Needs must when the devil drives.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Like father, like son.

A good man is hard to find.

There's no time like the present.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

All things must pass.

Keep your powder dry.

Haste makes waste.

Clothes do not make the man.

Time flies.

Bad news travels fast.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Money isn't everything.

Ignorance is bliss.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Dead men tell no tales.

Good talk saves the food.

The more the merrier.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Only the good die young.

Nine tailors make a man.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You are never too old to learn.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Put your best foot forward.

The bigger, the better.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

History repeats itself.

Love makes the world go round.

To every thing there is a season.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The Devil looks after his own.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It takes one to know one.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Accidents will happen.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Moderation in all things.

Wonders will never cease.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Seize the day.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Faith will move mountains.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Better late than never.

Variety is the spice of life.

No news is good news.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Slow but sure.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Misery loves company.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

For everything there is a season.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Persuasion is better than force.

Might is right.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The customer is always right.

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

Third time lucky.

All you need is love.

Walls have ears.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

An army marches on its stomach.

Everyone has their price.

It takes two to tango.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

God helps those who help themselves.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't throw good money after bad.

Love will find a way.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

No man can serve two masters.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Virtue is its own reward.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Fight the good fight.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A cat may look at a king.

Even a worm will turn.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Charity begins at home.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Give the Devil his due.

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

All's well that ends well.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

One hand washes the other.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beware the Ides of March.

Big fish eat little fish.

Knowledge is power.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Silence construes consent.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Bad money drives out good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It goes without saying.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Seeing is believing.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Horses for courses.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's the singer not the song.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money makes the world go round.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Business before pleasure.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Any port in a storm.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cheats never prosper.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Practice what you preach.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't rock the boat.

A house is not a home.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's all grist to the mill.

More haste, less speed.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Another day, another dollar.

No man is an island.

Keep your chin up.

A new broom sweeps clean.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

He who hesitates is lost.

Still waters run deep.

Great minds think alike.

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

Each to their own.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Give credit where credit is due.

There is honour among thieves.

Make love not war.

Cold hands, warm heart.

First come, first served.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Home is where the heart is.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There are two sides to every question.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time is a great healer.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

First things first.

Many hands make light work.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

The truth will out.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All the world loves a lover.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Speak as you find.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A man is known by his friends.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's better to give than to receive.

Go the extra mile.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

No pain, no gain.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You win some, you lose some.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Let well alone.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Two heads are better than one.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Good things come to those who wait.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Live and let live.

Better safe than sorry.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You are what you eat.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

If the cap fits, wear it.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Only fools and horses work.

Every stick has two ends.

The show must go on.

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

Enough is enough.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No rest for the wicked.

Revenge is sweet.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Patience is a virtue.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Time is money.

Look before you leap.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Silence is golden.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Every dog has its day.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Manners maketh the man.

Waste not, want not.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Truth will out.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Pride comes before a fall.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Life is what you make it.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Less said, soon mended.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It never rains but it pours.

Live and learn.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Easy come, easy go.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Count your blessings.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All roads lead to Rome.

The best things in life are free.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Hope springs eternal.

What goes around comes around.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A fish always rots from the head.

Get out while the getting is good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

While there is life, there is hope.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If you build it, they will come.

It's never too late to mend.

You can't take it with you.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Share and share alike.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Less is more.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Never tell tales out of school.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The wages of sin is death.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Time will tell.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Quid pro quo.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A bad penny always turns up.

Life begins at forty.

You can't win them all.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Money is the root of all evil.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Opposites attract.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Forgive and forget.