Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

The bigger, the better.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

For everything there is a season.

No man can serve two masters.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Third time lucky.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fight fire with fire.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The show must go on.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Opposites attract.

Birds of a feather flock together.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing new under the sun.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Let bygones be bygones.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Never give a sucker an even break.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It goes without saying.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes one to know one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Even a worm will turn.

Dead men tell no tales.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Fight the good fight.

Love will find a way.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You reap what you sow.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Two heads are better than one.

A thing begun is half done.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

You are never too old to learn.

All the world loves a lover.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

The more the merrier.

Oil and water don't mix.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

A cat has nine lives.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A cat may look at a king.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Walls have ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

Like father, like son.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The exception which proves the rule.

Always put your best foot forward.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All good things must come to an end.

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

The customer is always right.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The Devil is in the details.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Revenge is sweet.

Go the extra mile.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A man is known by his friends.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

One swallow does not a summer make.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's better to give than to receive.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Better late than never.

Time will tell.

East is east, and west is west.

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

There's no place like home.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

First come, first served.

An man's home is his castle.

It's never too late to mend.

No news is good news.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Ignorance is bliss.

All's well that ends well.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Wonders will never cease.

You are what you eat.

Speak as you find.

Money talks.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Seize the day.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Share and share alike.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's no time like the present.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Good talk saves the food.

You can't take it with you.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Every dog has its day.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Silence construes consent.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Home is where the heart is.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

The best things in life are free.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time is a great healer.

To the victor go the spoils.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Honesty is the best policy.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Bad news travels fast.

There is honour among thieves.

Each to their own.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Life is what you make it.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great minds think alike.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seeing is believing.

Variety is the spice of life.

Practice what you preach.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Only the good die young.

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Make haste slowly.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

One hand washes the other.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Any port in a storm.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Small things amuse small minds.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't win them all.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Count your blessings.

All good things come to those that wait.

Love is blind.

No man is an island.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Haste makes waste.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

While there is life, there is hope.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Let the buyer beware.

Business before pleasure.

Keep your chin up.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Pride comes before a fall.

The wages of sin is death.

The truth will out.

Don't get mad, get even.

Accidents will happen.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

What goes up must come down.

Good things come to those who wait.

Big fish eat little fish.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A fish always rots from the head.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Keep your powder dry.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

He who hesitates is lost.

Hide in plain sight.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

Moderation in all things.

Pearls of wisdom.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Manners maketh the man.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Time flies.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

To every thing there is a season.

You can't always get what you want.

It's the singer not the song.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Look before you leap.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Silence is golden.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

East, west, home's best.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Money makes the world go round.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Less is more.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Might is right.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

One good deed deserves another.

Forgive and forget.

Don't rock the boat.

Enough is enough.

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

Still waters run deep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Live and let live.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All things must pass.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Truth will out.

Horses for courses.

Many hands make light work.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Charity begins at home.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The end justifies the means.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Bad money drives out good.

Put your best foot forward.

All that glitters is not gold.

Let well alone.

Curiosity killed the cat.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Patience is a virtue.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Money isn't everything.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

If you build it, they will come.

Make love not war.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hope springs eternal.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It takes two to tango.

Only fools and horses work.

A house is not a home.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil looks after his own.

Virtue is its own reward.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Live and learn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Persuasion is better than force.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Appearances can be deceptive.

First things first.

The age of miracles is past.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Slow but sure.

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

Misery loves company.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Time is money.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good things come in small packages.

Beware the Ides of March.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.