Let the punishment fit the crime.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Wonders will never cease.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Beware the Ides of March.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Count your blessings.

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

Life is what you make it.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Keep your powder dry.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The Devil is in the details.

Many hands make light work.

It never rains but it pours.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Moderation in all things.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No man can serve two masters.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

No pain, no gain.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It's never too late to mend.

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

It takes one to know one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Talk is cheap.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

The best things in life are free.

Time is a great healer.

Put your best foot forward.

First come, first served.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Dead men tell no tales.

It's the singer not the song.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

What goes around comes around.

Every dog has its day.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It takes two to tango.

First impressions are the most lasting.

While there is life, there is hope.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

No rest for the wicked.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time is money.

East, west, home's best.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You reap what you sow.

If you build it, they will come.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A golden key can open any door.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There are two sides to every question.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The early bird gets the worm.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money isn't everything.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Still waters run deep.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's an exception to every rule.

Good talk saves the food.

What goes up must come down.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

For everything there is a season.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Love is blind.

Every stick has two ends.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Live and let live.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Only fools and horses work.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love will find a way.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Stupid is as stupid does.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All the world loves a lover.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Silence is golden.

Actions speak louder than words.

Better late than never.

Don't rock the boat.

Give credit where credit is due.

Faith will move mountains.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You are never too old to learn.

All good things come to those that wait.

Great minds think alike.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Home is where the heart is.

A cat may look at a king.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Silence construes consent.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A fish always rots from the head.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There's no time like the present.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fight the good fight.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A good man is hard to find.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

Only the good die young.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Speak as you find.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Paddle your own canoe.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Quid pro quo.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Time will tell.

Haste makes waste.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

You can't win them all.

Enough is enough.

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

Time flies.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

No man is an island.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Persuasion is better than force.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Manners maketh the man.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

It goes without saying.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Make love not war.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The end justifies the means.

Honesty is the best policy.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A watched pot never boils.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Let well alone.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

First things first.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Might is right.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money talks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Any port in a storm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Even a worm will turn.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's all grist to the mill.

All's well that ends well.

You are what you eat.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Love makes the world go round.

Slow but sure.

Fight fire with fire.

More haste, less speed.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Third time lucky.

You can't make bricks without straw.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Less is more.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Oil and water don't mix.

Bad news travels fast.

He who hesitates is lost.

Tomorrow never comes.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Practice makes perfect.

Virtue is its own reward.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Live and learn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Pride comes before a fall.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't throw good money after bad.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Crime doesn't pay.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Nine tailors make a man.

All you need is love.

Misery loves company.

History repeats itself.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Everyone has their price.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Patience is a virtue.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Hide in plain sight.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The best defence is a good offence.

Each to their own.

The bigger, the better.

Another day, another dollar.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Seeing is believing.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Knowledge is power.

Two heads are better than one.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All's fair in love and war.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

To every thing there is a season.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't get mad, get even.

One good deed deserves another.

Good things come to those who wait.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Truth will out.

Better safe than sorry.

Go the extra mile.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Ignorance is bliss.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Look before you leap.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There's no smoke without fire.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life begins at forty.

Charity begins at home.

You can't always get what you want.

Tomorrow is another day.

Opposites attract.

The truth will out.

Big fish eat little fish.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Forgive and forget.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Pearls of wisdom.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best-laid plans go astray.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

The customer is always right.

You can't take it with you.

It's better to give than to receive.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Like father, like son.

Easy come, easy go.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Learn to walk before you run.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hope springs eternal.

Let bygones be bygones.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Horses for courses.

You win some, you lose some.

No news is good news.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The show must go on.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The wages of sin is death.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All good things must come to an end.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

East is east, and west is west.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Make haste slowly.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Small things amuse small minds.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

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