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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Knowledge is power.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Persuasion is better than force.

Talk is cheap.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Virtue is its own reward.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The early bird gets the worm.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The best-laid plans go astray.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Learn to walk before you run.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All's well that ends well.

The Devil looks after his own.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A cat may look at a king.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

First come, first served.

A man is known by his friends.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Time will tell.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

More haste, less speed.

Speak as you find.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Hide in plain sight.

All good things must come to an end.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Patience is a virtue.

Easy come, easy go.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Practice what you preach.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Love makes the world go round.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's an exception to every rule.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

Truth will out.

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

Live and let live.

Give credit where credit is due.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Silence construes consent.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Blood is thicker than water.

No rest for the wicked.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fight fire with fire.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Every picture tells a story.

No news is good news.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Half a loaf is better than none.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Less is more.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The end justifies the means.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

East, west, home's best.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Another day, another dollar.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

The customer is always right.

You win some, you lose some.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All you need is love.

There is honour among thieves.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Nine tailors make a man.

A house is not a home.

You can have too much of a good thing.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Paddle your own canoe.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Different strokes for different folks.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All things must pass.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You reap what you sow.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Enough is enough.

There's no place like home.

Fight the good fight.

Silence is golden.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Let well alone.

All's fair in love and war.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Money makes the world go round.

Beauty is only skin deep.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Put your best foot forward.

Good things come to those who wait.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Make love not war.

The best things in life are free.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A cat has nine lives.

You are what you eat.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Make haste slowly.

A thing begun is half done.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All good things come to those that wait.

One good deed deserves another.

No pain, no gain.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Honesty is the best policy.

Like father, like son.

Great minds think alike.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Money talks.

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

Might is right.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Cheats never prosper.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Every dog has its day.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Less said, soon mended.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

If you build it, they will come.

Still waters run deep.

What goes around comes around.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

It's better to give than to receive.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Always put your best foot forward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Horses for courses.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Love will find a way.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Time flies.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Look before you leap.

Share and share alike.

Don't get mad, get even.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It takes one to know one.

Seize the day.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Small things amuse small minds.

Seeing is believing.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Ignorance is bliss.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Pearls of wisdom.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing new under the sun.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money is the root of all evil.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

No man can serve two masters.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Manners maketh the man.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Let bygones be bygones.

Keep your chin up.

East is east, and west is west.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

God helps those who help themselves.

Love is blind.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Moderation in all things.

Any port in a storm.

The show must go on.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Business before pleasure.

Physician, heal thyself.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The age of miracles is past.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The Devil is in the details.

One hand washes the other.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't win them all.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Slow but sure.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Appearances can be deceptive.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A fish always rots from the head.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Quid pro quo.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Clothes do not make the man.

There are two sides to every question.

He who hesitates is lost.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Tomorrow is another day.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every stick has two ends.

For everything there is a season.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Misery loves company.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Life is what you make it.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's all grist to the mill.

Only fools and horses work.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Good talk saves the food.

All the world loves a lover.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Revenge is sweet.

All roads lead to Rome.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

You can't take it with you.

An man's home is his castle.

It goes without saying.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beware the Ides of March.

It takes two to tango.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A watched pot never boils.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Only the good die young.

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

Many hands make light work.

Third time lucky.

Forgive and forget.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The more the merrier.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It never rains but it pours.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's never too late to mend.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's no smoke without fire.

A miss is as good as a mile.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Give the Devil his due.

History repeats itself.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

First things first.

The wages of sin is death.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Money isn't everything.