Fight the good fight.

Life begins at forty.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Practice what you preach.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Money is the root of all evil.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All you need is love.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It goes without saying.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love makes the world go round.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Ignorance is bliss.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There is honour among thieves.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to tango.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Clothes do not make the man.

What goes around comes around.

A word to the wise is enough.

Great minds think alike.

Different strokes for different folks.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There's no place like home.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Truth will out.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fortune favours the brave.

It never rains but it pours.

Moderation in all things.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every stick has two ends.

The best defence is a good offence.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

Live and learn.

Another day, another dollar.

Revenge is sweet.

The leopard does not change his spots.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Only fools and horses work.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A stitch in time saves nine.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You reap what you sow.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The bigger, the better.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good things come in small packages.

For everything there is a season.

There are two sides to every question.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Might is right.

Life is what you make it.

A house is not a home.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love is blind.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Horses for courses.

Give the Devil his due.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Learn to walk before you run.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Seize the day.

He who hesitates is lost.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Enough is enough.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The end justifies the means.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Money makes the world go round.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A person is known by the company they keep.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Time will tell.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Silence is golden.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's never too late to mend.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A man is known by his friends.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Every dog has its day.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Always put your best foot forward.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Forgive and forget.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

If you build it, they will come.

Misery loves company.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's the singer not the song.

Patience is a virtue.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Less is more.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't take it with you.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

East is east, and west is west.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Every picture tells a story.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The show must go on.

Bad news travels fast.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Cheats never prosper.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Christmas comes but once a year.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes one to know one.

While there is life, there is hope.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Each to their own.

Only the good die young.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Look before you leap.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Like father, like son.

An army marches on its stomach.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A thing begun is half done.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Do as I say, not as I do.

No news is good news.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time is money.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Everyone has their price.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No pain, no gain.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The truth will out.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

There's safety in numbers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Walls have ears.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All's well that ends well.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A watched pot never boils.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Oil and water don't mix.

Fight fire with fire.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Seeing is believing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

East, west, home's best.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There's no smoke without fire.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

You win some, you lose some.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Still waters run deep.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Practice makes perfect.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Silence construes consent.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Good talk saves the food.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't win them all.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Slow but sure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Faith will move mountains.

Make love not war.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Time is a great healer.

Get out while the getting is good.

Never tell tales out of school.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Pearls of wisdom.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Variety is the spice of life.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A picture paints a thousand words.

What goes up must come down.

Business before pleasure.

No rest for the wicked.

Quid pro quo.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Marriages are made in heaven.

First things first.

Count your blessings.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Money talks.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A fish always rots from the head.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

To every thing there is a season.

Bad money drives out good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All roads lead to Rome.

History repeats itself.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A cat may look at a king.

God helps those who help themselves.

Share and share alike.

Two heads are better than one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Put your best foot forward.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give credit where credit is due.

Many hands make light work.

Small things amuse small minds.

Knowledge is power.

Beauty is only skin deep.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Make haste slowly.

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

The best things in life are free.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Better late than never.

Manners maketh the man.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All good things must come to an end.

All things must pass.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Hope springs eternal.

Pride comes before a fall.

Accidents will happen.

Live and let live.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You are never too old to learn.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Better safe than sorry.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The Devil looks after his own.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Charity begins at home.

Speak as you find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The Devil is in the details.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

One hand washes the other.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

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

Money isn't everything.

You are what you eat.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

One good deed deserves another.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Love will find a way.

A bad penny always turns up.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All publicity is good publicity.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Any port in a storm.

There's one born every minute.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Time flies.

First come, first served.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Third time lucky.

No man is an island.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Let the buyer beware.