Truth will out.

Seeing is believing.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Clothes do not make the man.

Give credit where credit is due.

Waste not, want not.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Wonders will never cease.

What goes around comes around.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All things must pass.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A watched pot never boils.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone has their price.

To every thing there is a season.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

One good deed deserves another.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Money isn't everything.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Love will find a way.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All's well that ends well.

Put your best foot forward.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Any port in a storm.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It takes two to tango.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You are never too old to learn.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

The customer is always right.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

God helps those who help themselves.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Go the extra mile.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Many hands make light work.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Speak as you find.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Let the buyer beware.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Accidents will happen.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Make haste slowly.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All the world loves a lover.

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

First come, first served.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

What goes up must come down.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't rock the boat.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Business before pleasure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't always get what you want.

All you need is love.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Silence construes consent.

Look before you leap.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All publicity is good publicity.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Talk is cheap.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Time will tell.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The pen is mightier than sword.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's the singer not the song.

Fight fire with fire.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

East, west, home's best.

Bad news travels fast.

Hope springs eternal.

Life begins at forty.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Paddle your own canoe.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Oil and water don't mix.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A man is known by his friends.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Big fish eat little fish.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best things in life are free.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It goes without saying.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The best defence is a good offence.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There is honour among thieves.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Love is blind.

Hide in plain sight.

Still waters run deep.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Let well alone.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's safety in numbers.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's no place like home.

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

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

History repeats itself.

Misery loves company.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Knowledge is power.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your powder dry.

A house is not a home.

Seek and you shall find.

A cat may look at a king.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Time flies.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

There's no time like the present.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You reap what you sow.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No rest for the wicked.

Count your blessings.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Needs must when the devil drives.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Each to their own.

No pain, no gain.

The show must go on.

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

Quid pro quo.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

No man can serve two masters.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nine tailors make a man.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A golden key can open any door.

Less is more.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's all grist to the mill.

Crime doesn't pay.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The Devil looks after his own.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Pearls of wisdom.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Live and let live.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Fight the good fight.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Slow but sure.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An army marches on its stomach.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Practice what you preach.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

All's fair in love and war.

One hand washes the other.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Money is the root of all evil.

Silence is golden.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Third time lucky.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Less said, soon mended.

Money makes the world go round.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

East is east, and west is west.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

No news is good news.

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

Keep your chin up.

A fish always rots from the head.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The bigger, the better.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Ignorance is bliss.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

You can't win them all.

Let bygones be bygones.

No man is an island.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You are what you eat.

Pride comes before a fall.

Time is a great healer.

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

Every stick has two ends.

All good things must come to an end.

Better safe than sorry.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's an exception to every rule.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An man's home is his castle.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and learn.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Manners maketh the man.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The truth will out.

The more the merrier.

There's no smoke without fire.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Walls have ears.

First things first.

A thing begun is half done.

Only the good die young.

Money talks.

Tomorrow never comes.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The end justifies the means.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The Devil is in the details.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Haste makes waste.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Home is where the heart is.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't take it with you.

Might is right.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

More haste, less speed.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Opposites attract.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love makes the world go round.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Revenge is sweet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Practice makes perfect.

Virtue is its own reward.

Time is money.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good things come in small packages.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It takes one to know one.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Make love not war.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Only fools and horses work.

Give the Devil his due.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Honesty is the best policy.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Persuasion is better than force.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blue are the hills that are far away.