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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The more the merrier.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Still waters run deep.

Easy come, easy go.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Count your blessings.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Enough is enough.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

No pain, no gain.

Money makes the world go round.

It never rains but it pours.

Seeing is believing.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The wages of sin is death.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Accidents will happen.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There is honour among thieves.

Money isn't everything.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Life begins at forty.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's never too late to mend.

Pearls of wisdom.

Manners maketh the man.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Learn to walk before you run.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Better late than never.

There's no smoke without fire.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Slow but sure.

Fight the good fight.

Forewarned is forearmed.

History repeats itself.

Speak as you find.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

The end justifies the means.

There's no place like home.

You reap what you sow.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Different strokes for different folks.

East is east, and west is west.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Many hands make light work.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Every stick has two ends.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

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

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

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

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

Misery loves company.

Marriages are made in heaven.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Even a worm will turn.

A man is known by his friends.

No rest for the wicked.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Might is right.

Go the extra mile.

Seize the day.

The bigger, the better.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Keep your chin up.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Keep your powder dry.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't get mad, get even.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

More haste, less speed.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Put your best foot forward.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's one born every minute.

Love will find a way.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Haste makes waste.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

You are what you eat.

Any port in a storm.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The age of miracles is past.

Look before you leap.

Live and learn.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Third time lucky.

Once a thief, always a thief.

First come, first served.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Money talks.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Crime doesn't pay.

A golden key can open any door.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's safety in numbers.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Quid pro quo.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Life is what you make it.

The pen is mightier than sword.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Actions speak louder than words.

Less is more.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All good things come to those that wait.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fortune favours the brave.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't take it with you.

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

No news is good news.

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

Moderation in all things.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Business before pleasure.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Silence construes consent.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A good man is hard to find.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

What goes up must come down.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love is blind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Talk is cheap.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

First impressions are the most lasting.

If you build it, they will come.

Time will tell.

Charity begins at home.

Dead men tell no tales.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Oil and water don't mix.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Practice makes perfect.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Time is a great healer.

While there is life, there is hope.

Waste not, want not.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Opposites attract.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All's well that ends well.

Seek and you shall find.

Time flies.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes two to tango.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Small things amuse small minds.

Share and share alike.

Cheats never prosper.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

It's better to give than to receive.

To the victor go the spoils.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A cat has nine lives.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It's all grist to the mill.

An army marches on its stomach.

Better safe than sorry.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Tomorrow is another day.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ignorance is bliss.

Physician, heal thyself.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Like father, like son.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

All things must pass.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No man is an island.

Silence is golden.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love makes the world go round.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Less said, soon mended.

Practice what you preach.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Only the good die young.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There's no time like the present.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Live and let live.

Beware the Ides of March.

Clothes do not make the man.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Every dog has its day.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't always get what you want.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

East, west, home's best.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Patience is a virtue.

Make haste slowly.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Hope springs eternal.

It goes without saying.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Let bygones be bygones.

The customer is always right.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Everyone has their price.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All you need is love.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You can't win them all.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The Devil looks after his own.

Let well alone.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Horses for courses.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You are never too old to learn.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

There are two sides to every question.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The exception which proves the rule.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All good things must come to an end.

Make love not war.

All publicity is good publicity.

Faith will move mountains.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A word to the wise is enough.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Children should be seen and not heard.

To every thing there is a season.

Needs must when the devil drives.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A house is not a home.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The show must go on.

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

Knowledge is power.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the buyer beware.

The best things in life are free.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A watched pot never boils.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Each to their own.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Great minds think alike.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.