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

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A cat has nine lives.

Let bygones be bygones.

Big fish eat little fish.

Forgive and forget.

Third time lucky.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Another day, another dollar.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

While there is life, there is hope.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Quid pro quo.

One hand washes the other.

Tomorrow is another day.

First come, first served.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Learn to walk before you run.

Charity begins at home.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It takes one to know one.

The end justifies the means.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Still waters run deep.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Great minds think alike.

Don't get mad, get even.

Every picture tells a story.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

History repeats itself.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Attack is the best form of defence.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Live and learn.

A watched pot never boils.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Time is a great healer.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Speak as you find.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Virtue is its own reward.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A word to the wise is enough.

Practice what you preach.

You are never too old to learn.

Everyone has their price.

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Put your best foot forward.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Hide in plain sight.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nine tailors make a man.

The early bird gets the worm.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Love will find a way.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Look before you leap.

Even a worm will turn.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Let the buyer beware.

There are two sides to every question.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

No pain, no gain.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Get out while the getting is good.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Every dog has its day.

All you need is love.

Love is blind.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Misery loves company.

The best things in life are free.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Blood is thicker than water.

Make haste slowly.

Good things come in small packages.

Let well alone.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's an exception to every rule.

First things first.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Hope springs eternal.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It never rains but it pours.

Needs must when the devil drives.

East, west, home's best.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fight the good fight.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Time flies.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never tell tales out of school.

One good deed deserves another.

Manners maketh the man.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Dead men tell no tales.

Two heads are better than one.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The bigger, the better.

Home is where the heart is.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Every stick has two ends.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All the world loves a lover.

Nothing new under the sun.

Each to their own.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

No news is good news.

Tomorrow never comes.

If you build it, they will come.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't make bricks without straw.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's no place like home.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Truth will out.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Waste not, want not.

Share and share alike.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Only the good die young.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A thing begun is half done.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Better late than never.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Moderation in all things.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

More haste, less speed.

There's no time like the present.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Might is right.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It goes without saying.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time is money.

East is east, and west is west.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Persuasion is better than force.

Opposites attract.

Easy come, easy go.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Variety is the spice of life.

Give credit where credit is due.

Fight fire with fire.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Accidents will happen.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The more the merrier.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Go the extra mile.

For everything there is a season.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Beware the Ides of March.

Only fools and horses work.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Many hands make light work.

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

All's well that ends well.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Better safe than sorry.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You are what you eat.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

No rest for the wicked.

Make love not war.

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

Haste makes waste.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Keep your powder dry.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Crime doesn't pay.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't win them all.

Don't rock the boat.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There's safety in numbers.

A golden key can open any door.

Enough is enough.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Bad news travels fast.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

A good man is hard to find.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You can't always get what you want.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

An army marches on its stomach.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A man is known by his friends.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You reap what you sow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Money talks.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Horses for courses.

Revenge is sweet.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You win some, you lose some.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A house is not a home.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Honesty is the best policy.

Small things amuse small minds.

Any port in a storm.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Keep your chin up.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't take it with you.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Money is the root of all evil.

Life begins at forty.

Count your blessings.

Fortune favours the brave.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Like father, like son.

All that glitters is not gold.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Live and let live.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's the singer not the song.

What goes around comes around.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

What goes up must come down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The customer is always right.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Many hands make light work.

Bad money drives out good.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Business before pleasure.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Wonders will never cease.

Practice makes perfect.

All good things come to those that wait.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Seize the day.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

All things must pass.

It's never too late to mend.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

No man can serve two masters.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Walls have ears.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

No man is an island.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.