Cheats never prosper.

There's no time like the present.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Make haste slowly.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Time will tell.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Slow but sure.

Clothes do not make the man.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One hand washes the other.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You reap what you sow.

To the victor go the spoils.

Good talk saves the food.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no place like home.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Life is what you make it.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

To every thing there is a season.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The exception which proves the rule.

Fight the good fight.

Less said, soon mended.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Bad news travels fast.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't win them all.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Let well alone.

The customer is always right.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Only the good die young.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Ignorance is bliss.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Like father, like son.

Good things come to those who wait.

All things must pass.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Share and share alike.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hope springs eternal.

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

You are never too old to learn.

There's safety in numbers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Seeing is believing.

Money talks.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Silence is golden.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Money makes the world go round.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

There's one born every minute.

Pride comes before a fall.

What goes around comes around.

Make love not war.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No rest for the wicked.

It takes two to tango.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Time is a great healer.

Seize the day.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Faith will move mountains.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An man's home is his castle.

East is east, and west is west.

Money isn't everything.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow is another day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Even a worm will turn.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Needs must when the devil drives.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You can't take it with you.

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

Every dog has its day.

Pearls of wisdom.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A thing begun is half done.

First come, first served.

Might is right.

Less is more.

Never give a sucker an even break.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Forgive and forget.

Honesty is the best policy.

It's never too late to mend.

Live and let live.

It takes one to know one.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Enough is enough.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Forewarned is forearmed.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Truth will out.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Hide in plain sight.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Practice what you preach.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

East, west, home's best.

Live and learn.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

You can't always get what you want.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Silence construes consent.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Better late than never.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't rock the boat.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Speak as you find.

Business before pleasure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

No pain, no gain.

Physician, heal thyself.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Only fools and horses work.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Virtue is its own reward.

Horses for courses.

The Devil is in the details.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Dead men tell no tales.

Actions speak louder than words.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Each to their own.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Different strokes for different folks.

A cat has nine lives.

The show must go on.

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

All you need is love.

All good things must come to an end.

You win some, you lose some.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time is money.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Still waters run deep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Patience is a virtue.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Any port in a storm.

Fortune favours the brave.

The best things in life are free.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Love is blind.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Good things come in small packages.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Oil and water don't mix.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Look before you leap.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Keep your powder dry.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Many hands make light work.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The truth will out.

Paddle your own canoe.

Talk is cheap.

Go the extra mile.

The age of miracles is past.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Put your best foot forward.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No man can serve two masters.

Love will find a way.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Home is where the heart is.

Half a loaf is better than none.

He who hesitates is lost.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Misery loves company.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

All's fair in love and war.

First things first.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The bigger, the better.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

All that glitters is not gold.

A cat may look at a king.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Revenge is sweet.

Better safe than sorry.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No news is good news.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A house is not a home.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Love makes the world go round.

Give credit where credit is due.

What goes up must come down.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

For everything there is a season.

Blood is thicker than water.

A bad penny always turns up.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Third time lucky.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All roads lead to Rome.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Charity begins at home.

Big fish eat little fish.

Time flies.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Keep your chin up.

All's well that ends well.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The more the merrier.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It goes without saying.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

More haste, less speed.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All publicity is good publicity.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Seek and you shall find.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The early bird gets the worm.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Let the dead bury the dead.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Walls have ears.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

It never rains but it pours.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.