Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Speak as you find.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Love will find a way.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Make haste slowly.

Keep your powder dry.

There is honour among thieves.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Pride comes before a fall.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Dead men tell no tales.

Bad news travels fast.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't win them all.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Money makes the world go round.

All's well that ends well.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

The more the merrier.

What goes up must come down.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Still waters run deep.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All things must pass.

Great minds think alike.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Practice what you preach.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no place like home.

A good man is hard to find.

Accidents will happen.

Slow but sure.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Waste not, want not.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Nothing new under the sun.

Nine tailors make a man.

All good things must come to an end.

Each to their own.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

All the world loves a lover.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Good talk saves the food.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A watched pot never boils.

Love is blind.

Revenge is sweet.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Pearls of wisdom.

All you need is love.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The bigger, the better.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Less is more.

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't take it with you.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All publicity is good publicity.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You win some, you lose some.

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

What goes around comes around.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

One good deed deserves another.

If you build it, they will come.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Manners maketh the man.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You are never too old to learn.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Actions speak louder than words.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Count your blessings.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Moderation in all things.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Silence construes consent.

A cat has nine lives.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

You reap what you sow.

Silence is golden.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Fight the good fight.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No news is good news.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Oil and water don't mix.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Every dog has its day.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Talk is cheap.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The customer is always right.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Share and share alike.

God helps those who help themselves.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's never too late to mend.

First things first.

No man can serve two masters.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Ignorance is bliss.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Enough is enough.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Third time lucky.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Everyone has their price.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

All that glitters is not gold.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The wages of sin is death.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Crime doesn't pay.

No man is an island.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Only the good die young.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's safety in numbers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Faith will move mountains.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Truth will out.

A thing begun is half done.

First come, first served.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

While there is life, there is hope.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Beware the Ides of March.

Seek and you shall find.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Opposites attract.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

For everything there is a season.

The best things in life are free.

Physician, heal thyself.

More haste, less speed.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Knowledge is power.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Go the extra mile.

East, west, home's best.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Quid pro quo.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's one born every minute.

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

The show must go on.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The exception which proves the rule.

Another day, another dollar.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love makes the world go round.

Business before pleasure.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

The Devil is in the details.

An army marches on its stomach.

A fish always rots from the head.

Like father, like son.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's an exception to every rule.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Live and let live.

Small things amuse small minds.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Money isn't everything.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Life begins at forty.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good things come in small packages.

History repeats itself.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A cat may look at a king.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Charity begins at home.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

What can't be cured must be endured.

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Put your best foot forward.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One hand washes the other.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Horses for courses.

Hope springs eternal.

The Devil looks after his own.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Better late than never.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's no time like the present.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheats never prosper.

Even a worm will turn.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your chin up.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Make love not war.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Misery loves company.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't rock the boat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Every picture tells a story.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Time will tell.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

He who hesitates is lost.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seize the day.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Bad money drives out good.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Life is what you make it.

An man's home is his castle.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Live and learn.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time is a great healer.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Let well alone.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money talks.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

To every thing there is a season.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You are what you eat.

Don't get mad, get even.

It goes without saying.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

Time is money.

A golden key can open any door.

A picture paints a thousand words.