone.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's one born every minute.

The truth will out.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Misery loves company.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

A thing begun is half done.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It's the singer not the song.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A watched pot never boils.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Silence is golden.

Love will find a way.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You win some, you lose some.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to tango.

The show must go on.

There's no place like home.

One good deed deserves another.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money talks.

Faith will move mountains.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Only fools and horses work.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

Forgive and forget.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Better safe than sorry.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All roads lead to Rome.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Wonders will never cease.

God helps those who help themselves.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Blood is thicker than water.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Honesty is the best policy.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Each to their own.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Waste not, want not.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't win them all.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Talk is cheap.

Time is a great healer.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Pride comes before a fall.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The end justifies the means.

Life begins at forty.

Make haste slowly.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

All good things must come to an end.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Horses for courses.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Charity begins at home.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Accidents will happen.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Hope springs eternal.

Love makes the world go round.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You are what you eat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

More haste, less speed.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Walls have ears.

Haste makes waste.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Variety is the spice of life.

Make love not war.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You reap what you sow.

Might is right.

Like father, like son.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A word to the wise is enough.

Crime doesn't pay.

Practice what you preach.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Great minds think alike.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no smoke without fire.

No news is good news.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Ignorance is bliss.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Many hands make light work.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The more the merrier.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

What goes up must come down.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Live and let live.

A man is known by his friends.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The customer is always right.

Knowledge is power.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Life is what you make it.

Truth will out.

Christmas comes but once a year.

While there is life, there is hope.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Always put your best foot forward.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Enough is enough.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Every picture tells a story.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Everyone has their price.

Less is more.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Still waters run deep.

Count your blessings.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Business before pleasure.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Good things come in small packages.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Bad money drives out good.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Manners maketh the man.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A house is not a home.

You can't always get what you want.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Third time lucky.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's never too late to mend.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

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

One hand washes the other.

No pain, no gain.

Good talk saves the food.

Virtue is its own reward.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The Devil is in the details.

Time will tell.

The Devil looks after his own.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The bigger, the better.

It takes one to know one.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Big fish eat little fish.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Physician, heal thyself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Only the good die young.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Seeing is believing.

Get out while the getting is good.

There's no time like the present.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A golden key can open any door.

Any port in a storm.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let the dead bury the dead.