Beggars can't be choosers.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No man is an island.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

The bigger, the better.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Each to their own.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Better late than never.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Any port in a storm.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no time like the present.

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

Knowledge is power.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't rock the boat.

Clothes do not make the man.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There are two sides to every question.

All's well that ends well.

Even a worm will turn.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

An army marches on its stomach.

A fish always rots from the head.

Accidents will happen.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Seize the day.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Physician, heal thyself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Another day, another dollar.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Silence is golden.

The truth will out.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Practice what you preach.

Manners maketh the man.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Tomorrow never comes.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Seeing is believing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money is the root of all evil.

Enough is enough.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Time is a great healer.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Better safe than sorry.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

More haste, less speed.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Bad news travels fast.

Time is money.

All that glitters is not gold.

Hide in plain sight.

Life begins at forty.

Like father, like son.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Birds of a feather flock together.

First things first.

Always put your best foot forward.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't get mad, get even.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A house is not a home.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You reap what you sow.

Make hay while the sun shines.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's all grist to the mill.

Keep your chin up.

Fight the good fight.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All things must pass.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Never tell tales out of school.

Faith will move mountains.

History repeats itself.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

No rest for the wicked.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No pain, no gain.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The more the merrier.

Bad money drives out good.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

All roads lead to Rome.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Still waters run deep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

To every thing there is a season.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Practice makes perfect.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't win them all.

Home is where the heart is.

One hand washes the other.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A cat has nine lives.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Moderation in all things.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Only the good die young.

Share and share alike.

There is honour among thieves.

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

You can't take it with you.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

East, west, home's best.

If you build it, they will come.

You are what you eat.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All you need is love.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Children and fools tell the truth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Beware the Ides of March.

Business before pleasure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Count your blessings.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It takes two to tango.

Money isn't everything.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love is blind.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You are never too old to learn.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Patience is a virtue.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It goes without saying.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Silence construes consent.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Great minds think alike.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Live and let live.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never go to bed on an argument.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Tomorrow is another day.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Oil and water don't mix.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Many hands make light work.

You win some, you lose some.

Let the buyer beware.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You can't always get what you want.

Man does not live by bread alone.

God helps those who help themselves.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Everyone has their price.

East is east, and west is west.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no place like home.

All publicity is good publicity.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A golden key can open any door.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The best things in life are free.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Two heads are better than one.

What goes around comes around.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Third time lucky.

Charity begins at home.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Every dog has its day.

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

Make love not war.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Revenge is sweet.

It never rains but it pours.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Give credit where credit is due.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The age of miracles is past.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A good man is hard to find.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time flies.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Nothing new under the sun.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Let well alone.

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

Horses for courses.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Opposites attract.

Time will tell.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Might is right.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Money makes the world go round.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Wonders will never cease.

What goes up must come down.

Honesty is the best policy.

Every picture tells a story.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Love will find a way.

Virtue is its own reward.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life is what you make it.

A man is known by his friends.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Easy come, easy go.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Enough is as good as a feast.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Make haste slowly.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Paddle your own canoe.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Live and learn.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Forgive and forget.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Crime doesn't pay.

Persuasion is better than force.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Cold hands, warm heart.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Hope springs eternal.

There's safety in numbers.

Waste not, want not.

Walls have ears.

The wages of sin is death.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Manners maketh the man.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Every stick has two ends.

Go the extra mile.

The customer is always right.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There's no smoke without fire.

The Devil is in the details.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Slow but sure.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

There's one born every minute.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All's fair in love and war.

A watched pot never boils.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Talk is cheap.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.