Don't sweat the small stuff.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No man can serve two masters.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Faith will move mountains.

There's no time like the present.

A fish always rots from the head.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's better to give than to receive.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Time flies.

A cat has nine lives.

There's one born every minute.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Knowledge is power.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't rock the boat.

It's all grist to the mill.

The end justifies the means.

Seeing is believing.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A watched pot never boils.

A thing begun is half done.

Give the Devil his due.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

One good deed deserves another.

Manners maketh the man.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Variety is the spice of life.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Time is a great healer.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Live and learn.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

All things must pass.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never tell tales out of school.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Accidents will happen.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Love will find a way.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Count your blessings.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Good things come to those who wait.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let the dead bury the dead.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Moderation in all things.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All the world loves a lover.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Different strokes for different folks.

There is honour among thieves.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Misery loves company.

It never rains but it pours.

Waste not, want not.

History repeats itself.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The best defence is a good offence.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Like father, like son.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

For everything there is a season.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Money isn't everything.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Live and let live.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A house is not a home.

Truth will out.

Good things come in small packages.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Look before you leap.

You reap what you sow.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

East is east, and west is west.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't win them all.

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

Seize the day.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

All you need is love.

A good man is hard to find.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Learn to walk before you run.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The Devil is in the details.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All's fair in love and war.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All roads lead to Rome.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's never too late to mend.

Hide in plain sight.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Put your best foot forward.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

More haste, less speed.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Better safe than sorry.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Hope springs eternal.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All good things must come to an end.

The wages of sin is death.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It takes one to know one.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Only the good die young.

Two heads are better than one.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Third time lucky.

Money talks.

Every picture tells a story.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Forgive and forget.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Business before pleasure.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

First things first.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Pearls of wisdom.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

You are never too old to learn.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Seek and you shall find.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Still waters run deep.

Nothing new under the sun.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Opposites attract.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All's well that ends well.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There are two sides to every question.

What goes around comes around.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Every stick has two ends.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Strike while the iron is hot.

First come, first served.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Make love not war.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tomorrow never comes.

One hand washes the other.

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

No man is an island.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Enough is enough.

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

Patience is a virtue.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Get out while the getting is good.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let well alone.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Every dog has its day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't always get what you want.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Horses for courses.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Less is more.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Nine tailors make a man.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Fight fire with fire.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

You are what you eat.

Even a worm will turn.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It goes without saying.

To every thing there is a season.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Walls have ears.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Keep your powder dry.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's the singer not the song.

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

No pain, no gain.

Haste makes waste.

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

Silence is golden.

The best things in life are free.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Share and share alike.

Time is money.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A man is known by his friends.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fight the good fight.

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

The truth will out.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A word to the wise is enough.

Love is blind.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Many hands make light work.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Practice makes perfect.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Money makes the world go round.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There's safety in numbers.

Give credit where credit is due.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Life is what you make it.

Time will tell.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The Devil looks after his own.

The show must go on.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Talk is cheap.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Paddle your own canoe.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Everyone has their price.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Great minds think alike.

Slow but sure.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Ignorance is bliss.

Make haste slowly.

Keep your chin up.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Speak as you find.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Each to their own.

Quid pro quo.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Better late than never.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't get mad, get even.

You win some, you lose some.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All good things come to those that wait.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Big fish eat little fish.

Clothes do not make the man.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Charity begins at home.

Go the extra mile.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Revenge is sweet.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Silence construes consent.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Life begins at forty.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A golden key can open any door.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Might is right.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.