Truth will out.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Practice what you preach.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

God helps those who help themselves.

A bad penny always turns up.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Practice makes perfect.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Opposites attract.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You reap what you sow.

More haste, less speed.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

Time will tell.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Give credit where credit is due.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Still waters run deep.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Any port in a storm.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All good things must come to an end.

Seek and you shall find.

It's never too late to mend.

Money makes the world go round.

Less said, soon mended.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Crime doesn't pay.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Speak as you find.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your chin up.

There's no time like the present.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Revenge is sweet.

To every thing there is a season.

Love makes the world go round.

Money talks.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Great minds think alike.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't win them all.

Slow but sure.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

First come, first served.

Fight the good fight.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Go the extra mile.

The best things in life are free.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Share and share alike.

A fish always rots from the head.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil is in the details.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Make love not war.

Every picture tells a story.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Another day, another dollar.

No man is an island.

No man can serve two masters.

There are two sides to every question.

There's no place like home.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Easy come, easy go.

Look before you leap.

Like father, like son.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time flies.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The customer is always right.

Hide in plain sight.

What goes around comes around.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Every stick has two ends.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Might is right.

Bad news travels fast.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Big fish eat little fish.

A cat has nine lives.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Variety is the spice of life.

All roads lead to Rome.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Better late than never.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

An man's home is his castle.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Silence is golden.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

All the world loves a lover.

All good things come to those that wait.

Money is the root of all evil.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Quid pro quo.

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

For everything there is a season.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

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

Time is money.

No pain, no gain.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Keep your powder dry.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It takes one to know one.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

He who hesitates is lost.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Life begins at forty.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The age of miracles is past.

The Devil looks after his own.

Accidents will happen.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

No news is good news.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beware the Ides of March.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Seeing is believing.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Silence construes consent.

All's fair in love and war.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All things must pass.

If you build it, they will come.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

The show must go on.

Learn to walk before you run.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The early bird gets the worm.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Ignorance is bliss.

Wonders will never cease.

Even a worm will turn.

Love will find a way.

Never speak ill of the dead.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Charity begins at home.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You win some, you lose some.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Haste makes waste.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Patience is a virtue.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Always put your best foot forward.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The bigger, the better.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

You can't take it with you.

An army marches on its stomach.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Dead men tell no tales.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life is what you make it.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Everyone has their price.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A watched pot never boils.

Let bygones be bygones.

Waste not, want not.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Nothing new under the sun.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't get mad, get even.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time is a great healer.

All's well that ends well.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

One hand washes the other.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Live and learn.

Make haste slowly.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Hope springs eternal.

Less is more.

Only fools and horses work.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All publicity is good publicity.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

History repeats itself.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Never tell tales out of school.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All that glitters is not gold.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Oil and water don't mix.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Let well alone.

Horses for courses.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Talk is cheap.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's better to give than to receive.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

First things first.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Forgive and forget.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Paddle your own canoe.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never give a sucker an even break.

East is east, and west is west.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Physician, heal thyself.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Many hands make light work.

It goes without saying.

Live and let live.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

East, west, home's best.

A golden key can open any door.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Enough is enough.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love is blind.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's the singer not the song.

Only the good die young.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Tomorrow is another day.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Third time lucky.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There's no smoke without fire.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Give the Devil his due.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's safety in numbers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You are what you eat.

All you need is love.

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

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

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

There's one born every minute.

The more the merrier.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

A house is not a home.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Man does not live by bread alone.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A man is known by his friends.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't rock the boat.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Blue are the hills that are far away.