Empty bags cannot stand upright.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Like father, like son.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All roads lead to Rome.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Look before you leap.

Never tell tales out of school.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Love will find a way.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

What can't be cured must be endured.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The exception which proves the rule.

Faith will move mountains.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Love is blind.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Any port in a storm.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Practice makes perfect.

Blood is thicker than water.

Honesty is the best policy.

The best things in life are free.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Slow but sure.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The end justifies the means.

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

All you need is love.

No rest for the wicked.

Pride comes before a fall.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

There are two sides to every question.

Another day, another dollar.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

While there is life, there is hope.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Speak as you find.

Patience is a virtue.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Might is right.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Count your blessings.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An man's home is his castle.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Accidents will happen.

You are never too old to learn.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

A house is not a home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It's all grist to the mill.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bad money drives out good.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It takes one to know one.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Everyone has their price.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Waste not, want not.

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity begins at home.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

More haste, less speed.

Only fools and horses work.

Live and let live.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Knowledge is power.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Time will tell.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It never rains but it pours.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Even a worm will turn.

What goes up must come down.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Get out while the getting is good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Good things come to those who wait.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Don't rock the boat.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good talk saves the food.

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

No news is good news.

Forgive and forget.

Pearls of wisdom.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Put your best foot forward.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

All good things must come to an end.

All things must pass.

The early bird gets the worm.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

Practice what you preach.

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

No pain, no gain.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Seize the day.

Better late than never.

No man is an island.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bad news travels fast.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's no place like home.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't get mad, get even.

Money isn't everything.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Silence is golden.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One good deed deserves another.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Quid pro quo.

No man can serve two masters.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's no time like the present.

Horses for courses.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Better safe than sorry.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A watched pot never boils.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Crime doesn't pay.

The show must go on.

Silence construes consent.

First come, first served.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Beauty is only skin deep.

He who hesitates is lost.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Paddle your own canoe.

Truth will out.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Time is a great healer.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Life is what you make it.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

First things first.

Hope springs eternal.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Let well alone.

Share and share alike.

Dead men tell no tales.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You can't take it with you.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money talks.

It's the singer not the song.

Moderation in all things.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The bigger, the better.

For everything there is a season.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A man is known by his friends.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Time flies.

A fish always rots from the head.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

The more the merrier.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Tomorrow never comes.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beware the Ides of March.

Manners maketh the man.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love makes the world go round.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Half a loaf is better than none.

An army marches on its stomach.

The truth will out.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You reap what you sow.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Life begins at forty.

If you build it, they will come.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Less said, soon mended.

Make love not war.

Clothes do not make the man.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no smoke without fire.

God helps those who help themselves.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Live and learn.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

One hand washes the other.

What goes around comes around.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Fight the good fight.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Less is more.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can't always get what you want.

A cat may look at a king.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Time is money.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your powder dry.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A cat has nine lives.

Seeing is believing.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Third time lucky.

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

Walls have ears.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's an exception to every rule.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

East is east, and west is west.

The customer is always right.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Haste makes waste.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

East, west, home's best.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Nothing new under the sun.

It's never too late to mend.

Opposites attract.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A good man is hard to find.

Business before pleasure.

It takes two to tango.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Easy come, easy go.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Physician, heal thyself.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Persuasion is better than force.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Nine tailors make a man.

Make haste slowly.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Talk is cheap.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Variety is the spice of life.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Many hands make light work.

Handsome is as handsome does.