Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

No rest for the wicked.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Even a worm will turn.

You are never too old to learn.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You are what you eat.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

A thing begun is half done.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Seize the day.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Slow but sure.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Never tell tales out of school.

A cat may look at a king.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Dead men tell no tales.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The show must go on.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

Third time lucky.

Everyone has their price.

The customer is always right.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Life begins at forty.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The best things in life are free.

Home is where the heart is.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's safety in numbers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes one to know one.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

A word to the wise is enough.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Haste makes waste.

Misery loves company.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All's well that ends well.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Let the buyer beware.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Paddle your own canoe.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

There's no place like home.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Bad money drives out good.

Accidents will happen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seeing is believing.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Less is more.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nine tailors make a man.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Wonders will never cease.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Good things come to those who wait.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Persuasion is better than force.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money makes the world go round.

A cat has nine lives.

Share and share alike.

Look before you leap.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Might is right.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A man is known by his friends.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Two heads are better than one.

No pain, no gain.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All you need is love.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Every dog has its day.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let bygones be bygones.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Any port in a storm.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

The Devil is in the details.

Big fish eat little fish.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Clothes do not make the man.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Knowledge is power.

Better safe than sorry.

Oil and water don't mix.

Keep your powder dry.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Make love not war.

First things first.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Forgive and forget.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's no smoke without fire.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Blood is thicker than water.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You win some, you lose some.

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

No man is an island.

The more the merrier.

Each to their own.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't win them all.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There are two sides to every question.

Another day, another dollar.

To the victor go the spoils.

Time flies.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Easy come, easy go.

Put your best foot forward.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All things must pass.

No man can serve two masters.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The early bird gets the worm.

Money talks.

Speak as you find.

Once a thief, always a thief.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It's better to give than to receive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Silence is golden.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's no time like the present.

Better late than never.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's one born every minute.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

First come, first served.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

All good things come to those that wait.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The best defence is a good offence.

Many hands make light work.

A bad penny always turns up.

An army marches on its stomach.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The end justifies the means.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cheats never prosper.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Honesty is the best policy.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Only the good die young.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Horses for courses.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Quid pro quo.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Strike while the iron is hot.

What goes up must come down.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Love is blind.

Give credit where credit is due.

Live and let live.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Like father, like son.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

Good things come in small packages.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

East, west, home's best.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Opposites attract.

Virtue is its own reward.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There is honour among thieves.

Give the Devil his due.

Faith will move mountains.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Count your blessings.

Pride comes before a fall.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Love makes the world go round.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Get out while the getting is good.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Enough is enough.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Physician, heal thyself.

All publicity is good publicity.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A golden key can open any door.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

More haste, less speed.

The bigger, the better.

All the world loves a lover.

Life is what you make it.

All that glitters is not gold.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All good things must come to an end.

One hand washes the other.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

You reap what you sow.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A house is not a home.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Truth will out.

Don't get mad, get even.

Let well alone.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Good talk saves the food.

History repeats itself.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Practice makes perfect.

Seek and you shall find.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It goes without saying.

God helps those who help themselves.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Make haste slowly.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Waste not, want not.

Tomorrow never comes.

Beware the Ides of March.

The exception which proves the rule.

Nothing new under the sun.

Patience is a virtue.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The truth will out.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Practice what you preach.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The age of miracles is past.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Live and learn.

Fight the good fight.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes two to tango.

Money isn't everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

While there is life, there is hope.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Moderation in all things.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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