A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There is honour among thieves.

If you build it, they will come.

It never rains but it pours.

To every thing there is a season.

A thing begun is half done.

You reap what you sow.

First come, first served.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The wages of sin is death.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Oil and water don't mix.

A golden key can open any door.

The Devil is in the details.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There's an exception to every rule.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Nothing new under the sun.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Money makes the world go round.

Put your best foot forward.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

No man is an island.

The customer is always right.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Even a worm will turn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Quid pro quo.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In the midst of life we are in death.

East, west, home's best.

All things must pass.

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

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

There's no place like home.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Always put your best foot forward.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Time flies.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Blood is thicker than water.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Love makes the world go round.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Walls have ears.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Live and let live.

Let well alone.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Patience is a virtue.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

History repeats itself.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Third time lucky.

Learn to walk before you run.

Paddle your own canoe.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

There's no time like the present.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

What goes up must come down.

Persuasion is better than force.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Different strokes for different folks.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

No rest for the wicked.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Many hands make light work.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't always get what you want.

You are what you eat.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Physician, heal thyself.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can have too much of a good thing.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If you can't be good, be careful.

No news is good news.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

There's one born every minute.

Beware the Ides of March.

The end justifies the means.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fortune favours the brave.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Practice what you preach.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Actions speak louder than words.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Money is the root of all evil.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Each to their own.

The age of miracles is past.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Haste makes waste.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The more the merrier.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Manners maketh the man.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Life begins at forty.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Less is more.

Speak as you find.

It takes one to know one.

Seeing is believing.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The truth will out.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's all grist to the mill.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Go the extra mile.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Everyone has their price.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money talks.

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

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Tomorrow never comes.

All's well that ends well.

A cat may look at a king.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faith will move mountains.

Seize the day.

Slow but sure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Misery loves company.

Honesty is the best policy.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Crime doesn't pay.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time will tell.

Every picture tells a story.

Better late than never.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your powder dry.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

He who hesitates is lost.

Any port in a storm.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no fool like an old fool.

First things first.

Love is blind.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

God helps those who help themselves.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Once a thief, always a thief.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Time is money.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Revenge is sweet.

Charity begins at home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Every dog has its day.

The show must go on.

Dead men tell no tales.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Silence is golden.

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

Make love not war.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Better safe than sorry.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One hand washes the other.

Make haste slowly.

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Like father, like son.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Accidents will happen.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All good things must come to an end.

All the world loves a lover.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Only the good die young.

All publicity is good publicity.

The best defence is a good offence.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Truth will out.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Knowledge is power.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

One good deed deserves another.

Business before pleasure.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

No man can serve two masters.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Small things amuse small minds.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Keep your chin up.

Great minds think alike.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curiosity killed the cat.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The Devil looks after his own.

Look before you leap.

Moderation in all things.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The early bird gets the worm.

Live and learn.

Christmas comes but once a year.

An man's home is his castle.

You win some, you lose some.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Forgive and forget.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Let the buyer beware.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fight the good fight.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Time is a great healer.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Silence construes consent.

Ignorance is bliss.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Opposites attract.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Might is right.

You can't take it with you.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't win them all.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Horses for courses.

Life is what you make it.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All good things come to those that wait.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Share and share alike.

Love will find a way.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The best things in life are free.

Wonders will never cease.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Waste not, want not.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money isn't everything.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Pearls of wisdom.

More haste, less speed.

Seek and you shall find.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes two to tango.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good things come in small packages.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Less said, soon mended.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Count your blessings.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't rock the boat.