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

East is east, and west is west.

There are two sides to every question.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Let well alone.

There is honour among thieves.

History repeats itself.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love will find a way.

Small things amuse small minds.

Keep your powder dry.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You reap what you sow.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Only fools and horses work.

Virtue is its own reward.

Actions speak louder than words.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Misery loves company.

Appearances can be deceptive.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love makes the world go round.

Learn to walk before you run.

Only the good die young.

One good deed deserves another.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Honesty is the best policy.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All good things must come to an end.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's an exception to every rule.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

While there is life, there is hope.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Another day, another dollar.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A cat has nine lives.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

The age of miracles is past.

You are what you eat.

You can't win them all.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time will tell.

A watched pot never boils.

Time is a great healer.

Everyone has their price.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

God helps those who help themselves.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Live and learn.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Might is right.

Knowledge is power.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Seize the day.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Let the buyer beware.

No man can serve two masters.

Better late than never.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

A golden key can open any door.

Moderation in all things.

Pride comes before a fall.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All you need is love.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't rock the boat.

Enough is enough.

It's better to give than to receive.

Love is blind.

Like father, like son.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Dead men tell no tales.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

No man is an island.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Good things come in small packages.

What goes up must come down.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Haste makes waste.

Life begins at forty.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Look before you leap.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Count your blessings.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The bigger, the better.

Nine tailors make a man.

Fortune favours the brave.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The wages of sin is death.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Time is money.

There's one born every minute.

The best defence is a good offence.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

Always put your best foot forward.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The best things in life are free.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Paddle your own canoe.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Fight fire with fire.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Horses for courses.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Less is more.

Share and share alike.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes one to know one.

If you build it, they will come.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

You can't take it with you.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

First come, first served.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Live and let live.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Every stick has two ends.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

What goes around comes around.

Less said, soon mended.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It goes without saying.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No rest for the wicked.

Keep your chin up.

Variety is the spice of life.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make love not war.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Accidents will happen.

The show must go on.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Silence is golden.

An man's home is his castle.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Ignorance is bliss.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Put your best foot forward.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Make haste slowly.

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

Every dog has its day.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The end justifies the means.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All that glitters is not gold.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Go the extra mile.

Tomorrow is another day.

More haste, less speed.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It never rains but it pours.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Speak as you find.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Money talks.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Bad news travels fast.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No pain, no gain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't always get what you want.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Fight the good fight.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A house is not a home.

Crime doesn't pay.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Charity begins at home.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

He who hesitates is lost.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

All the world loves a lover.

All publicity is good publicity.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A cat may look at a king.

First things first.

All things must pass.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Waste not, want not.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Money makes the world go round.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Seeing is believing.

Truth will out.

Practice what you preach.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

To the victor go the spoils.

Even a worm will turn.

There's no time like the present.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

All's fair in love and war.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

Silence construes consent.

Great minds think alike.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Money is the root of all evil.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

East, west, home's best.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Different strokes for different folks.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A good man is hard to find.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Forgive and forget.

Cheats never prosper.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Physician, heal thyself.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Time flies.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The best is the enemy of the good.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It's never too late to mend.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Revenge is sweet.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

One hand washes the other.

You win some, you lose some.

Better safe than sorry.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There's no place like home.

Opposites attract.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Give the Devil his due.

Good things come to those who wait.

Easy come, easy go.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Bad money drives out good.

Hope springs eternal.

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