A picture paints a thousand words.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Crime doesn't pay.

One hand washes the other.

Money talks.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

No pain, no gain.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All the world loves a lover.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Bad money drives out good.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money isn't everything.

Time will tell.

Moderation in all things.

Look before you leap.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All you need is love.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Forgive and forget.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Less is more.

Big fish eat little fish.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The best things in life are free.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There's no smoke without fire.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

Silence is golden.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Enough is enough.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

You can't win them all.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Money makes the world go round.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Hope springs eternal.

What goes up must come down.

First come, first served.

Only the good die young.

Count your blessings.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Practice what you preach.

Make love not war.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Pride comes before a fall.

Go the extra mile.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Speak as you find.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

The age of miracles is past.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Every dog has its day.

Beauty is only skin deep.

East, west, home's best.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All's fair in love and war.

The customer is always right.

One swallow does not a summer make.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Christmas comes but once a year.

First things first.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Variety is the spice of life.

Better safe than sorry.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Everyone has their price.

Don't get mad, get even.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Slow but sure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Good things come in small packages.

Another day, another dollar.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Time flies.

Different strokes for different folks.

Seize the day.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

It goes without saying.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

The end justifies the means.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

A man is known by his friends.

It's best to be on the safe side.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A thing begun is half done.

Seeing is believing.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Good talk saves the food.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Truth will out.

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

Waste not, want not.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Practice makes perfect.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Make haste slowly.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All good things must come to an end.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You are never too old to learn.

Faith will move mountains.

Any port in a storm.

Misery loves company.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A cat has nine lives.

Accidents will happen.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

No news is good news.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nine tailors make a man.

Always put your best foot forward.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A watched pot never boils.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best defence is a good offence.

East is east, and west is west.

There's an exception to every rule.

Walls have ears.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A cat may look at a king.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Might is right.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Haste makes waste.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

A good man is hard to find.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Live and let live.

Life begins at forty.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Manners maketh the man.

You win some, you lose some.

Two heads are better than one.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You are what you eat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Good things come to those who wait.

Physician, heal thyself.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Share and share alike.

Dead men tell no tales.

Like father, like son.

If you build it, they will come.

The Devil looks after his own.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Get out while the getting is good.

He who hesitates is lost.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Let the buyer beware.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The bigger, the better.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Keep your chin up.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Third time lucky.

Opposites attract.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

All's well that ends well.

There's one born every minute.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Pearls of wisdom.

No rest for the wicked.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All things must pass.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Even a worm will turn.

A fish always rots from the head.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

The truth will out.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

There's no time like the present.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love makes the world go round.

You reap what you sow.

Youth is wasted on the young.

An man's home is his castle.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Life is what you make it.

Time is money.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

Oil and water don't mix.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The more the merrier.

The early bird gets the worm.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Silence construes consent.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A word to the wise is enough.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

History repeats itself.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's all grist to the mill.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity begins at home.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Every stick has two ends.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Possession is nine points of the law.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cheats never prosper.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Quid pro quo.

Better late than never.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's never too late to mend.

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

The show must go on.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Home is where the heart is.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It never rains but it pours.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

For everything there is a season.

Keep your powder dry.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Talk is cheap.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There is honour among thieves.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Knowledge is power.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Hide in plain sight.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't take it with you.

Each to their own.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Every picture tells a story.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A house is not a home.

It takes two to tango.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Only fools and horses work.

The Devil is in the details.

Horses for courses.

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

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

Great minds think alike.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

There's no place like home.

Fight the good fight.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Virtue is its own reward.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Actions speak louder than words.

Put your best foot forward.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No man can serve two masters.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Many hands make light work.

Time is a great healer.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A good beginning makes a good ending.