Penny wise and pound foolish.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Look before you leap.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Keep your chin up.

Might is right.

There's one born every minute.

Oil and water don't mix.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

No man can serve two masters.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The end justifies the means.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Practice what you preach.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's never too late to mend.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A good man is hard to find.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Knowledge is power.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Business before pleasure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Count your blessings.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Money isn't everything.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Good things come in small packages.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good talk saves the food.

Silence is golden.

Live and let live.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A watched pot never boils.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Pride comes before a fall.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Make love not war.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Strike while the iron is hot.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Share and share alike.

You can't win them all.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All roads lead to Rome.

The age of miracles is past.

Time is money.

An man's home is his castle.

A cat may look at a king.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Every dog has its day.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Charity begins at home.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Bad news travels fast.

The customer is always right.

Cheats never prosper.

Misery loves company.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It takes two to tango.

Crime doesn't pay.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You reap what you sow.

Seek and you shall find.

The exception which proves the rule.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Persuasion is better than force.

To the victor go the spoils.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

While there is life, there is hope.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

The early bird gets the worm.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No pain, no gain.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It's better to give than to receive.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Any port in a storm.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Big fish eat little fish.

Revenge is sweet.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Money makes the world go round.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

To every thing there is a season.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Love is blind.

You can't take it with you.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil is in the details.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't make bricks without straw.

Accidents will happen.

There are two sides to every question.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Haste makes waste.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

East, west, home's best.

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

Time will tell.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Practice makes perfect.

Everyone has their price.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The best things in life are free.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's an exception to every rule.

Less is more.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Silence construes consent.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil looks after his own.

One good deed deserves another.

Horses for courses.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A word to the wise is enough.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A cat has nine lives.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Only fools and horses work.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Manners maketh the man.

Always put your best foot forward.

What goes around comes around.

Life begins at forty.

Keep your powder dry.

First things first.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The show must go on.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let the buyer beware.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't get mad, get even.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Less said, soon mended.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When one door shuts, another opens.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Walls have ears.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Quid pro quo.

There's no place like home.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak as you find.

You win some, you lose some.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's no smoke without fire.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Tomorrow never comes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Life is what you make it.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Opposites attract.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Seize the day.

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

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

One hand washes the other.

Clothes do not make the man.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All good things come to those that wait.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Waste not, want not.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A bad penny always turns up.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No man is an island.

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

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

More haste, less speed.

Forgive and forget.

Half a loaf is better than none.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Slow but sure.

Fortune favours the brave.

All's fair in love and war.

Small things amuse small minds.

Beware the Ides of March.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It takes one to know one.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Put your best foot forward.

A fish always rots from the head.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fight fire with fire.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No rest for the wicked.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Still waters run deep.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The bigger, the better.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Money talks.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't always get what you want.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

Moderation in all things.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You are never too old to learn.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

First come, first served.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Actions speak louder than words.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Even a worm will turn.

No news is good news.

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

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

What goes up must come down.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Only the good die young.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Love will find a way.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

All things must pass.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Every stick has two ends.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Dead men tell no tales.

He who hesitates is lost.

Better safe than sorry.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let bygones be bygones.

The more the merrier.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

All's well that ends well.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Two heads are better than one.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Home is where the heart is.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Great minds think alike.

Give credit where credit is due.

All good things must come to an end.

You are what you eat.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Never go to bed on an argument.

There's safety in numbers.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All you need is love.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Hide in plain sight.

Time is money.

Easy come, easy go.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let well alone.

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

Don't rock the boat.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Go the extra mile.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

Each to their own.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Give the Devil his due.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A man is known by his friends.

Get out while the getting is good.

Truth will out.

Blood is thicker than water.

Enough is enough.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Put your best foot forward.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no time like the present.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Better late than never.

Paddle your own canoe.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Live and learn.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A place for everything and everything in its place.