Don't get mad, get even.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

More haste, less speed.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Haste makes waste.

Wonders will never cease.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Opposites attract.

One hand washes the other.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

While there is life, there is hope.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Actions speak louder than words.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Third time lucky.

To every thing there is a season.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Live and learn.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All publicity is good publicity.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who hesitates is lost.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

All the world loves a lover.

Waste not, want not.

Another day, another dollar.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All good things come to those that wait.

Knowledge is power.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

You are never too old to learn.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Business before pleasure.

For everything there is a season.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

There's safety in numbers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let well alone.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A golden key can open any door.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

All's fair in love and war.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All good things must come to an end.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All's well that ends well.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There are two sides to every question.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An army marches on its stomach.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The bigger, the better.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Only the good die young.

What goes up must come down.

The exception which proves the rule.

The wages of sin is death.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Horses for courses.

Misery loves company.

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

Quid pro quo.

Make love not war.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A man is known by his friends.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Time flies.

What goes around comes around.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Tomorrow is another day.

Money isn't everything.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't win them all.

It goes without saying.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Big fish eat little fish.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Different strokes for different folks.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Silence is golden.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Home is where the heart is.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Love is blind.

Oil and water don't mix.

Less said, soon mended.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

It takes one to know one.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's one born every minute.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's all grist to the mill.

The best things in life are free.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Truth will out.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A thing begun is half done.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time will tell.

The customer is always right.

A fish always rots from the head.

A cat may look at a king.

Revenge is sweet.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Cheats never prosper.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Go the extra mile.

Share and share alike.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Enough is enough.

Seize the day.

Everyone has their price.

East is east, and west is west.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A watched pot never boils.

One good deed deserves another.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Give the Devil his due.

Any port in a storm.

Fight fire with fire.

Great minds think alike.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Patience is a virtue.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Put your best foot forward.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Count your blessings.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

No news is good news.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Every dog has its day.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Life is what you make it.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Get out while the getting is good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's an exception to every rule.

Money talks.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Charity begins at home.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Time is a great healer.

You can't take it with you.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Small things amuse small minds.

Tomorrow never comes.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Every stick has two ends.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Practice what you preach.

Life begins at forty.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

History repeats itself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

No man can serve two masters.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Seeing is believing.

Two heads are better than one.

Look before you leap.

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

Silence construes consent.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Bad money drives out good.

Good things come in small packages.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Each to their own.

It takes two to tango.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Physician, heal thyself.

East, west, home's best.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Might is right.

Time is money.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's no smoke without fire.

You win some, you lose some.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Still waters run deep.

First things first.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Every picture tells a story.

All things must pass.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It never rains but it pours.

An man's home is his castle.

The age of miracles is past.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's never too late to mend.

Let bygones be bygones.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Accidents will happen.

Speak as you find.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The more the merrier.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You reap what you sow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Forgive and forget.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Youth is wasted on the young.

All you need is love.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A cat has nine lives.

Dead men tell no tales.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Keep your chin up.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Faith will move mountains.

The early bird gets the worm.

Ignorance is bliss.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

A house is not a home.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Slow but sure.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All roads lead to Rome.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Like father, like son.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Moderation in all things.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Better safe than sorry.

Live and let live.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No rest for the wicked.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Nothing new under the sun.

The show must go on.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Many hands make light work.

Better late than never.

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

The truth will out.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.