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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Good things come in small packages.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The wages of sin is death.

What goes around comes around.

You reap what you sow.

The Devil is in the details.

Count your blessings.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A watched pot never boils.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Love will find a way.

Revenge is sweet.

Less is more.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The age of miracles is past.

The truth will out.

Don't get mad, get even.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes one to know one.

You can't take it with you.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Horses for courses.

To the victor go the spoils.

What goes up must come down.

You can't win them all.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's better to give than to receive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

God helps those who help themselves.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Live and let live.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Fortune favours the brave.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Accidents will happen.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's one born every minute.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

He who hesitates is lost.

Truth will out.

Every picture tells a story.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

No pain, no gain.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Grief divided is made lighter.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The exception which proves the rule.

Money talks.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The more the merrier.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

The end justifies the means.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A cat may look at a king.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Live and learn.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It takes two to tango.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

You win some, you lose some.

The Devil looks after his own.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money makes the world go round.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Every dog has its day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Make haste slowly.

Third time lucky.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

More haste, less speed.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Life begins at forty.

A stitch in time saves nine.

East is east, and west is west.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Paddle your own canoe.

One good deed deserves another.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Once bitten, twice shy.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Talk is cheap.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Only the good die young.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A new broom sweeps clean.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Still waters run deep.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Share and share alike.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Knowledge is power.

Only fools and horses work.

All the world loves a lover.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A word to the wise is enough.

Tomorrow never comes.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Always put your best foot forward.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Many hands make light work.

Charity begins at home.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Like father, like son.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Manners maketh the man.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All's fair in love and war.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Hope springs eternal.

A fish always rots from the head.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Silence construes consent.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Time flies.

Waste not, want not.

Persuasion is better than force.

Might is right.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Great minds think alike.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Youth is wasted on the young.

First things first.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Walls have ears.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Give credit where credit is due.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Make love not war.

Enough is enough.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Better late than never.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Patience is a virtue.

Never speak ill of the dead.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Practice what you preach.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

You are what you eat.

To every thing there is a season.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't always get what you want.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Good things come to those who wait.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The pen is mightier than sword.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

Time will tell.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

It's best to be on the safe side.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Forgive and forget.

First come, first served.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Look before you leap.

For everything there is a season.

Quid pro quo.

Bad money drives out good.

Seeing is believing.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All things must pass.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Home is where the heart is.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All's well that ends well.

Physician, heal thyself.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let well alone.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A golden key can open any door.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love is blind.

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

Moderation in all things.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All good things come to those that wait.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Better safe than sorry.

The customer is always right.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Speak as you find.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Silence is golden.

Money is the root of all evil.

Another day, another dollar.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Life is what you make it.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The show must go on.

Less said, soon mended.

All you need is love.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Everyone has their price.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Go the extra mile.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

No man is an island.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A good man is hard to find.

Business before pleasure.

Time is a great healer.

Put your best foot forward.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All roads lead to Rome.

East, west, home's best.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All publicity is good publicity.

When one door shuts, another opens.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's all grist to the mill.

A house is not a home.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Pearls of wisdom.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Keep your chin up.

A man is known by his friends.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nothing new under the sun.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Money isn't everything.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Misery loves company.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The best things in life are free.

Time is money.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Two heads are better than one.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Oil and water don't mix.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Practice makes perfect.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let bygones be bygones.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Love makes the world go round.

An man's home is his castle.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A thing begun is half done.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no place like home.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There's no time like the present.

Pride comes before a fall.

Give the Devil his due.

Half a loaf is better than none.

No news is good news.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Any port in a storm.

Big fish eat little fish.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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