A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Money is the root of all evil.

East is east, and west is west.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

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

Nine tailors make a man.

It goes without saying.

The truth will out.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A watched pot never boils.

Get out while the getting is good.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Misery loves company.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Stupid is as stupid does.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Money makes the world go round.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

While there is life, there is hope.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

What goes up must come down.

All things must pass.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Any port in a storm.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Less is more.

One good deed deserves another.

There is honour among thieves.

Each to their own.

Life begins at forty.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Charity begins at home.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Bad money drives out good.

It takes two to tango.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You are never too old to learn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's no place like home.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Might is right.

A cat has nine lives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The age of miracles is past.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Time is a great healer.

There's no smoke without fire.

Revenge is sweet.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Never tell tales out of school.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Keep your chin up.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Talk is cheap.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Waste not, want not.

Slow but sure.

Shrouds have no pockets.

For everything there is a season.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Only the good die young.

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

Cheats never prosper.

No rest for the wicked.

The exception which proves the rule.

Live and let live.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Another day, another dollar.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Practice what you preach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Seize the day.

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

Live and learn.

Love is blind.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Less said, soon mended.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A good man is hard to find.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The more the merrier.

Pride comes before a fall.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't get mad, get even.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Better late than never.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There's no time like the present.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's one born every minute.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can have too much of a good thing.

All that glitters is not gold.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Silence construes consent.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Horses for courses.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Business before pleasure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

History repeats itself.

Fight the good fight.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A word to the wise is enough.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's safety in numbers.

Money isn't everything.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Keep your powder dry.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

East, west, home's best.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's the singer not the song.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Bad news travels fast.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

No man is an island.

You win some, you lose some.

A leopard can't change its spots.

No pain, no gain.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Make love not war.

Pearls of wisdom.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Make haste slowly.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't win them all.

Life is what you make it.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

No man can serve two masters.

More haste, less speed.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You are what you eat.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Count your blessings.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

All good things must come to an end.

All roads lead to Rome.

First things first.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Actions speak louder than words.

Small things amuse small minds.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Manners maketh the man.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Devil looks after his own.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Great minds think alike.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Knowledge is power.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Home is where the heart is.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Different strokes for different folks.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Look before you leap.

Time is money.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Truth will out.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A fish always rots from the head.

The customer is always right.

It takes one to know one.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One hand washes the other.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Opposites attract.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's all grist to the mill.

A man is known by his friends.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Haste makes waste.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The show must go on.

Third time lucky.

Wonders will never cease.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Time will tell.

Go the extra mile.

Nothing new under the sun.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Enough is enough.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Seeing is believing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All's fair in love and war.

Practice makes perfect.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Give the Devil his due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best things in life are free.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There's no fool like an old fool.

All you need is love.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Many hands make light work.

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

Love will find a way.

Big fish eat little fish.

Patience is a virtue.

It's never too late to mend.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Moderation in all things.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Share and share alike.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Speak as you find.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A golden key can open any door.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The wages of sin is death.

Virtue is its own reward.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Everyone has their price.

You reap what you sow.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

What goes around comes around.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Like father, like son.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The early bird gets the worm.

Let the buyer beware.

Crime doesn't pay.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The Devil is in the details.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Good talk saves the food.

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

First come, first served.

Time flies.

All the world loves a lover.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fortune favours the brave.

No news is good news.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Hope springs eternal.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't always get what you want.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Better safe than sorry.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

More haste, less speed.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When the cat's away the mice will play.