Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Virtue is its own reward.

An man's home is his castle.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

East, west, home's best.

Love will find a way.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

All the world loves a lover.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Great minds think alike.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love is blind.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Speak as you find.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

Everyone has their price.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Get out while the getting is good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time is money.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

What goes around comes around.

The end justifies the means.

Life is what you make it.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's better to give than to receive.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Every dog has its day.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Good things come to those who wait.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Good talk saves the food.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fortune favours the brave.

To every thing there is a season.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Money is the root of all evil.

Misery loves company.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

All that glitters is not gold.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Don't get mad, get even.

Dead men tell no tales.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There's safety in numbers.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All you need is love.

Never tell tales out of school.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Let the buyer beware.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Forgive and forget.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's one born every minute.

The more the merrier.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All good things come to those that wait.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only fools and horses work.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Practice what you preach.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Faith will move mountains.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A watched pot never boils.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Quid pro quo.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Small things amuse small minds.

You can't win them all.

Ignorance is bliss.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't rock the boat.

It takes two to tango.

A man is known by his friends.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Time flies.

Money isn't everything.

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Might is right.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

First come, first served.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Time will tell.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Third time lucky.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

Seize the day.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One hand washes the other.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Life begins at forty.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

More haste, less speed.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Opposites attract.

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

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

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

Truth will out.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A word to the wise is enough.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You reap what you sow.

First things first.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An army marches on its stomach.

Look before you leap.

Easy come, easy go.

Horses for courses.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A golden key can open any door.

The bigger, the better.

There is honour among thieves.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All things must pass.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Patience is a virtue.

Waste not, want not.

A house is not a home.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Physician, heal thyself.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Silence is golden.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It takes one to know one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't always get what you want.

Honesty is the best policy.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You win some, you lose some.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Another day, another dollar.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Wonders will never cease.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The early bird gets the worm.

East is east, and west is west.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

Charity begins at home.

A bad penny always turns up.

Many hands make light work.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Pearls of wisdom.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The Devil is in the details.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Slow but sure.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Haste makes waste.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

He who hesitates is lost.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Count your blessings.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Revenge is sweet.

History repeats itself.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Manners maketh the man.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Silence construes consent.

Let well alone.

Practice makes perfect.

Like father, like son.

It's never too late to mend.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The best things in life are free.

Actions speak louder than words.

For everything there is a season.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Pride comes before a fall.

Share and share alike.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Live and learn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

To the victor go the spoils.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It goes without saying.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There's no time like the present.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Only the good die young.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

You are what you eat.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Make love not war.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Nine tailors make a man.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

There's no place like home.

Live and let live.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All publicity is good publicity.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

No man is an island.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Hide in plain sight.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All good things must come to an end.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Enough is enough.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Even a worm will turn.

A thing begun is half done.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The age of miracles is past.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Money talks.

All's well that ends well.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The customer is always right.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

No pain, no gain.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

The truth will out.

Seeing is believing.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All roads lead to Rome.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Fight fire with fire.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Clothes do not make the man.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Accidents will happen.

All's fair in love and war.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Time is a great healer.

A good man is hard to find.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Less said, soon mended.

Make haste slowly.

Keep your chin up.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Crime doesn't pay.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Beware the Ides of March.

The show must go on.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Walls have ears.

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