Hide in plain sight.

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

Count your blessings.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Seek and you shall find.

Better safe than sorry.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Waste not, want not.

Money isn't everything.

All things must pass.

It never rains but it pours.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

For everything there is a season.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Appearances can be deceptive.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Time is a great healer.

Talk is cheap.

Revenge is sweet.

Never tell tales out of school.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no smoke without fire.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Enough is enough.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You win some, you lose some.

Better late than never.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Slow but sure.

A cat may look at a king.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's all grist to the mill.

Seize the day.

Business before pleasure.

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

More haste, less speed.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All roads lead to Rome.

Every picture tells a story.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Time is money.

Persuasion is better than force.

First come, first served.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The exception which proves the rule.

Actions speak louder than words.

Each to their own.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

All publicity is good publicity.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Time flies.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

Give the Devil his due.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Make haste slowly.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Only the good die young.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't win them all.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Horses for courses.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Variety is the spice of life.

Charity begins at home.

The best things in life are free.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Live and let live.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money talks.

Manners maketh the man.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Two heads are better than one.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Forgive and forget.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Pride comes before a fall.

No man can serve two masters.

Less is more.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Life begins at forty.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Let the buyer beware.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Silence construes consent.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Every dog has its day.

Life is what you make it.

It goes without saying.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's the singer not the song.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Great minds think alike.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Hope springs eternal.

The Devil looks after his own.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

An army marches on its stomach.

Share and share alike.

Love makes the world go round.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Third time lucky.

You are never too old to learn.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

While there is life, there is hope.

Knowledge is power.

Any port in a storm.

All good things must come to an end.

No pain, no gain.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Virtue is its own reward.

First things first.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Speak as you find.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Still waters run deep.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Accidents will happen.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wonders will never cease.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

All's well that ends well.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Silence is golden.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Money makes the world go round.

You reap what you sow.

Seeing is believing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let bygones be bygones.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Little pitchers have big ears.

What goes around comes around.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Tomorrow never comes.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Make love not war.

Bad money drives out good.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Love is blind.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's an exception to every rule.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's never too late to mend.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The bigger, the better.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

All you need is love.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Go the extra mile.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Every stick has two ends.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Like father, like son.

To every thing there is a season.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Moderation in all things.

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

Look before you leap.

No man is an island.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Even a worm will turn.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Less said, soon mended.

The early bird gets the worm.

All good things come to those that wait.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Might is right.

Many hands make light work.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Another day, another dollar.

All's fair in love and war.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Only fools and horses work.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There is honour among thieves.

Let well alone.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The age of miracles is past.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Keep your powder dry.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

East, west, home's best.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Walls have ears.

If you build it, they will come.

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

The customer is always right.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Dead men tell no tales.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Easy come, easy go.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The show must go on.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time will tell.

A new broom sweeps clean.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A man is known by his friends.

No news is good news.

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

Truth will out.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

What goes up must come down.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's no place like home.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Live and learn.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Patience is a virtue.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Fight the good fight.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A word to the wise is enough.

Opposites attract.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The truth will out.

The Devil is in the details.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice makes perfect.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Put your best foot forward.

A house is not a home.

Everyone has their price.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.