Shrouds have no pockets.

You are never too old to learn.

Keep your powder dry.

Always put your best foot forward.

Time is money.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Might is right.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Hide in plain sight.

If you build it, they will come.

You are what you eat.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Less is more.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

East is east, and west is west.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's safety in numbers.

An man's home is his castle.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

To the victor go the spoils.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A cat may look at a king.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's one born every minute.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Crime doesn't pay.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The more the merrier.

You reap what you sow.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Seek and you shall find.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Learn to walk before you run.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Money makes the world go round.

Let well alone.

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

The truth will out.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Horses for courses.

If you can't be good, be careful.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A cat has nine lives.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Even a worm will turn.

First things first.

One good deed deserves another.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Many hands make light work.

Nine tailors make a man.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Honesty is the best policy.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Time flies.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What goes around comes around.

Like father, like son.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Live and learn.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You win some, you lose some.

Haste makes waste.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Talk is cheap.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Physician, heal thyself.

Once a thief, always a thief.

He who hesitates is lost.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no smoke without fire.

Paddle your own canoe.

Ignorance is bliss.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Let the buyer beware.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't win them all.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

There's no time like the present.

Charity begins at home.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

More haste, less speed.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Look before you leap.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Money talks.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Less said, soon mended.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fight the good fight.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The Devil is in the details.

Good things come in small packages.

Small things amuse small minds.

Accidents will happen.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Love is blind.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

East, west, home's best.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Devil looks after his own.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A good man is hard to find.

Live and let live.

Time is a great healer.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Silence is golden.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Everyone has their price.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Silence construes consent.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Actions speak louder than words.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All that glitters is not gold.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

First come, first served.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Opposites attract.

You can't take it with you.

The wages of sin is death.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The best things in life are free.

Only fools and horses work.

Keep your chin up.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The age of miracles is past.

Make haste slowly.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Wonders will never cease.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Share and share alike.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All good things must come to an end.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Count your blessings.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

All you need is love.

Business before pleasure.

The show must go on.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The early bird gets the worm.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

All things must pass.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Misery loves company.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A house is not a home.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Big fish eat little fish.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Only the good die young.

One hand washes the other.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes one to know one.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Every picture tells a story.

History repeats itself.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It's the singer not the song.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There is honour among thieves.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Easy come, easy go.

For everything there is a season.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All's well that ends well.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A leopard can't change its spots.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Different strokes for different folks.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Each to their own.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

The bigger, the better.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

No man is an island.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Quid pro quo.

The exception which proves the rule.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

All good things come to those that wait.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

No pain, no gain.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bad money drives out good.

The end justifies the means.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Any port in a storm.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No news is good news.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Better late than never.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A bad penny always turns up.

Walls have ears.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

God helps those who help themselves.

Oil and water don't mix.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money isn't everything.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Cheats never prosper.

Better late than never.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Third time lucky.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An army marches on its stomach.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It never rains but it pours.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

There's no place like home.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to tango.

It's all grist to the mill.

No rest for the wicked.

Fight fire with fire.

Money is the root of all evil.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Enough is enough.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Practice makes perfect.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Great minds think alike.

Still waters run deep.

A watched pot never boils.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A golden key can open any door.

Love will find a way.

Moderation in all things.

Give the Devil his due.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Truth will out.

Moderation in all things.

Practice what you preach.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Revenge is sweet.

If the cap fits, wear it.

All roads lead to Rome.

Every dog has its day.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's never too late to mend.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hope springs eternal.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time will tell.