Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Love makes the world go round.

Time is money.

No rest for the wicked.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Pride comes before a fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Patience is a virtue.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's no time like the present.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Time will tell.

One hand washes the other.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Less is more.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Any port in a storm.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Good things come in small packages.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ignorance is bliss.

The bigger, the better.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The more the merrier.

Blood is thicker than water.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It goes without saying.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Accidents will happen.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's all grist to the mill.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Everyone has their price.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

An man's home is his castle.

No pain, no gain.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Keep your powder dry.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's the singer not the song.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You are what you eat.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hope springs eternal.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You can't win them all.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Waste not, want not.

Nine tailors make a man.

Time flies.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Count your blessings.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's one born every minute.

Life is what you make it.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't take it with you.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Life begins at forty.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The best things in life are free.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Silence construes consent.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Each to their own.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Clothes do not make the man.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All you need is love.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Seeing is believing.

Let well alone.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Curiosity killed the cat.

No man can serve two masters.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's no smoke without fire.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Like father, like son.

Crime doesn't pay.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Fight the good fight.

Big fish eat little fish.

Every stick has two ends.

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

It's never too late to mend.

A house is not a home.

It never rains but it pours.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

A man is known by his friends.

All the world loves a lover.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Speak as you find.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Make love not war.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The show must go on.

First come, first served.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let the buyer beware.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No man is an island.

Better late than never.

It's better to give than to receive.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Even a worm will turn.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There is honour among thieves.

The age of miracles is past.

More haste, less speed.

Quid pro quo.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Still waters run deep.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

He who hesitates is lost.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to tango.

Money isn't everything.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A good man is hard to find.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Beggars can't be choosers.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Money makes the world go round.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The Devil looks after his own.

Never tell tales out of school.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The customer is always right.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Hide in plain sight.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

East is east, and west is west.

Great minds think alike.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Knowledge is power.

A thing begun is half done.

Truth will out.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Every dog has its day.

Dead men tell no tales.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Go the extra mile.

Make haste slowly.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Live and learn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no place like home.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Walls have ears.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Live and let live.

Always put your best foot forward.

Love is blind.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Practice what you preach.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

First things first.

Love will find a way.

A word to the wise is enough.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Third time lucky.

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

The truth will out.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Virtue is its own reward.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The Devil is in the details.

Give the Devil his due.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's safety in numbers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To every thing there is a season.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Easy come, easy go.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Share and share alike.

You are never too old to learn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Haste makes waste.

Small things amuse small minds.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There is no accounting for tastes.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Wonders will never cease.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Seize the day.

Horses for courses.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Silence is golden.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A fish always rots from the head.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A cat may look at a king.

Money is the root of all evil.

Manners maketh the man.

For everything there is a season.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Only the good die young.

All things must pass.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Misery loves company.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Keep your chin up.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The wages of sin is death.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't always get what you want.

Beware the Ides of March.

No news is good news.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bad money drives out good.

All roads lead to Rome.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Slow but sure.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All good things come to those that wait.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All's fair in love and war.

Talk is cheap.

The end justifies the means.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Business before pleasure.

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

Practice makes perfect.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Different strokes for different folks.

Persuasion is better than force.

Physician, heal thyself.

History repeats itself.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Give credit where credit is due.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You reap what you sow.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Faith will move mountains.

There's an exception to every rule.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A watched pot never boils.

Charity begins at home.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All publicity is good publicity.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Tomorrow never comes.

Money talks.

You are what you eat.

God helps those who help themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Moderation in all things.

Only fools and horses work.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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