Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Silence construes consent.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Variety is the spice of life.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A good man is hard to find.

All's well that ends well.

One hand washes the other.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let well alone.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All good things come to those that wait.

Better safe than sorry.

Accidents will happen.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Oil and water don't mix.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Live and let live.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

The bigger, the better.

Moderation in all things.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Opposites attract.

The customer is always right.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Life is what you make it.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

You can't always get what you want.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Waste not, want not.

Persuasion is better than force.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Two heads are better than one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Count your blessings.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

All that glitters is not gold.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's the singer not the song.

Cheats never prosper.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

What goes up must come down.

Horses for courses.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love will find a way.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All publicity is good publicity.

Bad money drives out good.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes two to tango.

Walls have ears.

First come, first served.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Seize the day.

No man is an island.

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

Seeing is believing.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Patience is a virtue.

Give the Devil his due.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

More haste, less speed.

Good things come in small packages.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All roads lead to Rome.

It never rains but it pours.

Like father, like son.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Crime doesn't pay.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Keep your chin up.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Physician, heal thyself.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

No news is good news.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Slow but sure.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Blood is thicker than water.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The early bird gets the worm.

Might is right.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beauty is only skin deep.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Money isn't everything.

A golden key can open any door.

Home is where the heart is.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A cat may look at a king.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Quid pro quo.

Love is blind.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Honesty is the best policy.

Money is the root of all evil.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Only the good die young.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Hope springs eternal.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Time is a great healer.

Make love not war.

There's no smoke without fire.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

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

First things first.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There is no accounting for tastes.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

You reap what you sow.

The exception which proves the rule.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Great minds think alike.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes one to know one.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Knowledge is power.

Good talk saves the food.

It goes without saying.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Good things come to those who wait.

The wages of sin is death.

There's safety in numbers.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Forgive and forget.

Third time lucky.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's all grist to the mill.

Time is money.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Each to their own.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Haste makes waste.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Any port in a storm.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Manners maketh the man.

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

What goes around comes around.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

No man can serve two masters.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Pride comes before a fall.

Still waters run deep.

The Devil is in the details.

The show must go on.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

If you build it, they will come.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Silence is golden.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

To every thing there is a season.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Easy come, easy go.

East is east, and west is west.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

The more the merrier.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There is honour among thieves.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Every stick has two ends.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fortune favours the brave.

Look before you leap.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Better late than never.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One good deed deserves another.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

God helps those who help themselves.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You win some, you lose some.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Tomorrow is another day.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

All things must pass.

Share and share alike.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The truth will out.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

A word to the wise is enough.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Less said, soon mended.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A man is known by his friends.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money talks.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's no time like the present.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

Love makes the world go round.

Clothes do not make the man.

When one door shuts, another opens.

No pain, no gain.

Money makes the world go round.

No rest for the wicked.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bad news travels fast.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A thing begun is half done.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Practice makes perfect.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You are never too old to learn.

All good things must come to an end.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nine tailors make a man.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

An army marches on its stomach.

A watched pot never boils.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Practice what you preach.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no place like home.

All you need is love.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Life begins at forty.

A cat has nine lives.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Every dog has its day.

Speak as you find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Put your best foot forward.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Misery loves company.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's never too late to mend.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Charity begins at home.

Go the extra mile.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Big fish eat little fish.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't rock the boat.

Make haste slowly.

Don't get mad, get even.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The best things in life are free.

Time flies.

You can't win them all.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You are what you eat.

Business before pleasure.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

History repeats itself.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't take it with you.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.