Dead men tell no tales.

There's an exception to every rule.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Knowledge is power.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

East is east, and west is west.

The wages of sin is death.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You are never too old to learn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Seek and you shall find.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Love makes the world go round.

God helps those who help themselves.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Misery loves company.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Money isn't everything.

You can't always get what you want.

There are two sides to every question.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Nine tailors make a man.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Business before pleasure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Silence is golden.

You reap what you sow.

A man is known by his friends.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

No news is good news.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Learn to walk before you run.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Revenge is sweet.

Opposites attract.

Less is more.

First come, first served.

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

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Haste makes waste.

Put your best foot forward.

Practice what you preach.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fight the good fight.

Time is money.

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

Forgive and forget.

Each to their own.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Better late than never.

Life begins at forty.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Practice makes perfect.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Every dog has its day.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A thing begun is half done.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Truth will out.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A good man is hard to find.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Enough is enough.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Less said, soon mended.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's better to give than to receive.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blood is thicker than water.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If you build it, they will come.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No pain, no gain.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A fish always rots from the head.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

To every thing there is a season.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Only the good die young.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The show must go on.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

More haste, less speed.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Physician, heal thyself.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Look before you leap.

You are what you eat.

Make love not war.

Time will tell.

Nothing new under the sun.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Waste not, want not.

Good talk saves the food.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Charity begins at home.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Tomorrow is another day.

Great minds think alike.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Even a worm will turn.

No rest for the wicked.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Good things come in small packages.

It's all grist to the mill.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All things must pass.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Share and share alike.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's one born every minute.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Crime doesn't pay.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The early bird gets the worm.

Live and learn.

Every picture tells a story.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All you need is love.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Quid pro quo.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Might is right.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Bad news travels fast.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Let the buyer beware.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It's never too late to mend.

Different strokes for different folks.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Time flies.

Do as I say, not as I do.

For everything there is a season.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time is a great healer.

The age of miracles is past.

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Everyone has their price.

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

First things first.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

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

A house is not a home.

Little pitchers have big ears.

What goes up must come down.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Go the extra mile.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Silence construes consent.

Home is where the heart is.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes one to know one.

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

Moderation in all things.

All's well that ends well.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

What goes around comes around.

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

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

Money talks.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hide in plain sight.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Speak as you find.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All roads lead to Rome.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't take it with you.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Beauty is only skin deep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Walls have ears.

Accidents will happen.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Bad money drives out good.

Only fools and horses work.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The truth will out.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A bad penny always turns up.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fight fire with fire.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Virtue is its own reward.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beware the Ides of March.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every stick has two ends.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All good things must come to an end.

Horses for courses.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Ignorance is bliss.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Any port in a storm.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Let well alone.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Paddle your own canoe.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Seize the day.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's the singer not the song.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It takes two to tango.

East, west, home's best.

History repeats itself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Keep your powder dry.

One hand washes the other.

All that glitters is not gold.

A word to the wise is enough.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Better safe than sorry.

Two heads are better than one.

Give the Devil his due.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The more the merrier.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Third time lucky.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Like father, like son.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There is no accounting for tastes.

Many hands make light work.

No man can serve two masters.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

A cat may look at a king.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The Devil is in the details.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cheats never prosper.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A golden key can open any door.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Honesty is the best policy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The exception which proves the rule.

A cat has nine lives.

You win some, you lose some.

Seeing is believing.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No man is an island.

Count your blessings.

Give credit where credit is due.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.