Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All good things come to those that wait.

Pride comes before a fall.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Seeing is believing.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Make love not war.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Seek and you shall find.

There's one born every minute.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Practice what you preach.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A new broom sweeps clean.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't always get what you want.

Less said, soon mended.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Enough is enough.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Less is more.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Any port in a storm.

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

Third time lucky.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Patience is a virtue.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Go the extra mile.

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

Life begins at forty.

For everything there is a season.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

History repeats itself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Time is a great healer.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Great minds think alike.

Truth will out.

All you need is love.

Love is blind.

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

Let the buyer beware.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

All's well that ends well.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Still waters run deep.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

There's no time like the present.

Let well alone.

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

It goes without saying.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All publicity is good publicity.

Speak as you find.

The customer is always right.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A bad penny always turns up.

An man's home is his castle.

Misery loves company.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Time flies.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A cat may look at a king.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Horses for courses.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Waste not, want not.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It never rains but it pours.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Walls have ears.

Actions speak louder than words.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Slow but sure.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The show must go on.

All's fair in love and war.

The end justifies the means.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Practice makes perfect.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Count your blessings.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Like father, like son.

You are what you eat.

Better safe than sorry.

Give credit where credit is due.

Silence construes consent.

Life is what you make it.

Blood is thicker than water.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

No news is good news.

Always put your best foot forward.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Honesty is the best policy.

You are never too old to learn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beauty is only skin deep.

No rest for the wicked.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All good things must come to an end.

It's never too late to mend.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Only fools and horses work.

What goes around comes around.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Seize the day.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Wonders will never cease.

Small things amuse small minds.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Make haste slowly.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Every picture tells a story.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no smoke without fire.

No man is an island.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Ignorance is bliss.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't get mad, get even.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Variety is the spice of life.

One hand washes the other.

More haste, less speed.

Money is the root of all evil.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Moderation in all things.

Home is where the heart is.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't take it with you.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes one to know one.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Easy come, easy go.

Once bitten, twice shy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Business before pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A word to the wise is enough.

Beware the Ides of March.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Each to their own.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

If you build it, they will come.

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

The bigger, the better.

Charity begins at home.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cheats never prosper.

What goes up must come down.

A golden key can open any door.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

You can't win them all.

No pain, no gain.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good things come in small packages.

It takes two to tango.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The age of miracles is past.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You reap what you sow.

Virtue is its own reward.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Possession is nine points of the law.

To the victor go the spoils.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The Devil looks after his own.

Many hands make light work.

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

The Devil is in the details.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's all grist to the mill.

Might is right.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A house is not a home.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Fortune favours the brave.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A cat has nine lives.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

While there is life, there is hope.

Put your best foot forward.

It's the singer not the song.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

A fish always rots from the head.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Live and learn.

Persuasion is better than force.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Quid pro quo.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Live and let live.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Love will find a way.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The best defence is a good offence.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All things must pass.

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

Fight the good fight.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Nothing new under the sun.

An army marches on its stomach.

Silence is golden.

The more the merrier.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Oil and water don't mix.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The exception which proves the rule.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no place like home.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Hope springs eternal.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All roads lead to Rome.

Haste makes waste.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Forgive and forget.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Money talks.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

A watched pot never boils.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

There's safety in numbers.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Every dog has its day.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Only the good die young.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

The wages of sin is death.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One good deed deserves another.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Different strokes for different folks.

Accidents will happen.

Everyone has their price.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Keep your chin up.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Big fish eat little fish.

Good talk saves the food.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love makes the world go round.

First things first.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Time is money.

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

Hide in plain sight.