Money is the root of all evil.

You can't always get what you want.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Time is a great healer.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To the victor go the spoils.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

Truth will out.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no place like home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Two heads are better than one.

Physician, heal thyself.

He who hesitates is lost.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All good things must come to an end.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Many hands make light work.

All you need is love.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Like father, like son.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Let bygones be bygones.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Haste makes waste.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Nine tailors make a man.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Might is right.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Let well alone.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Accidents will happen.

An army marches on its stomach.

There's no time like the present.

Enough is enough.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Everyone has their price.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Walls have ears.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Each to their own.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Manners maketh the man.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Every stick has two ends.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Love makes the world go round.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and let live.

Wonders will never cease.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You win some, you lose some.

All things must pass.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One hand washes the other.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

There is honour among thieves.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A bad penny always turns up.

Seize the day.

Put your best foot forward.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Time and tide wait for no one.

To every thing there is a season.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

First things first.

The best defence is a good offence.

No man is an island.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Third time lucky.

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

The end justifies the means.

Persuasion is better than force.

Another day, another dollar.

Money isn't everything.

It's the singer not the song.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Speak as you find.

All publicity is good publicity.

More haste, less speed.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Small things amuse small minds.

East, west, home's best.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Pride comes before a fall.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You are never too old to learn.

The Devil is in the details.

Dead men tell no tales.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All's well that ends well.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Revenge is sweet.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

East is east, and west is west.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Give the Devil his due.

First come, first served.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't shoot the messenger.

God helps those who help themselves.

Love will find a way.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

There's one born every minute.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Curiosity killed the cat.

No rest for the wicked.

Hide in plain sight.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The early bird gets the worm.

Time is money.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Keep your powder dry.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Make haste slowly.

Cheats never prosper.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Less said, soon mended.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Home is where the heart is.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

It's never too late to mend.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Less is more.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If you build it, they will come.

Ignorance is bliss.

Better late than never.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life begins at forty.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blood is thicker than water.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Always put your best foot forward.

No pain, no gain.

Every dog has its day.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes two to tango.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A fish always rots from the head.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Any port in a storm.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The exception which proves the rule.

For everything there is a season.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Misery loves company.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

What goes up must come down.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A house is not a home.

The age of miracles is past.

History repeats itself.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The show must go on.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

The bigger, the better.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Knowledge is power.

There's safety in numbers.

You are what you eat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It takes one to know one.

There are two sides to every question.

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

The best things in life are free.

Share and share alike.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

Only the good die young.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't win them all.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Oil and water don't mix.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Keep your chin up.

Love is blind.

A man is known by his friends.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Silence construes consent.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Practice what you preach.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The wages of sin is death.

Good things come in small packages.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Bad money drives out good.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Variety is the spice of life.

Learn to walk before you run.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Easy come, easy go.

Life is what you make it.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Pearls of wisdom.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All the world loves a lover.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't rock the boat.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's no fool like an old fool.

All good things come to those that wait.

Time flies.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Business before pleasure.

Go the extra mile.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fight the good fight.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The truth will out.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let the buyer beware.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No man can serve two masters.

Look before you leap.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Waste not, want not.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't take it with you.

Money talks.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You reap what you sow.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Horses for courses.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

It goes without saying.

What goes around comes around.

You can't make bricks without straw.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best is the enemy of the good.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A golden key can open any door.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Quid pro quo.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Opposites attract.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Good talk saves the food.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Virtue is its own reward.

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