Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Any port in a storm.

It takes one to know one.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Good things come in small packages.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All good things must come to an end.

Forgive and forget.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Talk is cheap.

A bad penny always turns up.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Wonders will never cease.

Cheats never prosper.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A cat may look at a king.

Get out while the getting is good.

One good deed deserves another.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time flies.

All you need is love.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

No news is good news.

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

A thing begun is half done.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Only the good die young.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You are never too old to learn.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Speak as you find.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Truth will out.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Virtue is its own reward.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Every stick has two ends.

What goes up must come down.

It's never too late to mend.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

No man can serve two masters.

Pearls of wisdom.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The truth will out.

It goes without saying.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Good things come to those who wait.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Out of sight, out of mind.

First things first.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A house is not a home.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Money is the root of all evil.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Always put your best foot forward.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Money talks.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Money isn't everything.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Pride comes before a fall.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Business before pleasure.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Silence is golden.

East is east, and west is west.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Hide in plain sight.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The best defence is a good offence.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Better safe than sorry.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Live and learn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Go the extra mile.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Many hands make light work.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You reap what you sow.

Look before you leap.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Enough is enough.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Dead men tell no tales.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't get mad, get even.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All roads lead to Rome.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let well alone.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A cat has nine lives.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Share and share alike.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Practice what you preach.

Moderation in all things.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Accidents will happen.

There's no time like the present.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Love makes the world go round.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Put your best foot forward.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Practice makes perfect.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Every picture tells a story.

Beware the Ides of March.

It never rains but it pours.

You win some, you lose some.

What goes around comes around.

To the victor go the spoils.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Opposites attract.

Each to their own.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Love is blind.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

The bigger, the better.

Tomorrow is another day.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No pain, no gain.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best things in life are free.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Charity begins at home.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Revenge is sweet.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fight the good fight.

Walls have ears.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nothing new under the sun.

Paddle your own canoe.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

No man is an island.

Time is money.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Another day, another dollar.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

If you build it, they will come.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Seize the day.

Physician, heal thyself.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Give the Devil his due.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

There's safety in numbers.

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

It's the singer not the song.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Keep your chin up.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

The show must go on.

The more the merrier.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Knowledge is power.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East, west, home's best.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Money makes the world go round.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All things must pass.

Variety is the spice of life.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Every dog has its day.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Better late than never.

While there is life, there is hope.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All's fair in love and war.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's no place like home.

Make haste slowly.

The customer is always right.

Horses for courses.

You can't take it with you.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

No rest for the wicked.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Like father, like son.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time will tell.

For everything there is a season.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Fight fire with fire.

Faith will move mountains.

Bad money drives out good.

The Devil looks after his own.

There's one born every minute.

The age of miracles is past.

All's well that ends well.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes two to tango.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Home is where the heart is.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Give credit where credit is due.

The end justifies the means.

Manners maketh the man.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Easy come, easy go.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Oil and water don't mix.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

First come, first served.

Live and let live.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love will find a way.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Less is more.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never tell tales out of school.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Life begins at forty.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A good man is hard to find.

The wages of sin is death.

Haste makes waste.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Even a worm will turn.

Keep your powder dry.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't rock the boat.

Patience is a virtue.

It's all grist to the mill.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's better to give than to receive.

Actions speak louder than words.

Misery loves company.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Everyone has their price.

You can't always get what you want.