Charity begins at home.

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

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First come, first served.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Life is what you make it.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Still waters run deep.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Money makes the world go round.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Great minds think alike.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Honesty is the best policy.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Make haste slowly.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No man can serve two masters.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

No rest for the wicked.

Knowledge is power.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love makes the world go round.

The end justifies the means.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fight fire with fire.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Horses for courses.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Nothing new under the sun.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Patience is a virtue.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never tell tales out of school.

A golden key can open any door.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The best defence is a good offence.

Revenge is sweet.

It goes without saying.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't win them all.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The exception which proves the rule.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's no time like the present.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A cat may look at a king.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All publicity is good publicity.

Walls have ears.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Learn to walk before you run.

All you need is love.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

More haste, less speed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Misery loves company.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Make love not war.

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

A house is not a home.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

All good things must come to an end.

The early bird gets the worm.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The bigger, the better.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Enough is enough.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money is the root of all evil.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The more the merrier.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

For everything there is a season.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Money isn't everything.

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

What goes up must come down.

God helps those who help themselves.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's no place like home.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Look before you leap.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

History repeats itself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Silence construes consent.

Seeing is believing.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Everyone has their price.

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

What goes around comes around.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Every dog has its day.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Less is more.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

If you build it, they will come.

You win some, you lose some.

Love is blind.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Crime doesn't pay.

No news is good news.

Forgive and forget.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There's safety in numbers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Small things amuse small minds.

Go the extra mile.

Silence is golden.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There is no accounting for tastes.

No man is an island.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

The Devil looks after his own.

A thing begun is half done.

Seize the day.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Do as I say, not as I do.

All that glitters is not gold.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time flies.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Fight the good fight.

Third time lucky.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All things must pass.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Only the good die young.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

To the victor go the spoils.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't always get what you want.

Actions speak louder than words.

Each to their own.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Pride comes before a fall.

Hide in plain sight.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Dead men tell no tales.

Every picture tells a story.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Wonders will never cease.

Give the Devil his due.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Time is a great healer.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Forewarned is forearmed.

Keep your chin up.

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

You reap what you sow.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's the singer not the song.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Nine tailors make a man.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

No pain, no gain.

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

Waste not, want not.

Accidents will happen.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Big fish eat little fish.

Business before pleasure.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Practice makes perfect.

Children and fools tell the truth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Speak as you find.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

The age of miracles is past.

You are what you eat.

Live and let live.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Life begins at forty.

Bad money drives out good.

A word to the wise is enough.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Like father, like son.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Blood is thicker than water.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Get out while the getting is good.

It takes two to tango.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

Love will find a way.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is money.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Better late than never.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Put your best foot forward.

There's an exception to every rule.

Count your blessings.

Money talks.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Bad news travels fast.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Quid pro quo.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Tomorrow never comes.

Moderation in all things.

It's never too late to mend.

To every thing there is a season.

First things first.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't take it with you.

One hand washes the other.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Share and share alike.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Home is where the heart is.

There's one born every minute.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Easy come, easy go.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Two heads are better than one.

The customer is always right.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Slow but sure.

Even a worm will turn.

East is east, and west is west.

Truth will out.

One good deed deserves another.

The show must go on.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Haste makes waste.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A house is not a home.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

While there is life, there is hope.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Persuasion is better than force.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Live and learn.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

All's fair in love and war.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Clothes do not make the man.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

East, west, home's best.

Fortune favours the brave.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Opposites attract.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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