Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An army marches on its stomach.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money is the root of all evil.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Learn to walk before you run.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Any port in a storm.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Blood is thicker than water.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't get mad, get even.

It's better to give than to receive.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Make love not war.

Seek and you shall find.

To every thing there is a season.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

If you build it, they will come.

Fortune favours the brave.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Every picture tells a story.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Opposites attract.

Let the buyer beware.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Like father, like son.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Attack is the best form of defence.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Love will find a way.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One good deed deserves another.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All's fair in love and war.

Slow but sure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Life is what you make it.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes one to know one.

Give the Devil his due.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can't take it with you.

Better late than never.

It takes two to tango.

Manners maketh the man.

There's no smoke without fire.

Business before pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Go the extra mile.

Silence construes consent.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Live and let live.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make haste slowly.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Oil and water don't mix.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

The show must go on.

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

Don't rock the boat.

A cat has nine lives.

Fight the good fight.

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

One hand washes the other.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All's well that ends well.

While there is life, there is hope.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The more the merrier.

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All good things come to those that wait.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

To the victor go the spoils.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Hope springs eternal.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Haste makes waste.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The end justifies the means.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Waste not, want not.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The truth will out.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't always get what you want.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Keep your chin up.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Love makes the world go round.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Always put your best foot forward.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Crime doesn't pay.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

First come, first served.

Quid pro quo.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time is a great healer.

All good things must come to an end.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Life begins at forty.

All things must pass.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A golden key can open any door.

He who hesitates is lost.

Share and share alike.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The exception which proves the rule.

East is east, and west is west.

The Devil looks after his own.

For everything there is a season.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Ignorance is bliss.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

What goes around comes around.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Time will tell.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Accidents will happen.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It never rains but it pours.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Walls have ears.

What goes up must come down.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is money.

Fight fire with fire.

The age of miracles is past.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Only fools and horses work.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Only the good die young.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Silence is golden.

Good things come in small packages.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

A house is not a home.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't throw good money after bad.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All you need is love.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Big fish eat little fish.

Love is blind.

All that glitters is not gold.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All the world loves a lover.

Many hands make light work.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Give credit where credit is due.

Actions speak louder than words.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's safety in numbers.

There are two sides to every question.

Money talks.

Great minds think alike.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The bigger, the better.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The best defence is a good offence.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's an exception to every rule.

Third time lucky.

There's one born every minute.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Two heads are better than one.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A watched pot never boils.

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

You are what you eat.

It goes without saying.

Small things amuse small minds.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Keep your powder dry.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The customer is always right.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

First things first.

Another day, another dollar.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Still waters run deep.

A cat may look at a king.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Everyone has their price.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Cheats never prosper.

A man is known by his friends.

Each to their own.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The best things in life are free.

Nothing new under the sun.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You are never too old to learn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Might is right.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Seize the day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Money isn't everything.

Look before you leap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A thing begun is half done.

Good talk saves the food.

The Devil is in the details.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's all grist to the mill.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Variety is the spice of life.

Practice what you preach.

Less is more.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't win them all.

East, west, home's best.

Money makes the world go round.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Let bygones be bygones.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Physician, heal thyself.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Tomorrow is another day.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

No pain, no gain.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Horses for courses.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Misery loves company.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All publicity is good publicity.

Talk is cheap.

Beware the Ides of March.

More haste, less speed.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Do as I say, not as I do.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

You reap what you sow.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Count your blessings.

It takes two to make a quarrel.