Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Horses for courses.

Put your best foot forward.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Make haste slowly.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Charity begins at home.

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

The truth will out.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Third time lucky.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Give credit where credit is due.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Each to their own.

Seize the day.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Life is what you make it.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Good things come in small packages.

The wages of sin is death.

Life begins at forty.

Crime doesn't pay.

It takes one to know one.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Like father, like son.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

No man is an island.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

No man can serve two masters.

Home is where the heart is.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All roads lead to Rome.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All publicity is good publicity.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Many hands make light work.

A word to the wise is enough.

To the victor go the spoils.

Might is right.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Silence is golden.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time flies.

All good things must come to an end.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes two to tango.

The end justifies the means.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The customer is always right.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Two heads are better than one.

Love makes the world go round.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Time is a great healer.

Money makes the world go round.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Business before pleasure.

Even a worm will turn.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There is honour among thieves.

History repeats itself.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Speak as you find.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Time is money.

To every thing there is a season.

Haste makes waste.

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

Share and share alike.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You reap what you sow.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Walls have ears.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nine tailors make a man.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Blood is thicker than water.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bigger, the better.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Always put your best foot forward.

Any port in a storm.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Talk is cheap.

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

Moderation in all things.

Slow but sure.

A golden key can open any door.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money isn't everything.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's better to give than to receive.

What goes up must come down.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fortune favours the brave.

A fish always rots from the head.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Count your blessings.

Knowledge is power.

Keep your powder dry.

All things must pass.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Love will find a way.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's no time like the present.

It's never too late to mend.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A cat has nine lives.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Money talks.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's the singer not the song.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Accidents will happen.

Make love not war.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You are what you eat.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Bad news travels fast.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't win them all.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

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

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

East, west, home's best.

Everyone has their price.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Devil is in the details.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Live and learn.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Bad money drives out good.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Hide in plain sight.

First things first.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Practice makes perfect.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Enough is enough.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Every stick has two ends.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Time will tell.

Seeing is believing.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Love is blind.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Actions speak louder than words.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hope springs eternal.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Seek and you shall find.

Still waters run deep.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Opposites attract.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Ignorance is bliss.

Faith will move mountains.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Forgive and forget.

Clothes do not make the man.

The age of miracles is past.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Great minds think alike.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Look before you leap.

One hand washes the other.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Better late than never.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Pearls of wisdom.

First come, first served.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Every picture tells a story.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Manners maketh the man.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Waste not, want not.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Beware the Ides of March.

Paddle your own canoe.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Truth will out.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There are two sides to every question.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Misery loves company.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Another day, another dollar.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The best-laid plans go astray.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Better safe than sorry.

All you need is love.

Only the good die young.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The show must go on.

He who hesitates is lost.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Practice what you preach.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't take it with you.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Fight the good fight.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All good things come to those that wait.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No news is good news.

Oil and water don't mix.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A good man is hard to find.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's no place like home.

Big fish eat little fish.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Dead men tell no tales.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let bygones be bygones.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Easy come, easy go.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Never go to bed on an argument.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A thing begun is half done.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No pain, no gain.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

An man's home is his castle.

Physician, heal thyself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't rock the boat.

Small things amuse small minds.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Different strokes for different folks.

All's fair in love and war.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Live and let live.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A bad penny always turns up.

Silence construes consent.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All that glitters is not gold.

Keep your chin up.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.