A penny saved is a penny earned.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Small things amuse small minds.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time is money.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Moderation in all things.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Love will find a way.

The early bird gets the worm.

A golden key can open any door.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

An army marches on its stomach.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A fish always rots from the head.

It's all grist to the mill.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Virtue is its own reward.

A thing begun is half done.

Pride comes before a fall.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

First things first.

There's no time like the present.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Misery loves company.

Bad news travels fast.

Look before you leap.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Patience is a virtue.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Great minds think alike.

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

No pain, no gain.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No rest for the wicked.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Accidents will happen.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A good man is hard to find.

All publicity is good publicity.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Blood is thicker than water.

Only fools and horses work.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All good things must come to an end.

First impressions are the most lasting.

What goes around comes around.

You reap what you sow.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The show must go on.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's no place like home.

It's the singer not the song.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let well alone.

Love makes the world go round.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

History repeats itself.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love is blind.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Persuasion is better than force.

Home is where the heart is.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Every dog has its day.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Seize the day.

Haste makes waste.

Faith will move mountains.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It goes without saying.

East, west, home's best.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Give credit where credit is due.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Get out while the getting is good.

Oil and water don't mix.

Each to their own.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Still waters run deep.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Even a worm will turn.

All you need is love.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

For everything there is a season.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Keep your chin up.

There are two sides to every question.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Learn to walk before you run.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Another day, another dollar.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Might is right.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad money drives out good.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The bigger, the better.

Keep your powder dry.

It's never too late to mend.

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

There is honour among thieves.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Better late than never.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Less is more.

Life is what you make it.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Like father, like son.

Charity begins at home.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Seeing is believing.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Everyone has their price.

Good talk saves the food.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All the world loves a lover.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil looks after his own.

Do as I say, not as I do.

While there is life, there is hope.

Tomorrow is another day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Slow but sure.

If you build it, they will come.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's safety in numbers.

Opposites attract.

Nine tailors make a man.

Beware the Ides of March.

Any port in a storm.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All that glitters is not gold.

Hide in plain sight.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Silence construes consent.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Money makes the world go round.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Third time lucky.

There's an exception to every rule.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The Devil is in the details.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

A house is not a home.

All roads lead to Rome.

Better safe than sorry.

East is east, and west is west.

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

One good deed deserves another.

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

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

Live and let live.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A cat may look at a king.

Never tell tales out of school.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

The more the merrier.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Christmas comes but once a year.

No man is an island.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

There's one born every minute.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Business before pleasure.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You win some, you lose some.

Speak as you find.

You are what you eat.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Share and share alike.

Seek and you shall find.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't win them all.

The end justifies the means.

Time will tell.

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

Talk is cheap.

The best things in life are free.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Ignorance is bliss.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Truth will out.

You can't take it with you.

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

It takes one to know one.

Waste not, want not.

Hope springs eternal.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

One hand washes the other.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes two to tango.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

No man can serve two masters.

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Pearls of wisdom.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

All things must pass.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the buyer beware.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Give the Devil his due.

Live and learn.

Nothing succeeds like success.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Physician, heal thyself.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

What goes up must come down.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Money isn't everything.

Time flies.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Actions speak louder than words.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

An man's home is his castle.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Only the good die young.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't rock the boat.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Fight fire with fire.

Life begins at forty.

Nothing new under the sun.

The truth will out.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Enough is enough.

God helps those who help themselves.

Good things come in small packages.

Forgive and forget.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Money talks.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Make love not war.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Walls have ears.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

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

No news is good news.

First come, first served.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Knowledge is power.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Many hands make light work.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It never rains but it pours.

The customer is always right.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no smoke without fire.