Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It takes one to know one.

Everyone has their price.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It goes without saying.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Pride comes before a fall.

The customer is always right.

All you need is love.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You win some, you lose some.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Walls have ears.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Never tell tales out of school.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Every dog has its day.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Opposites attract.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

No man is an island.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fight fire with fire.

Fortune favours the brave.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't rock the boat.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

To every thing there is a season.

Great minds think alike.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An man's home is his castle.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No news is good news.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

One good deed deserves another.

Love will find a way.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Count your blessings.

Only the good die young.

A golden key can open any door.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't win them all.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Variety is the spice of life.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Time will tell.

God helps those who help themselves.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best is the enemy of the good.

What goes around comes around.

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

Speak as you find.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

More haste, less speed.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

History repeats itself.

Tomorrow is another day.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love is blind.

Practice makes perfect.

Any port in a storm.

Nothing new under the sun.

Paddle your own canoe.

Waste not, want not.

Pearls of wisdom.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Knowledge is power.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Time is a great healer.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It's better to give than to receive.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to tango.

Money isn't everything.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

What can't be cured must be endured.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The show must go on.

Time flies.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Put your best foot forward.

Revenge is sweet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Dead men tell no tales.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Less is more.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Easy come, easy go.

Life begins at forty.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never speak ill of the dead.

What goes up must come down.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A house is not a home.

The truth will out.

Seeing is believing.

It never rains but it pours.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Get out while the getting is good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Silence is golden.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A watched pot never boils.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every stick has two ends.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Bad news travels fast.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

One hand washes the other.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Seize the day.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Always put your best foot forward.

The end justifies the means.

Better late than never.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no place like home.

Charity begins at home.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All that glitters is not gold.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Talk is cheap.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Blood is thicker than water.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Live and let live.

Misery loves company.

Practice what you preach.

Two heads are better than one.

It's all grist to the mill.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Live and learn.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Home is where the heart is.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's never too late to mend.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All's fair in love and war.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

For everything there is a season.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The best things in life are free.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let well alone.

Let the buyer beware.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Patience is a virtue.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Hope springs eternal.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Bad money drives out good.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All good things must come to an end.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Enough is enough.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Still waters run deep.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No man can serve two masters.

Third time lucky.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beware the Ides of March.

There is honour among thieves.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All things must pass.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Haste makes waste.

A word to the wise is enough.

Physician, heal thyself.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good talk saves the food.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Horses for courses.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Look before you leap.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Life is what you make it.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Like father, like son.

First things first.

Many hands make light work.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money talks.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Might is right.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Tomorrow never comes.

First come, first served.

Small things amuse small minds.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

To the victor go the spoils.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Another day, another dollar.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Time is money.

If you build it, they will come.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

You reap what you sow.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Even a worm will turn.

Manners maketh the man.

There are two sides to every question.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Business before pleasure.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Truth will out.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Make haste slowly.

Every picture tells a story.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Persuasion is better than force.

The wages of sin is death.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Slow but sure.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Accidents will happen.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

No rest for the wicked.

The exception which proves the rule.

The best defence is a good offence.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A bad penny always turns up.

All's well that ends well.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Quid pro quo.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.