You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Time is a great healer.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Keep your powder dry.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Paddle your own canoe.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Forgive and forget.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Pearls of wisdom.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All the world loves a lover.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Man does not live by bread alone.

There's an exception to every rule.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Go the extra mile.

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

History repeats itself.

Better late than never.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

More haste, less speed.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Money talks.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Seeing is believing.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Good talk saves the food.

First things first.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Talk is cheap.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Hope springs eternal.

It's better to give than to receive.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The end justifies the means.

There's safety in numbers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Only fools and horses work.

You reap what you sow.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Silence construes consent.

Like father, like son.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

What goes up must come down.

An man's home is his castle.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Every dog has its day.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You can't always get what you want.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Third time lucky.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

To the victor go the spoils.

Great minds think alike.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A fish always rots from the head.

Oil and water don't mix.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A golden key can open any door.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

He who hesitates is lost.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Good things come in small packages.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Share and share alike.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't win them all.

A good man is hard to find.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Enough is enough.

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

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

The truth will out.

Good things come to those who wait.

There's no place like home.

Let the buyer beware.

The more the merrier.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

East, west, home's best.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Two heads are better than one.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

You are never too old to learn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Knowledge is power.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

The wages of sin is death.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It takes one to know one.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Give credit where credit is due.

A cat may look at a king.

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

The best things in life are free.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

First come, first served.

God helps those who help themselves.

Make haste slowly.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Tomorrow is another day.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no time like the present.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Misery loves company.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Less is more.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's the singer not the song.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The bigger, the better.

Give the Devil his due.

Actions speak louder than words.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Love will find a way.

Practice what you preach.

Make love not war.

Money isn't everything.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Walls have ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Only the good die young.

All that glitters is not gold.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Clothes do not make the man.

No news is good news.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Even a worm will turn.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't rock the boat.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Quid pro quo.

Still waters run deep.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Accidents will happen.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Put your best foot forward.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Horses for courses.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It takes two to tango.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Every stick has two ends.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You win some, you lose some.

Everyone has their price.

It's best to be on the safe side.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

For everything there is a season.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Dead men tell no tales.

No pain, no gain.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A house is not a home.

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

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

You are what you eat.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faith will move mountains.

Cheats never prosper.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Waste not, want not.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's one born every minute.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Slow but sure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Each to their own.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There is honour among thieves.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Many hands make light work.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Less said, soon mended.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nothing new under the sun.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Physician, heal thyself.

All's fair in love and war.

Wonders will never cease.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Variety is the spice of life.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Blood is thicker than water.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All good things come to those that wait.

Live and learn.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If you build it, they will come.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The age of miracles is past.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Any port in a storm.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

A bad penny always turns up.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Fight the good fight.

No rest for the wicked.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love is blind.

Haste makes waste.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Every picture tells a story.

Easy come, easy go.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Life begins at forty.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Never tell tales out of school.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let well alone.

A cat has nine lives.

All things must pass.

Revenge is sweet.

Big fish eat little fish.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

No man is an island.

Love makes the world go round.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It goes without saying.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Truth will out.

Time flies.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All publicity is good publicity.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A man is known by his friends.

Home is where the heart is.

Learn to walk before you run.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Seize the day.

Let bygones be bygones.

All roads lead to Rome.

Might is right.

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

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

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

Business before pleasure.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

East is east, and west is west.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The customer is always right.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

What goes around comes around.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.