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

No news is good news.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There is honour among thieves.

Revenge is sweet.

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

What goes around comes around.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Many hands make light work.

Everyone has their price.

Nothing new under the sun.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Fight fire with fire.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Needs must when the devil drives.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The exception which proves the rule.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Live and learn.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Bad money drives out good.

A good man is hard to find.

A miss is as good as a mile.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Get out while the getting is good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Still waters run deep.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The truth will out.

Every stick has two ends.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

One hand washes the other.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Waste not, want not.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The end justifies the means.

Always put your best foot forward.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Even a worm will turn.

The leopard does not change his spots.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

It's better to give than to receive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Truth will out.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The more the merrier.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No rest for the wicked.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The bigger, the better.

Misery loves company.

Any port in a storm.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

While there is life, there is hope.

An man's home is his castle.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Seize the day.

Easy come, easy go.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love is blind.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Charity begins at home.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Seek and you shall find.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Blood is thicker than water.

Talk is cheap.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You are what you eat.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Life begins at forty.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A thing begun is half done.

Forgive and forget.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cheats never prosper.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The best defence is a good offence.

Give credit where credit is due.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

All's well that ends well.

East is east, and west is west.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Pearls of wisdom.

Different strokes for different folks.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Each to their own.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

First things first.

Beware the Ides of March.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Tomorrow is another day.

The customer is always right.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Life is what you make it.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Physician, heal thyself.

Accidents will happen.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Time will tell.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

First come, first served.

Less is more.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Enough is enough.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Enough is as good as a feast.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your powder dry.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Faith will move mountains.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Better late than never.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Haste makes waste.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every picture tells a story.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Practice what you preach.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's all grist to the mill.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A fish always rots from the head.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Only the good die young.

Love will find a way.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It takes one to know one.

Slow but sure.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Walls have ears.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't get mad, get even.

Like father, like son.

Man does not live by bread alone.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't always get what you want.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Crime doesn't pay.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Knowledge is power.

Two heads are better than one.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Horses for courses.

You can have too much of a good thing.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All things must pass.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Love makes the world go round.

The show must go on.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

All the world loves a lover.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A bad penny always turns up.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Good things come to those who wait.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A cat may look at a king.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You are never too old to learn.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You win some, you lose some.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Ignorance is bliss.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Let bygones be bygones.

Make love not war.

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

Hide in plain sight.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

All good things must come to an end.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It never rains but it pours.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All you need is love.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Actions speak louder than words.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Might is right.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Money isn't everything.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You can't win them all.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Silence is golden.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil looks after his own.

The Devil is in the details.

Time flies.

The wages of sin is death.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money talks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's never too late to mend.

Time is money.

Go the extra mile.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Wonders will never cease.

All that glitters is not gold.

All publicity is good publicity.

Tomorrow never comes.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

To every thing there is a season.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Make haste slowly.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The best is the enemy of the good.

Third time lucky.

No man is an island.

Christmas comes but once a year.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Another day, another dollar.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Only fools and horses work.

Great minds think alike.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Manners maketh the man.

Fight the good fight.

Don't rock the boat.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Virtue is its own reward.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Home is where the heart is.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence construes consent.

There's no place like home.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No pain, no gain.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Live and let live.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There are two sides to every question.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Every dog has its day.

It goes without saying.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cold hands, warm heart.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's one born every minute.

Keep your chin up.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Seeing is believing.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Time is a great healer.

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

Quid pro quo.

Opposites attract.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money makes the world go round.

A house is not a home.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East, west, home's best.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

No man can serve two masters.

Business before pleasure.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You reap what you sow.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A golden key can open any door.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Shrouds have no pockets.

An army marches on its stomach.

Let well alone.

There's no time like the present.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's safety in numbers.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.