Life begins at forty.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Slow but sure.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's the singer not the song.

Everyone has their price.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Love makes the world go round.

The exception which proves the rule.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Live and let live.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All roads lead to Rome.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Pearls of wisdom.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

No man can serve two masters.

A good man is hard to find.

There's no time like the present.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All that glitters is not gold.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Better late than never.

Patience is a virtue.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

Money talks.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It goes without saying.

A thing begun is half done.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

It takes one to know one.

The bigger, the better.

Many hands make light work.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Quid pro quo.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Horses for courses.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

No news is good news.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The best things in life are free.

All good things come to those that wait.

Less said, soon mended.

The truth will out.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A word to the wise is enough.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Good talk saves the food.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beware the Ides of March.

Actions speak louder than words.

For everything there is a season.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A house is not a home.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

An army marches on its stomach.

While there is life, there is hope.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Tomorrow is another day.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

History repeats itself.

Speak as you find.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

He who hesitates is lost.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

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

All's well that ends well.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

First impressions are the most lasting.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All's fair in love and war.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Better safe than sorry.

You reap what you sow.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's all grist to the mill.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Love will find a way.

Time is a great healer.

There's one born every minute.

Enough is enough.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

The age of miracles is past.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your chin up.

All you need is love.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Haste makes waste.

All the world loves a lover.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The customer is always right.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Every dog has its day.

You win some, you lose some.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil is in the details.

Faith will move mountains.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Less is more.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Practice makes perfect.

Time will tell.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A golden key can open any door.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Seeing is believing.

Silence construes consent.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Keep your powder dry.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Opposites attract.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

First things first.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Home is where the heart is.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The show must go on.

Business before pleasure.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

One hand washes the other.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Easy come, easy go.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Forgive and forget.

Money isn't everything.

East, west, home's best.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Moderation in all things.

Walls have ears.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Revenge is sweet.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The more the merrier.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Every stick has two ends.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't rock the boat.

No man is an island.

There's an exception to every rule.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Truth will out.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A man is known by his friends.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Each to their own.

Silence is golden.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Only the good die young.

Ignorance is bliss.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Give the Devil his due.

To the victor go the spoils.

Go the extra mile.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

More haste, less speed.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There is honour among thieves.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Charity begins at home.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Clothes do not make the man.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Third time lucky.

It never rains but it pours.

What goes around comes around.

Let well alone.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Money is the root of all evil.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Still waters run deep.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All publicity is good publicity.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Put your best foot forward.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

You are what you eat.

Love is blind.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Small things amuse small minds.

Once bitten, twice shy.

God helps those who help themselves.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Waste not, want not.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fortune favours the brave.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Great minds think alike.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no place like home.

All good things must come to an end.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Any port in a storm.

What goes up must come down.

Two heads are better than one.

Look before you leap.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Persuasion is better than force.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's safety in numbers.

A watched pot never boils.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Knowledge is power.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Might is right.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's never too late to mend.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The end justifies the means.

Every picture tells a story.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Another day, another dollar.

Seek and you shall find.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Hide in plain sight.

Physician, heal thyself.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Like father, like son.

Misery loves company.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An man's home is his castle.

Hope springs eternal.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Make love not war.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes two to tango.

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

You can't take it with you.

You are never too old to learn.

Time flies.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Fight the good fight.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Practice what you preach.

Cheats never prosper.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Charity begins at home.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Nine tailors make a man.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't always get what you want.