Great minds think alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Count your blessings.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All things must pass.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Go the extra mile.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Slow but sure.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Quid pro quo.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

All good things must come to an end.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The more the merrier.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

First come, first served.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Enough is enough.

Let the buyer beware.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's an exception to every rule.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The customer is always right.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Truth will out.

Less said, soon mended.

Charity begins at home.

Give the Devil his due.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Time will tell.

The best things in life are free.

Live and let live.

Any port in a storm.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Physician, heal thyself.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

More haste, less speed.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's better to give than to receive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

When one door shuts, another opens.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't get mad, get even.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beware the Ides of March.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It goes without saying.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

First things first.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You are what you eat.

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

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You are never too old to learn.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Give credit where credit is due.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

Money talks.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

You can't take it with you.

Honesty is the best policy.

Less is more.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All's fair in love and war.

All publicity is good publicity.

Knowledge is power.

Life is what you make it.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Tomorrow is another day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

For everything there is a season.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A thing begun is half done.

A word to the wise is enough.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Cheats never prosper.

All you need is love.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Seeing is believing.

Third time lucky.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You win some, you lose some.

Fight fire with fire.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let bygones be bygones.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Like father, like son.

Don't rock the boat.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

While there is life, there is hope.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Seize the day.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A golden key can open any door.

The wages of sin is death.

Time is money.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Hope springs eternal.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There is honour among thieves.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There are two sides to every question.

A house is not a home.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Time flies.

Practice what you preach.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No man can serve two masters.

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

What goes around comes around.

Make love not war.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

What goes up must come down.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A bad penny always turns up.

All good things come to those that wait.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

The end justifies the means.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Bad money drives out good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Accidents will happen.

A man is known by his friends.

All that glitters is not gold.

Only the good die young.

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

No man is an island.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Every dog has its day.

It's never too late to mend.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Moderation in all things.

Slow and steady wins the race.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An man's home is his castle.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice makes perfect.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Walls have ears.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

It takes two to tango.

Everyone has their price.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Let well alone.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Pride comes before a fall.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The bigger, the better.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It takes one to know one.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Wonders will never cease.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Persuasion is better than force.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

An army marches on its stomach.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There's no place like home.

You can't win them all.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Waste not, want not.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You reap what you sow.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Money isn't everything.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Love will find a way.

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

Look before you leap.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Misery loves company.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

History repeats itself.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The age of miracles is past.

Life begins at forty.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Silence is golden.

Beggars can't be choosers.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Good talk saves the food.

Still waters run deep.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Blood is thicker than water.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

A cat has nine lives.

To the victor go the spoils.

Revenge is sweet.

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

The Devil is in the details.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Opposites attract.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Another day, another dollar.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Make haste slowly.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Share and share alike.

Haste makes waste.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A watched pot never boils.

Many hands make light work.

The show must go on.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Crime doesn't pay.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Speak as you find.

One hand washes the other.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

If you build it, they will come.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Manners maketh the man.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

He who hesitates is lost.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Better safe than sorry.

Every stick has two ends.

Easy come, easy go.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Patience is a virtue.

Business before pleasure.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All's well that ends well.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love is blind.

No pain, no gain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

No rest for the wicked.

Bad news travels fast.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Get out while the getting is good.

Children and fools tell the truth.

One good deed deserves another.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

The truth will out.

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

Might is right.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All roads lead to Rome.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Each to their own.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's no smoke without fire.

Forgive and forget.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Silence construes consent.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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