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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

To every thing there is a season.

While there is life, there is hope.

Charity begins at home.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Crime doesn't pay.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

History repeats itself.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

The more the merrier.

Revenge is sweet.

Always put your best foot forward.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Nine tailors make a man.

Haste makes waste.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Silence construes consent.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Silence is golden.

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

Life begins at forty.

Seeing is believing.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A fish always rots from the head.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nothing succeeds like success.

No man is an island.

All you need is love.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

First impressions are the most lasting.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't take it with you.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Time is a great healer.

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

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

Love will find a way.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Less is more.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All's fair in love and war.

Every dog has its day.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Truth will out.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

God helps those who help themselves.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Less said, soon mended.

A man is known by his friends.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A word to the wise is enough.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Quid pro quo.

Good fences make good neighbours.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The Devil looks after his own.

Talk is cheap.

Bad news travels fast.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

First come, first served.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your powder dry.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It's better to give than to receive.

Manners maketh the man.

Great minds think alike.

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

Practice what you preach.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Walls have ears.

Cheats never prosper.

More haste, less speed.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Dead men tell no tales.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

To the victor go the spoils.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No pain, no gain.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Knowledge is power.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Any port in a storm.

What goes up must come down.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The best is the enemy of the good.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Misery loves company.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The show must go on.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

He who hesitates is lost.

Hide in plain sight.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

In the midst of life we are in death.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

It takes one to know one.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Fight the good fight.

East, west, home's best.

There's one born every minute.

Another day, another dollar.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's the singer not the song.

The customer is always right.

Every picture tells a story.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Patience is a virtue.

Love is blind.

Only fools and horses work.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Share and share alike.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beauty is only skin deep.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's no place like home.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

A dog is a man's best friend.

All good things must come to an end.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Life is what you make it.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The bigger, the better.

An man's home is his castle.

Slow and steady wins the race.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Count your blessings.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The best things in life are free.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

All's well that ends well.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Slow but sure.

Wonders will never cease.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Home is where the heart is.

Variety is the spice of life.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Good things come in small packages.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Every stick has two ends.

Faith will move mountains.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Third time lucky.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It never rains but it pours.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Many hands make light work.

Speak as you find.

First things first.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Horses for courses.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Keep your chin up.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

If you build it, they will come.

It goes without saying.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A cat may look at a king.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't get mad, get even.

Pride comes before a fall.

Live and learn.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Actions speak louder than words.

Enough is as good as a feast.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Even a worm will turn.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's safety in numbers.

Accidents will happen.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Physician, heal thyself.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Give the Devil his due.

Money isn't everything.

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

Go the extra mile.

A good man is hard to find.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The truth will out.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

One good deed deserves another.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

East is east, and west is west.

All roads lead to Rome.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You reap what you sow.

A house is not a home.

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

Might is right.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Only the good die young.

There's no time like the present.

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Each to their own.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The early bird gets the worm.

Everyone has their price.

It takes two to tango.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Seize the day.

Like father, like son.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Pearls of wisdom.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

For everything there is a season.

Money makes the world go round.

Business before pleasure.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There are two sides to every question.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Attack is the best form of defence.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Time flies.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

No news is good news.

Fight fire with fire.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Better safe than sorry.

Time is money.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Better late than never.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't win them all.

Never tell tales out of school.

What goes around comes around.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The end justifies the means.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Enough is enough.

Let the buyer beware.

Time will tell.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There's an exception to every rule.

There is honour among thieves.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Easy come, easy go.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A bad penny always turns up.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Two heads are better than one.

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

All things must pass.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Look before you leap.

Bad money drives out good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let well alone.

It's never too late to mend.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Good things come to those who wait.

Make haste slowly.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Learn to walk before you run.

One hand washes the other.