Don't mix business with pleasure.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A miss is as good as a mile.

No news is good news.

Better safe than sorry.

History repeats itself.

Keep your chin up.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Knowledge is power.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fight the good fight.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A man is known by his friends.

Handsome is as handsome does.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A good man is hard to find.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nine tailors make a man.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

What goes up must come down.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

What goes around comes around.

Practice what you preach.

Talk is cheap.

God helps those who help themselves.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Opposites attract.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Time will tell.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All roads lead to Rome.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't take it with you.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All publicity is good publicity.

All good things come to those that wait.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Learn to walk before you run.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Any port in a storm.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can have too much of a good thing.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Love makes the world go round.

No rest for the wicked.

It's better to give than to receive.

Truth will out.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

You win some, you lose some.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Like father, like son.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Walls have ears.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Horses for courses.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

No pain, no gain.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Time is money.

Give the Devil his due.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The Devil is in the details.

Children and fools tell the truth.

East, west, home's best.

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

Each to their own.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All things must pass.

Every dog has its day.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Patience is a virtue.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Faith will move mountains.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Two heads are better than one.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Dead men tell no tales.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Every stick has two ends.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Live and learn.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There is honour among thieves.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

There's no place like home.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Life begins at forty.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Waste not, want not.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

A cat may look at a king.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Make haste slowly.

Youth is wasted on the young.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

One hand washes the other.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Money isn't everything.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

While there is life, there is hope.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Virtue is its own reward.

Beware the Ides of March.

Slow but sure.

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

Bad money drives out good.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The early bird gets the worm.

You reap what you sow.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Go the extra mile.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Haste makes waste.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

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

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

Great minds think alike.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Crime doesn't pay.

All's well that ends well.

Hide in plain sight.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Clothes do not make the man.

A bad penny always turns up.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's safety in numbers.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Persuasion is better than force.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The bigger, the better.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Time flies.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forgive and forget.

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

Still waters run deep.

Look before you leap.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Good talk saves the food.

Only fools and horses work.

The age of miracles is past.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Variety is the spice of life.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It's the singer not the song.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Money makes the world go round.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Quid pro quo.

It's all grist to the mill.

Silence is golden.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Only the good die young.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Seeing is believing.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The truth will out.

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

The show must go on.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Business before pleasure.

It takes two to tango.

The exception which proves the rule.

The best defence is a good offence.

The more the merrier.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

The end justifies the means.

It takes one to know one.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fight fire with fire.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Misery loves company.

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

You can't win them all.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil looks after his own.

An man's home is his castle.

Might is right.

Better late than never.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Seek and you shall find.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All good things must come to an end.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time is a great healer.

A picture paints a thousand words.

No man is an island.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The best things in life are free.

Put your best foot forward.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All you need is love.

Oil and water don't mix.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

The wages of sin is death.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Accidents will happen.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

For everything there is a season.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Practice makes perfect.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Make love not war.

Money talks.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It goes without saying.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Love will find a way.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The customer is always right.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All the world loves a lover.

You are what you eat.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There are two sides to every question.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Less is more.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Revenge is sweet.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Nothing new under the sun.

First things first.

Live and let live.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The best is the enemy of the good.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's no time like the present.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Silence construes consent.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Paddle your own canoe.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Speak as you find.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Bad news travels fast.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't get mad, get even.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Moderation in all things.

Charity begins at home.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Many hands make light work.

He who hesitates is lost.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Small things amuse small minds.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A word to the wise is enough.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't rock the boat.

Let the buyer beware.

East is east, and west is west.

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

First come, first served.

Good things come in small packages.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Share and share alike.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.