You can't win them all.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One hand washes the other.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Enough is enough.

Seeing is believing.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Every picture tells a story.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You reap what you sow.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Knowledge is power.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A bad penny always turns up.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The best things in life are free.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Oil and water don't mix.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Talk is cheap.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A person is known by the company they keep.

God helps those who help themselves.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Life is what you make it.

Don't rock the boat.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Walls have ears.

Love makes the world go round.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A fish always rots from the head.

The best defence is a good offence.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Tomorrow is another day.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

All things must pass.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The wages of sin is death.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

No man is an island.

Seize the day.

Time is a great healer.

All that glitters is not gold.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Two heads are better than one.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's better to give than to receive.

There's no smoke without fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no place like home.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's no time like the present.

To every thing there is a season.

Pearls of wisdom.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Revenge is sweet.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Get out while the getting is good.

East, west, home's best.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Quid pro quo.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Make haste slowly.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Haste makes waste.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Time is money.

Let the buyer beware.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Actions speak louder than words.

You are what you eat.

Look before you leap.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All's fair in love and war.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Less said, soon mended.

Faith will move mountains.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Paddle your own canoe.

First things first.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It goes without saying.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fight fire with fire.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A stitch in time saves nine.

No rest for the wicked.

Horses for courses.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Third time lucky.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Live and learn.

The truth will out.

Keep your powder dry.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love is blind.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Keep your chin up.

Count your blessings.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Let well alone.

Fight the good fight.

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

Money isn't everything.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Charity begins at home.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Better late than never.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Easy come, easy go.

Moderation in all things.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

You win some, you lose some.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil is in the details.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The Devil looks after his own.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Small things amuse small minds.

Life begins at forty.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't always get what you want.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes one to know one.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

For everything there is a season.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

There's safety in numbers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The customer is always right.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Birds of a feather flock together.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

There's an exception to every rule.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Live and let live.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The end justifies the means.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Less is more.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The more the merrier.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

The bigger, the better.

Speak as you find.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Every stick has two ends.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Opposites attract.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A watched pot never boils.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Silence construes consent.

Waste not, want not.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Silence is golden.

One good deed deserves another.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Manners maketh the man.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cheats never prosper.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Forgive and forget.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Business before pleasure.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Everyone has their price.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Money makes the world go round.

History repeats itself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money talks.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Every dog has its day.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A house is not a home.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Let bygones be bygones.

Practice what you preach.

Still waters run deep.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A cat may look at a king.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love will find a way.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't take it with you.

A leopard can't change its spots.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Many hands make light work.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Might is right.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

No news is good news.

Misery loves company.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Only the good die young.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's one born every minute.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The exception which proves the rule.

No pain, no gain.

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Share and share alike.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

No man can serve two masters.

Truth will out.

Bad news travels fast.

All you need is love.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The show must go on.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Like father, like son.

Make love not war.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't get mad, get even.

There are two sides to every question.

Physician, heal thyself.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Slow but sure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Each to their own.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Accidents will happen.

Time flies.

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

More haste, less speed.

Practice makes perfect.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If the cap fits, wear it.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

What goes around comes around.

The early bird gets the worm.

An army marches on its stomach.

Tomorrow never comes.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.