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

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Even a worm will turn.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All good things must come to an end.

Ignorance is bliss.

Charity begins at home.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Silence construes consent.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The more the merrier.

Wonders will never cease.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Cheats never prosper.

Life is what you make it.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's one born every minute.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fight fire with fire.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Seize the day.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Might is right.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Hope springs eternal.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Silence is golden.

A thing begun is half done.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's no time like the present.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fight the good fight.

It's never too late to mend.

A golden key can open any door.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All's fair in love and war.

To every thing there is a season.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It takes two to tango.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Paddle your own canoe.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Misery loves company.

Waste not, want not.

God helps those who help themselves.

All that glitters is not gold.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't always get what you want.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Better late than never.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Another day, another dollar.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Give the Devil his due.

Blood is thicker than water.

Seek and you shall find.

Forgive and forget.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

What goes around comes around.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Love will find a way.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Slow but sure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Practice what you preach.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A miss is as good as a mile.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There are two sides to every question.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

There's safety in numbers.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

No rest for the wicked.

Quid pro quo.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

First come, first served.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never tell tales out of school.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No news is good news.

A man is known by his friends.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let well alone.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Pride comes before a fall.

The age of miracles is past.

Faith will move mountains.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Get out while the getting is good.

It takes one to know one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Pearls of wisdom.

The bigger, the better.

A house is not a home.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Less is more.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Opposites attract.

All's well that ends well.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Everyone has their price.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

It's better to give than to receive.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love makes the world go round.

Fortune favours the brave.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Great minds think alike.

Let bygones be bygones.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Look before you leap.

Nothing new under the sun.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Persuasion is better than force.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Money talks.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One hand washes the other.

First things first.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The customer is always right.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Practice makes perfect.

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

You win some, you lose some.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Moderation in all things.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Love is blind.

The truth will out.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Marriages are made in heaven.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't make bricks without straw.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's no place like home.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There is honour among thieves.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Seeing is believing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Good talk saves the food.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

For everything there is a season.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Third time lucky.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

All things must pass.

Speak as you find.

Share and share alike.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

No man is an island.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Patience is a virtue.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil is in the details.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Bad money drives out good.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Manners maketh the man.

While there is life, there is hope.

Go the extra mile.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All you need is love.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is money.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Every stick has two ends.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Truth will out.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make love not war.

The wages of sin is death.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You reap what you sow.

Make haste slowly.

No pain, no gain.

An army marches on its stomach.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Accidents will happen.

Enough is enough.

It's the singer not the song.

East, west, home's best.

Any port in a storm.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Count your blessings.

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

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Time flies.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Like father, like son.

Haste makes waste.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

History repeats itself.

What goes up must come down.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A fish always rots from the head.

The Devil looks after his own.

Live and let live.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The best defence is a good offence.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Learn to walk before you run.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The best things in life are free.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't get mad, get even.

Money is the root of all evil.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Bad news travels fast.

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

All the world loves a lover.

You can't take it with you.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Money isn't everything.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Knowledge is power.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To the victor go the spoils.

Dead men tell no tales.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No man can serve two masters.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

The show must go on.

Beware the Ides of March.

Every picture tells a story.

Walls have ears.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Man does not live by bread alone.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A bad penny always turns up.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Many hands make light work.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Each to their own.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.