If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Life begins at forty.

Money makes the world go round.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Life is what you make it.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Live and learn.

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

One hand washes the other.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A golden key can open any door.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There are two sides to every question.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Fight the good fight.

Make haste slowly.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A cat may look at a king.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fortune favours the brave.

If you can't be good, be careful.

What goes around comes around.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Every stick has two ends.

The show must go on.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Enough is enough.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The Devil is in the details.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Crime doesn't pay.

Manners maketh the man.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Dead men tell no tales.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

East is east, and west is west.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Money talks.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Wonders will never cease.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Truth will out.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Always put your best foot forward.

All good things come to those that wait.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Bad news travels fast.

Each to their own.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A thing begun is half done.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Walls have ears.

Fight fire with fire.

It's the singer not the song.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Get out while the getting is good.

Like father, like son.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Misery loves company.

Better late than never.

Hide in plain sight.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good talk saves the food.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Business before pleasure.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Share and share alike.

For everything there is a season.

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

Accidents will happen.

It's better to give than to receive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Time will tell.

Great minds think alike.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't take it with you.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A cat has nine lives.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Charity begins at home.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Virtue is its own reward.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Bad money drives out good.

Give credit where credit is due.

All roads lead to Rome.

It takes one to know one.

The Devil looks after his own.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A fish always rots from the head.

Pride comes before a fall.

One good deed deserves another.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Practice makes perfect.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Two heads are better than one.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Any port in a storm.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There is honour among thieves.

Even a worm will turn.

You can't always get what you want.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Small things amuse small minds.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Third time lucky.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

While there is life, there is hope.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Better safe than sorry.

Different strokes for different folks.

Still waters run deep.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Less said, soon mended.

Time is money.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Opposites attract.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's no place like home.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There's an exception to every rule.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Clothes do not make the man.

You reap what you sow.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Time flies.

It goes without saying.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Nothing new under the sun.

Waste not, want not.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Only the good die young.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

No man is an island.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Knowledge is power.

The customer is always right.

It takes two to tango.

You can't win them all.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never tell tales out of school.

Love is blind.

You are never too old to learn.

Physician, heal thyself.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It's never too late to mend.

History repeats itself.

The more the merrier.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Haste makes waste.

First come, first served.

Don't get mad, get even.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Everyone has their price.

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

The truth will out.

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

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

Quid pro quo.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

East, west, home's best.

Let well alone.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Seize the day.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's one born every minute.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If the cap fits, wear it.

When one door shuts, another opens.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All the world loves a lover.

Hope springs eternal.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Patience is a virtue.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Faith will move mountains.

All things must pass.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Another day, another dollar.

All you need is love.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You are what you eat.

Horses for courses.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best things in life are free.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

Live and let live.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Ignorance is bliss.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Slow but sure.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Make love not war.

Let bygones be bygones.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Silence construes consent.

Every dog has its day.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money is the root of all evil.

Count your blessings.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A man is known by his friends.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Many hands make light work.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

There's safety in numbers.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Blood is thicker than water.

What goes up must come down.

Go the extra mile.

It never rains but it pours.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All good things must come to an end.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The best defence is a good offence.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No pain, no gain.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Variety is the spice of life.

All's fair in love and war.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let the buyer beware.

A house is not a home.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Big fish eat little fish.

Money isn't everything.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who hesitates is lost.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

An army marches on its stomach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Seeing is believing.

A watched pot never boils.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Speak as you find.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love makes the world go round.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No rest for the wicked.

Might is right.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.