A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

East, west, home's best.

Fortune favours the brave.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Time will tell.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Walls have ears.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A cat may look at a king.

Fight the good fight.

Misery loves company.

Seeing is believing.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A man is known by his friends.

Good talk saves the food.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Business before pleasure.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Get out while the getting is good.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The truth will out.

There's safety in numbers.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's all grist to the mill.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

If you build it, they will come.

Physician, heal thyself.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Horses for courses.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Truth will out.

Time is money.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Moderation in all things.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Put your best foot forward.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't get mad, get even.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Still waters run deep.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Better late than never.

Faith will move mountains.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Every dog has its day.

Honesty is the best policy.

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone has their price.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Money talks.

East is east, and west is west.

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

No news is good news.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Practice what you preach.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Wonders will never cease.

Christmas comes but once a year.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Every picture tells a story.

All things must pass.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes two to tango.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Charity begins at home.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Bad news travels fast.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

All's well that ends well.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Even a worm will turn.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Let the buyer beware.

A word to the wise is enough.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The more the merrier.

Go the extra mile.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A thing begun is half done.

Give the Devil his due.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Slow but sure.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No man can serve two masters.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You reap what you sow.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Great minds think alike.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Better safe than sorry.

Revenge is sweet.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Silence construes consent.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Let well alone.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Many hands make light work.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Hide in plain sight.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Easy come, easy go.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You win some, you lose some.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The early bird gets the worm.

More haste, less speed.

Another day, another dollar.

No rest for the wicked.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It takes one to know one.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Live and learn.

You can't always get what you want.

What goes up must come down.

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The end justifies the means.

You can't win them all.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Actions speak louder than words.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Time is a great healer.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Love is blind.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Might is right.

Waste not, want not.

Pearls of wisdom.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't take it with you.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Make haste slowly.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Haste makes waste.

Silence is golden.

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

Keep your chin up.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

The bigger, the better.

The exception which proves the rule.

If the cap fits, wear it.

One good deed deserves another.

No pain, no gain.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

What goes around comes around.

Every stick has two ends.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fight fire with fire.

Accidents will happen.

The best things in life are free.

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

Life begins at forty.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Variety is the spice of life.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It goes without saying.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Love makes the world go round.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Beware the Ides of March.

For everything there is a season.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Money isn't everything.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

He who hesitates is lost.

A fish always rots from the head.

Only the good die young.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

One hand washes the other.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You are what you eat.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Small things amuse small minds.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Patience is a virtue.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Share and share alike.

Cheats never prosper.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Opposites attract.

Only fools and horses work.

All good things must come to an end.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Enough is enough.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Live and let live.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Crime doesn't pay.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Pride comes before a fall.

Make love not war.

It never rains but it pours.

All roads lead to Rome.

Look before you leap.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No man is an island.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A house is not a home.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Seize the day.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Nothing new under the sun.

History repeats itself.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Each to their own.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Tomorrow is another day.

Speak as you find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Good things come in small packages.

All the world loves a lover.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Talk is cheap.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All publicity is good publicity.

All you need is love.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Bad money drives out good.

First come, first served.

Forgive and forget.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Blood is thicker than water.

It's never too late to mend.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Quid pro quo.

The Devil looks after his own.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

An man's home is his castle.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no time like the present.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Money is the root of all evil.

Love will find a way.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A watched pot never boils.

Money makes the world go round.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Hope springs eternal.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.