Don't get mad, get even.

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

Forgive and forget.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog has its day.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No pain, no gain.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Share and share alike.

It's the singer not the song.

All good things must come to an end.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Home is where the heart is.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't always get what you want.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Keep your chin up.

A watched pot never boils.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No news is good news.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Silence is golden.

Physician, heal thyself.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and let live.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Moderation in all things.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Pride comes before a fall.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Actions speak louder than words.

Give credit where credit is due.

Make love not war.

Each to their own.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

What goes up must come down.

You are never too old to learn.

Bad news travels fast.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Only the good die young.

God helps those who help themselves.

Even a worm will turn.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Bad money drives out good.

To every thing there is a season.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Many hands make light work.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Better safe than sorry.

You can't win them all.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Let well alone.

Count your blessings.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's safety in numbers.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

No man can serve two masters.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's an exception to every rule.

Opposites attract.

All you need is love.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You win some, you lose some.

Make hay while the sun shines.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An man's home is his castle.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Paddle your own canoe.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

What goes around comes around.

The exception which proves the rule.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Horses for courses.

No rest for the wicked.

No man is an island.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Money makes the world go round.

It takes two to tango.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The bigger, the better.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Like father, like son.

Time flies.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The truth will out.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Cheats never prosper.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Never speak ill of the dead.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time is money.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It goes without saying.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no place like home.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

More haste, less speed.

Accidents will happen.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Ignorance is bliss.

All things must pass.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Any port in a storm.

Good things come in small packages.

Christmas comes but once a year.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Tomorrow never comes.

Less is more.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Crime doesn't pay.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Enough is enough.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Small things amuse small minds.

The early bird gets the worm.

The best things in life are free.

Seek and you shall find.

Silence construes consent.

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

Hide in plain sight.

There's no smoke without fire.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Third time lucky.

Dead men tell no tales.

Seeing is believing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Money talks.

All's fair in love and war.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The wages of sin is death.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The Devil looks after his own.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Clothes do not make the man.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Two heads are better than one.

Keep your powder dry.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A good man is hard to find.

Blood is thicker than water.

Might is right.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The more the merrier.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It's never too late to mend.

Handsome is as handsome does.

History repeats itself.

Better late than never.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Charity begins at home.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let bygones be bygones.

You reap what you sow.

The Devil is in the details.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Time is a great healer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Every picture tells a story.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Beware the Ides of March.

Easy come, easy go.

Love is blind.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Live and learn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Seize the day.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

First things first.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Everyone has their price.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

The customer is always right.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love will find a way.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Slow and steady wins the race.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Good talk saves the food.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Give the Devil his due.

First come, first served.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Money isn't everything.

A house is not a home.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A fish always rots from the head.

Nine tailors make a man.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Practice makes perfect.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Knowledge is power.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's one born every minute.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The show must go on.

Life is what you make it.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A man is known by his friends.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Learn to walk before you run.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Slow but sure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fight fire with fire.

Speak as you find.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All the world loves a lover.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

If you build it, they will come.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Misery loves company.

Every stick has two ends.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Patience is a virtue.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't take it with you.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money is the root of all evil.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

One hand washes the other.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All publicity is good publicity.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Fight the good fight.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Talk is cheap.

Haste makes waste.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Great minds think alike.

A golden key can open any door.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

East is east, and west is west.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Time will tell.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Enough is as good as a feast.

While there is life, there is hope.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Look before you leap.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Less said, soon mended.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There are two sides to every question.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Pearls of wisdom.