Children and fools tell the truth.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

Bad news travels fast.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No man can serve two masters.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All good things come to those that wait.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

All you need is love.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The more the merrier.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Crime doesn't pay.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Money makes the world go round.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There's no smoke without fire.

No pain, no gain.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All that glitters is not gold.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The end justifies the means.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Small things amuse small minds.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Every picture tells a story.

Hope springs eternal.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Great minds think alike.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Good talk saves the food.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Make haste slowly.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Every dog has its day.

There's an exception to every rule.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A golden key can open any door.

One hand washes the other.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

No rest for the wicked.

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

A house is not a home.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Walls have ears.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't rock the boat.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Give credit where credit is due.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Enough is enough.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Live and let live.

All things must pass.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A cat has nine lives.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Seize the day.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Paddle your own canoe.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Only the good die young.

Fight the good fight.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Nine tailors make a man.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The bigger, the better.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

The customer is always right.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

The best things in life are free.

Share and share alike.

Third time lucky.

Honesty is the best policy.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Home is where the heart is.

Seeing is believing.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The exception which proves the rule.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Money talks.

A fish always rots from the head.

Put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Time will tell.

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

Many hands make light work.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It takes one to know one.

It's better to give than to receive.

Opposites attract.

A good man is hard to find.

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

East is east, and west is west.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Knowledge is power.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Each to their own.

Less is more.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Out of sight, out of mind.

For everything there is a season.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Tomorrow is another day.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There are two sides to every question.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Look before you leap.

Only fools and horses work.

It's all grist to the mill.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

You reap what you sow.

There's no time like the present.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The early bird gets the worm.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Count your blessings.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You are never too old to learn.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

An man's home is his castle.

All's fair in love and war.

The wages of sin is death.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Give the Devil his due.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Time is a great healer.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Slow but sure.

Talk is cheap.

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

You can't win them all.

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

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

Time flies.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Hide in plain sight.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Seek and you shall find.

Manners maketh the man.

Accidents will happen.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't take it with you.

Silence construes consent.

You are what you eat.

Live and learn.

Everyone has their price.

Bad money drives out good.

Less said, soon mended.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Cheats never prosper.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Grief divided is made lighter.

First come, first served.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Dead men tell no tales.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Keep your powder dry.

Let well alone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't always get what you want.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Moderation in all things.

Enough is as good as a feast.

While there is life, there is hope.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Variety is the spice of life.

Like father, like son.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The best defence is a good offence.

Time is money.

Money isn't everything.

Misery loves company.

History repeats itself.

The age of miracles is past.

Patience is a virtue.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All's well that ends well.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Virtue is its own reward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Life is what you make it.

A thing begun is half done.

Haste makes waste.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Truth will out.

Might is right.

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

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Revenge is sweet.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Silence is golden.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Speak as you find.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

You win some, you lose some.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A bad penny always turns up.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ignorance is bliss.

First things first.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

There's no place like home.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Never give a sucker an even break.

Love makes the world go round.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

East, west, home's best.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Another day, another dollar.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Forgive and forget.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Life begins at forty.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love is blind.

It goes without saying.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The pen is mightier than sword.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Practice what you preach.

Quid pro quo.

Blood is thicker than water.

Get out while the getting is good.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's the singer not the song.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Charity begins at home.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Keep your chin up.

Pearls of wisdom.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To every thing there is a season.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There is no accounting for tastes.

More haste, less speed.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Persuasion is better than force.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

There's one born every minute.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Go the extra mile.

Make love not war.

Better safe than sorry.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The truth will out.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Love will find a way.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Good things come in small packages.

No news is good news.

One good deed deserves another.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

No man is an island.

Still waters run deep.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A man is known by his friends.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's never too late to mend.

A cat may look at a king.

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

The Devil is in the details.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.