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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't take it with you.

The Devil looks after his own.

Give credit where credit is due.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Time is money.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

First come, first served.

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

Seeing is believing.

Moderation in all things.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The age of miracles is past.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A good man is hard to find.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A thing begun is half done.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Live and learn.

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

There's safety in numbers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Speak as you find.

Manners maketh the man.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A house is not a home.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Out of sight, out of mind.

East, west, home's best.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Beware the Ides of March.

Quid pro quo.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

It takes one to know one.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Keep your powder dry.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Virtue is its own reward.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Actions speak louder than words.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Enough is enough.

A bad penny always turns up.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Every dog has its day.

Slow but sure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Wonders will never cease.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing new under the sun.

Opposites attract.

Make love not war.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't win them all.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Live and let live.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Go the extra mile.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Paddle your own canoe.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

For everything there is a season.

It's the singer not the song.

Seize the day.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All that glitters is not gold.

What goes around comes around.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A golden key can open any door.

It's better to give than to receive.

Money isn't everything.

Put your best foot forward.

Easy come, easy go.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

You reap what you sow.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Truth will out.

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

There's no time like the present.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Time flies.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A cat has nine lives.

Less is more.

Life is what you make it.

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

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You are never too old to learn.

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

There's one born every minute.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Forgive and forget.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Honesty is the best policy.

Man does not live by bread alone.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money makes the world go round.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Physician, heal thyself.

Talk is cheap.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's all grist to the mill.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Get out while the getting is good.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Practice what you preach.

To the victor go the spoils.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There are two sides to every question.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Might is right.

Let well alone.

Love makes the world go round.

Nothing succeeds like success.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The wages of sin is death.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Nine tailors make a man.

Make haste slowly.

Once a thief, always a thief.

What goes up must come down.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All the world loves a lover.

The more the merrier.

The customer is always right.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Great minds think alike.

Keep your chin up.

Bad news travels fast.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love will find a way.

Two heads are better than one.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All things must pass.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Share and share alike.

Home is where the heart is.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Bad money drives out good.

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

No news is good news.

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

It never rains but it pours.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Look before you leap.

No man is an island.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Let bygones be bygones.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Like father, like son.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Seek and you shall find.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Better late than never.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Good talk saves the food.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Pearls of wisdom.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

To every thing there is a season.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Everyone has their price.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Silence is golden.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Money is the root of all evil.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It goes without saying.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A cat may look at a king.

Any port in a storm.

The bigger, the better.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

A watched pot never boils.

Love is blind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Always put your best foot forward.

Ignorance is bliss.

Money talks.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Waste not, want not.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A word to the wise is enough.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Learn to walk before you run.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All good things come to those that wait.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

One hand washes the other.

Better safe than sorry.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Fight fire with fire.

First things first.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cheats never prosper.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Each to their own.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The truth will out.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Every stick has two ends.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fight the good fight.

While there is life, there is hope.

There's no place like home.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Count your blessings.

Hope springs eternal.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't shoot the messenger.

More haste, less speed.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's never too late to mend.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Give the Devil his due.

No rest for the wicked.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Only fools and horses work.

East is east, and west is west.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time is a great healer.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Clothes do not make the man.

Haste makes waste.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Misery loves company.

There is honour among thieves.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Time will tell.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Horses for courses.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All's fair in love and war.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Crime doesn't pay.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Business before pleasure.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Silence construes consent.

The end justifies the means.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Charity begins at home.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

You are what you eat.

Let the buyer beware.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One good deed deserves another.

There is no accounting for tastes.

An army marches on its stomach.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All you need is love.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Another day, another dollar.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best things in life are free.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't rock the boat.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Third time lucky.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You can't always get what you want.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Revenge is sweet.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Faith will move mountains.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Accidents will happen.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

In the midst of life we are in death.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

More haste, less speed.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.