A bad penny always turns up.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Persuasion is better than force.

The customer is always right.

Let the buyer beware.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Knowledge is power.

Another day, another dollar.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Practice what you preach.

You are what you eat.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

A cat may look at a king.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A thing begun is half done.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

An man's home is his castle.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Seek and you shall find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Learn to walk before you run.

To every thing there is a season.

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

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Hope springs eternal.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Bad news travels fast.

Better safe than sorry.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your chin up.

Give the Devil his due.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Clothes do not make the man.

What goes around comes around.

A house is not a home.

A watched pot never boils.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Love will find a way.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fortune favours the brave.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Always put your best foot forward.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Moderation in all things.

Make love not war.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Accidents will happen.

There's no time like the present.

The truth will out.

Time is money.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The more the merrier.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A cat has nine lives.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Even a worm will turn.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing new under the sun.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forgive and forget.

Two heads are better than one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Faith will move mountains.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It goes without saying.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Keep your powder dry.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All's well that ends well.

History repeats itself.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

It's never too late to mend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Small things amuse small minds.

Blood is thicker than water.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Good talk saves the food.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Physician, heal thyself.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Crime doesn't pay.

God helps those who help themselves.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Every picture tells a story.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's better to give than to receive.

Fight the good fight.

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

Money isn't everything.

No man is an island.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

More haste, less speed.

Any port in a storm.

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

Business before pleasure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Make haste slowly.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Only the good die young.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Horses for courses.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You can't win them all.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Haste makes waste.

Ignorance is bliss.

Give credit where credit is due.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

First come, first served.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Misery loves company.

Slow but sure.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can't take it with you.

Go the extra mile.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

No news is good news.

It never rains but it pours.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There's no place like home.

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

Speak as you find.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Great minds think alike.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Waste not, want not.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Time flies.

The bigger, the better.

If you build it, they will come.

Oil and water don't mix.

Everyone has their price.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Tomorrow never comes.

You are never too old to learn.

Silence construes consent.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

All you need is love.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A good man is hard to find.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Easy come, easy go.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Actions speak louder than words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Count your blessings.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You reap what you sow.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A man is known by his friends.

Less is more.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Dead men tell no tales.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Each to their own.

East is east, and west is west.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only fools and horses work.

All's fair in love and war.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Put your best foot forward.

Time will tell.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Patience is a virtue.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Charity begins at home.

First things first.

Wonders will never cease.

What goes up must come down.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Share and share alike.

It's all grist to the mill.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There's an exception to every rule.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Manners maketh the man.

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

The show must go on.

There's one born every minute.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

For everything there is a season.

Seeing is believing.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One good deed deserves another.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Practice makes perfect.

Good things come to those who wait.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

No pain, no gain.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A fish always rots from the head.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's the singer not the song.

Walls have ears.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All things must pass.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There is honour among thieves.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Forewarned is forearmed.

All the world loves a lover.

No rest for the wicked.

You win some, you lose some.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Less said, soon mended.

One hand washes the other.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Might is right.

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

Let well alone.

There's safety in numbers.

Home is where the heart is.

Talk is cheap.

The best things in life are free.

Don't get mad, get even.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Silence is golden.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Opposites attract.

The exception which proves the rule.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Look before you leap.

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

Time is a great healer.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Pearls of wisdom.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Seize the day.

Life begins at forty.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Still waters run deep.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Third time lucky.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Make hay while the sun shines.

To the victor go the spoils.

The Devil looks after his own.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Different strokes for different folks.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Many hands make light work.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Truth will out.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The best defence is a good offence.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The end justifies the means.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Love makes the world go round.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Quid pro quo.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Every dog has its day.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Blue are the hills that are far away.