Might is right.

It goes without saying.

Cheats never prosper.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nine tailors make a man.

All's well that ends well.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Third time lucky.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Charity begins at home.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Easy come, easy go.

Time flies.

Different strokes for different folks.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Live and learn.

A good man is hard to find.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Better safe than sorry.

A thing begun is half done.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't rock the boat.

A house is not a home.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

For everything there is a season.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Big fish eat little fish.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The best defence is a good offence.

Seize the day.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You reap what you sow.

Knowledge is power.

A cat has nine lives.

Love will find a way.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Money makes the world go round.

It takes two to tango.

Each to their own.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Home is where the heart is.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Dead men tell no tales.

It's better to give than to receive.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The customer is always right.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Hope springs eternal.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A man is known by his friends.

There's one born every minute.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

No news is good news.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't get mad, get even.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A cat may look at a king.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Needs must when the devil drives.

What goes up must come down.

A poor worker blames the tools.

He who hesitates is lost.

Count your blessings.

Slow but sure.

Share and share alike.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Silence is golden.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Truth will out.

There's no smoke without fire.

Revenge is sweet.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's safety in numbers.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The wages of sin is death.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Still waters run deep.

It never rains but it pours.

Enough is as good as a feast.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Tomorrow is another day.

Bad news travels fast.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Silence construes consent.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Crime doesn't pay.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's no place like home.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Everyone has their price.

Keep your powder dry.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Practice what you preach.

A bad penny always turns up.

Opposites attract.

No rest for the wicked.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Fight the good fight.

Time will tell.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Good things come in small packages.

All good things must come to an end.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Practice makes perfect.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Make love not war.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Enough is enough.

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

Less is more.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The bigger, the better.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Once a thief, always a thief.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Even a worm will turn.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Wonders will never cease.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Life begins at forty.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Give credit where credit is due.

When one door shuts, another opens.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money talks.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

All things must pass.

Actions speak louder than words.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Virtue is its own reward.

Get out while the getting is good.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You are what you eat.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Only fools and horses work.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Good things come to those who wait.

All good things come to those that wait.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Honesty is the best policy.

The more the merrier.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Forgive and forget.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Keep your chin up.

Time is money.

The best things in life are free.

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

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

Look before you leap.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Half a loaf is better than none.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Variety is the spice of life.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Speak as you find.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Accidents will happen.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't change horses in midstream.

Put your best foot forward.

A word to the wise is enough.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No pain, no gain.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Love makes the world go round.

Fight fire with fire.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Go the extra mile.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't always get what you want.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Seeing is believing.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Horses for courses.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

To the victor go the spoils.

More haste, less speed.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Birds of a feather flock together.

East, west, home's best.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Walls have ears.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

God helps those who help themselves.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The exception which proves the rule.

All the world loves a lover.

One hand washes the other.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Physician, heal thyself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Any port in a storm.

The Devil looks after his own.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's the singer not the song.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tomorrow never comes.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The early bird gets the worm.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Business before pleasure.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Haste makes waste.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Man does not live by bread alone.

No man can serve two masters.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Moderation in all things.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Great minds think alike.

Money isn't everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's never too late to mend.

Misery loves company.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All's fair in love and war.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It takes one to know one.

You can't take it with you.

Fortune favours the brave.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

What goes around comes around.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Only the good die young.

The end justifies the means.

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

Make haste slowly.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

First things first.

Time is a great healer.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

No man is an island.

There is honour among thieves.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The show must go on.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every picture tells a story.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

History repeats itself.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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