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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Third time lucky.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Oil and water don't mix.

What goes up must come down.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

To the victor go the spoils.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There are two sides to every question.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Many hands make light work.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Do as I say, not as I do.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

Opposites attract.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

If you build it, they will come.

Learn to walk before you run.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Love is blind.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All that glitters is not gold.

No rest for the wicked.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It takes two to tango.

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

Money isn't everything.

The end justifies the means.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The show must go on.

All good things must come to an end.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best things in life are free.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There's no smoke without fire.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

What goes around comes around.

Easy come, easy go.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The truth will out.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Forgive and forget.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Good fences make good neighbours.

First come, first served.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Honesty is the best policy.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fortune favours the brave.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Silence is golden.

Walls have ears.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best defence is a good offence.

Patience is a virtue.

Silence construes consent.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Less is more.

Seeing is believing.

Half a loaf is better than none.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Live and let live.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't rock the boat.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Curiosity killed the cat.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A bad penny always turns up.

All roads lead to Rome.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An army marches on its stomach.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Even a worm will turn.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Only the good die young.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The bigger, the better.

Like father, like son.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Charity begins at home.

You are what you eat.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Good things come to those who wait.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It goes without saying.

Misery loves company.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Keep your chin up.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice what you preach.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't take it with you.

All good things come to those that wait.

Go the extra mile.

A fish always rots from the head.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Only fools and horses work.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Give the Devil his due.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Look before you leap.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Better late than never.

Money makes the world go round.

Time is money.

Another day, another dollar.

Nothing new under the sun.

Waste not, want not.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Every stick has two ends.

Make love not war.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Still waters run deep.

A man is known by his friends.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't get mad, get even.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You are never too old to learn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

All you need is love.

No pain, no gain.

Big fish eat little fish.

Variety is the spice of life.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Knowledge is power.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

No man can serve two masters.

Never tell tales out of school.

Live and learn.

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

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

No news is good news.

Love makes the world go round.

The more the merrier.

Beware the Ides of March.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Practice makes perfect.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Talk is cheap.

Haste makes waste.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Good talk saves the food.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

For everything there is a season.

Manners maketh the man.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

God helps those who help themselves.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A new broom sweeps clean.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

East is east, and west is west.

You win some, you lose some.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

Might is right.

Get out while the getting is good.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The Devil is in the details.

Fight the good fight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All's fair in love and war.

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

East, west, home's best.

A cat has nine lives.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Actions speak louder than words.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Let well alone.

Life begins at forty.

A dog is a man's best friend.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't win them all.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There's no time like the present.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

All the world loves a lover.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You reap what you sow.

Tomorrow is another day.

Truth will out.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Wonders will never cease.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Horses for courses.

All things must pass.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Blood is thicker than water.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Time is a great healer.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Better safe than sorry.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If you can't be good, be careful.

No man is an island.

The customer is always right.

Share and share alike.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

Seize the day.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Enough is enough.

To every thing there is a season.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Hide in plain sight.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Life is what you make it.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Time will tell.

History repeats itself.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Everyone has their price.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Crime doesn't pay.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Each to their own.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Accidents will happen.

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

Seek and you shall find.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

He who hesitates is lost.

The age of miracles is past.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's all grist to the mill.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Home is where the heart is.

A good man is hard to find.

There's an exception to every rule.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It takes one to know one.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

More haste, less speed.

Give credit where credit is due.

Physician, heal thyself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There's safety in numbers.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Paddle your own canoe.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A house is not a home.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's no place like home.

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

One hand washes the other.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Virtue is its own reward.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Bad money drives out good.

A watched pot never boils.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Any port in a storm.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

A golden key can open any door.

You can't always get what you want.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.