The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Home is where the heart is.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's an exception to every rule.

Blood is thicker than water.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A word to the wise is enough.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A good man is hard to find.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Dead men tell no tales.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's never too late to mend.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Physician, heal thyself.

What goes around comes around.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Many hands make light work.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Put your best foot forward.

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

You are what you eat.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

To every thing there is a season.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't win them all.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Honesty is the best policy.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Accidents will happen.

Good things come in small packages.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Charity begins at home.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Easy come, easy go.

Seek and you shall find.

Third time lucky.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A thing begun is half done.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Like father, like son.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no place like home.

Seeing is believing.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Manners maketh the man.

What goes up must come down.

A miss is as good as a mile.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An army marches on its stomach.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Great minds think alike.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Children should be seen and not heard.

No news is good news.

Always put your best foot forward.

Another day, another dollar.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The customer is always right.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

Might is right.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Beware the Ides of March.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

East is east, and west is west.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The bigger, the better.

Hope springs eternal.

Money makes the world go round.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The age of miracles is past.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Count your blessings.

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

You are never too old to learn.

The best things in life are free.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Go the extra mile.

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

Truth will out.

The wages of sin is death.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life begins at forty.

Share and share alike.

Haste makes waste.

Fight the good fight.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One hand washes the other.

While there is life, there is hope.

Money talks.

The truth will out.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Still waters run deep.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All's well that ends well.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't take it with you.

All things must pass.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Every picture tells a story.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Misery loves company.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Money isn't everything.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Learn to walk before you run.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

No pain, no gain.

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

The more the merrier.

Quid pro quo.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Love will find a way.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

It takes two to tango.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Never tell tales out of school.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

No rest for the wicked.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't always get what you want.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Horses for courses.

Less is more.

Wonders will never cease.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

History repeats itself.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fortune favours the brave.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live and let live.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One swallow does not a summer make.

One good deed deserves another.

Any port in a storm.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A man is known by his friends.

Knowledge is power.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Enough is enough.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The leopard does not change his spots.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Every dog has its day.

Business before pleasure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

East, west, home's best.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Look before you leap.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Keep your chin up.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A watched pot never boils.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Waste not, want not.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All that glitters is not gold.

More haste, less speed.

Better late than never.

You reap what you sow.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

For everything there is a season.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Revenge is sweet.

Practice what you preach.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil is in the details.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money is the root of all evil.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Shrouds have no pockets.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Forgive and forget.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Silence is golden.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Variety is the spice of life.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't get mad, get even.

A house is not a home.

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

Hide in plain sight.

The Devil looks after his own.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Life is what you make it.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Only the good die young.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A bad penny always turns up.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's one born every minute.

Slow but sure.

There's safety in numbers.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Live and learn.

Two heads are better than one.

Let well alone.

There are two sides to every question.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Persuasion is better than force.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

In the midst of life we are in death.

First things first.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Let the buyer beware.

If you build it, they will come.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

No man is an island.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A fish always rots from the head.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Good talk saves the food.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Patience is a virtue.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The end justifies the means.

Tomorrow is another day.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Keep your powder dry.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All's fair in love and war.

A golden key can open any door.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fight fire with fire.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's all grist to the mill.

Everyone has their price.

Speak as you find.

To the victor go the spoils.

Time is money.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All publicity is good publicity.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Time is a great healer.

Time will tell.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Good things come to those who wait.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Walls have ears.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Make love not war.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's no smoke without fire.

A cat has nine lives.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Better safe than sorry.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It takes one to know one.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All you need is love.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The show must go on.

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

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

All good things must come to an end.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.