Slow and steady wins the race.

Every dog has its day.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Each to their own.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's no smoke without fire.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Bad money drives out good.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All's well that ends well.

While there is life, there is hope.

Never tell tales out of school.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

History repeats itself.

The Devil looks after his own.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Live and learn.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Look before you leap.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time is a great healer.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Money is the root of all evil.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Waste not, want not.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

East, west, home's best.

Only fools and horses work.

First come, first served.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Walls have ears.

A watched pot never boils.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You are never too old to learn.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

It takes one to know one.

All's fair in love and war.

What goes around comes around.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Love will find a way.

Always put your best foot forward.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

East is east, and west is west.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beware the Ides of March.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Even a worm will turn.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's an exception to every rule.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

No man is an island.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A bad penny always turns up.

You win some, you lose some.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

For everything there is a season.

Make haste slowly.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A thing begun is half done.

It goes without saying.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Seek and you shall find.

One hand washes the other.

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

Many hands make light work.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Haste makes waste.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Great minds think alike.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Nothing new under the sun.

Oil and water don't mix.

Knowledge is power.

Little pitchers have big ears.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Life is what you make it.

Learn to walk before you run.

Manners maketh the man.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Any port in a storm.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Forgive and forget.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A house is not a home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Blood is thicker than water.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

It's the singer not the song.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Wonders will never cease.

Charity begins at home.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There's one born every minute.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Variety is the spice of life.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Paddle your own canoe.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Truth will out.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's safety in numbers.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Every stick has two ends.

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

There's no place like home.

Everyone has their price.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

You are what you eat.

Quid pro quo.

An man's home is his castle.

The age of miracles is past.

Silence construes consent.

It never rains but it pours.

Horses for courses.

Make love not war.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Misery loves company.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Talk is cheap.

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

The end justifies the means.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What goes up must come down.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Moderation in all things.

All publicity is good publicity.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Better late than never.

Less is more.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fight fire with fire.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Money makes the world go round.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Speak as you find.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Put your best foot forward.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't always get what you want.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One good deed deserves another.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The customer is always right.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The show must go on.

Slow but sure.

Don't get mad, get even.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

To every thing there is a season.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Live and let live.

All good things must come to an end.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Business before pleasure.

Fight the good fight.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Patience is a virtue.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best things in life are free.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Like father, like son.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Time is money.

An army marches on its stomach.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

No man can serve two masters.

The more the merrier.

If you build it, they will come.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Count your blessings.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes two to tango.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You reap what you sow.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Small things amuse small minds.

Revenge is sweet.

Honesty is the best policy.

Bad news travels fast.

Practice makes perfect.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Ignorance is bliss.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A cat may look at a king.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All you need is love.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No news is good news.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's never too late to mend.

Actions speak louder than words.

All things must pass.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Enough is enough.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The wages of sin is death.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Pearls of wisdom.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Persuasion is better than force.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't win them all.

Keep your chin up.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A word to the wise is enough.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money isn't everything.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Home is where the heart is.

Still waters run deep.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Crime doesn't pay.

Share and share alike.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

It's best to be on the safe side.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A dog is a man's best friend.

More haste, less speed.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

He who hesitates is lost.

Only the good die young.

Virtue is its own reward.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beggars can't be choosers.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

First things first.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Accidents will happen.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Hope springs eternal.

There are two sides to every question.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Seeing is believing.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no time like the present.

Time will tell.

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

Might is right.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A cat has nine lives.

Another day, another dollar.

Good talk saves the food.

Practice what you preach.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time flies.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The truth will out.

Let well alone.

Go the extra mile.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Love is blind.

Life begins at forty.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things come to those that wait.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

The end justifies the means.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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