First come, first served.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Love makes the world go round.

Might is right.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The age of miracles is past.

Small things amuse small minds.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

While there is life, there is hope.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Walls have ears.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All the world loves a lover.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't throw good money after bad.

All roads lead to Rome.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't take it with you.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Variety is the spice of life.

First things first.

No man is an island.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love is blind.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can't always get what you want.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Good fences make good neighbours.

What goes around comes around.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Give credit where credit is due.

Count your blessings.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Truth will out.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Quid pro quo.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Put your best foot forward.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

For everything there is a season.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Knowledge is power.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Speak as you find.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

God helps those who help themselves.

A cat may look at a king.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Persuasion is better than force.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Even a worm will turn.

Cheats never prosper.

You are what you eat.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad news travels fast.

Slow but sure.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Good talk saves the food.

Crime doesn't pay.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

All publicity is good publicity.

The exception which proves the rule.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Opposites attract.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Seeing is believing.

Let the dead bury the dead.

History repeats itself.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never tell tales out of school.

He who hesitates is lost.

All good things come to those that wait.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Practice what you preach.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes one to know one.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Give the Devil his due.

Fight the good fight.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Good things come in small packages.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Less is more.

Charity begins at home.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A thing begun is half done.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Live and learn.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

No man can serve two masters.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Patience is a virtue.

Time is money.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It never rains but it pours.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every picture tells a story.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The wages of sin is death.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let well alone.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Business before pleasure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Great minds think alike.

Go the extra mile.

Make haste slowly.

Strike while the iron is hot.

To the victor go the spoils.

Haste makes waste.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time flies.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your powder dry.

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

It goes without saying.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Forgive and forget.

No news is good news.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

All things must pass.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money is the root of all evil.

An army marches on its stomach.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Silence construes consent.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Better late than never.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A good man is hard to find.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All you need is love.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A word to the wise is enough.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All's fair in love and war.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

One hand washes the other.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Honesty is the best policy.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The Devil is in the details.

Every dog has its day.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's one born every minute.

You can't win them all.

Pearls of wisdom.

Live and let live.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Life is what you make it.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No rest for the wicked.

Blood is thicker than water.

Love will find a way.

Time will tell.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Share and share alike.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let bygones be bygones.

Actions speak louder than words.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

One good deed deserves another.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Only fools and horses work.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

To every thing there is a season.

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

The bigger, the better.

If you build it, they will come.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Life begins at forty.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Another day, another dollar.

There's no time like the present.

Clothes do not make the man.

Better safe than sorry.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Children should be seen and not heard.

What goes up must come down.

The end justifies the means.

Make love not war.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hide in plain sight.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fight fire with fire.

Physician, heal thyself.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Accidents will happen.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

East is east, and west is west.

Moderation in all things.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's the singer not the song.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Everyone has their price.

All's well that ends well.

Learn to walk before you run.

The early bird gets the worm.

Home is where the heart is.

You are never too old to learn.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Virtue is its own reward.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Look before you leap.

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

No pain, no gain.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Money talks.

A man is known by his friends.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best defence is a good offence.

Misery loves company.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

Enough is enough.

A house is not a home.

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

East, west, home's best.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Only the good die young.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Seize the day.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Two heads are better than one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You reap what you sow.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The more the merrier.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't get mad, get even.

Wonders will never cease.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

More haste, less speed.

The show must go on.

Like father, like son.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The bigger, the better.

The truth will out.

The best things in life are free.

Silence is golden.

Still waters run deep.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Talk is cheap.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nine tailors make a man.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

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

Each to their own.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Keep your chin up.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Beware the Ides of March.

Always put your best foot forward.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Money makes the world go round.