A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Money isn't everything.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Bad money drives out good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Another day, another dollar.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Bad news travels fast.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Many hands make light work.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You are never too old to learn.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It goes without saying.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

All publicity is good publicity.

One good deed deserves another.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Get out while the getting is good.

The age of miracles is past.

A cat has nine lives.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Every dog has its day.

Don't rock the boat.

Persuasion is better than force.

A house is not a home.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All that glitters is not gold.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cheats never prosper.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Less is more.

A bad penny always turns up.

Different strokes for different folks.

Love will find a way.

Let well alone.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Only the good die young.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

What goes up must come down.

The best things in life are free.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Opposites attract.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can't take it with you.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The best defence is a good offence.

Better late than never.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The Devil is in the details.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

First come, first served.

Quid pro quo.

Live and learn.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It takes one to know one.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Crime doesn't pay.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Good talk saves the food.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The more the merrier.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Money talks.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Fight the good fight.

All the world loves a lover.

Speak as you find.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's never too late to mend.

Every picture tells a story.

A fish always rots from the head.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you build it, they will come.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Seek and you shall find.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The end justifies the means.

Go the extra mile.

Make love not war.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Time is money.

One hand washes the other.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

The show must go on.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

History repeats itself.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Better safe than sorry.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Moderation in all things.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

East, west, home's best.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Only fools and horses work.

Fight fire with fire.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The exception which proves the rule.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Like father, like son.

Silence is golden.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Tomorrow never comes.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

Life begins at forty.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The wages of sin is death.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Seize the day.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Let bygones be bygones.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Home is where the heart is.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All things must pass.

Third time lucky.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Share and share alike.

Still waters run deep.

The pen is mightier than sword.

First things first.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Horses for courses.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Physician, heal thyself.

Everyone has their price.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All's well that ends well.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Truth will out.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No rest for the wicked.

More haste, less speed.

Love is blind.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Each to their own.

Never tell tales out of school.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Live and let live.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your chin up.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Two heads are better than one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A poor worker blames the tools.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A watched pot never boils.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Accidents will happen.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Slow but sure.

Look before you leap.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

What goes around comes around.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's no place like home.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's no time like the present.

Silence construes consent.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All good things must come to an end.

Money is the root of all evil.

Talk is cheap.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fortune favours the brave.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing new under the sun.

Knowledge is power.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Honesty is the best policy.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

For everything there is a season.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Life is what you make it.

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

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

To the victor go the spoils.

Business before pleasure.

The bigger, the better.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Keep your powder dry.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Even a worm will turn.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A thing begun is half done.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's an exception to every rule.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Great minds think alike.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You win some, you lose some.

Beauty is only skin deep.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Might is right.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Charity begins at home.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love makes the world go round.

Put your best foot forward.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Clothes do not make the man.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Oil and water don't mix.

Make haste slowly.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Practice what you preach.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You are what you eat.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

No man is an island.

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

The customer is always right.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Walls have ears.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Give the Devil his due.

Pride comes before a fall.

Seeing is believing.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The truth will out.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

God helps those who help themselves.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

East is east, and west is west.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Beware the Ides of March.

Any port in a storm.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Count your blessings.

Good things come in small packages.

Faith will move mountains.

No news is good news.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Enough is enough.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Learn to walk before you run.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.