Give the Devil his due.

Paddle your own canoe.

Fight fire with fire.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Look before you leap.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Bad money drives out good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't get mad, get even.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

An man's home is his castle.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Ignorance is bliss.

The truth will out.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Faith will move mountains.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

No news is good news.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Walls have ears.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

You can't take it with you.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

Live and learn.

All you need is love.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Seize the day.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Go the extra mile.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If you build it, they will come.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A house is not a home.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Life is what you make it.

Keep your chin up.

Money makes the world go round.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Life begins at forty.

Variety is the spice of life.

Easy come, easy go.

Quid pro quo.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's never too late to mend.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Even a worm will turn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All things must pass.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

One good deed deserves another.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Share and share alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Love will find a way.

There's no place like home.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Let the buyer beware.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

What goes around comes around.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Still waters run deep.

Charity begins at home.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Waste not, want not.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

All the world loves a lover.

One hand washes the other.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Manners maketh the man.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Home is where the heart is.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Good things come in small packages.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The wages of sin is death.

It takes two to tango.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's all grist to the mill.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Time is a great healer.

Actions speak louder than words.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

East is east, and west is west.

Time is money.

Honesty is the best policy.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It never rains but it pours.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You can't win them all.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

You reap what you sow.

A bad penny always turns up.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The best defence is a good offence.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Silence construes consent.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

The early bird gets the worm.

A fish always rots from the head.

Pride comes before a fall.

Practice makes perfect.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love is blind.

The exception which proves the rule.

All publicity is good publicity.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A cat has nine lives.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Make love not war.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Forgive and forget.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Might is right.

There's safety in numbers.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

More haste, less speed.

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

Money isn't everything.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Dead men tell no tales.

To the victor go the spoils.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't rock the boat.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Out of sight, out of mind.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let well alone.

What goes up must come down.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There's an exception to every rule.

It goes without saying.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Another day, another dollar.

Practice what you preach.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nine tailors make a man.

The more the merrier.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Cheats never prosper.

First things first.

Clothes do not make the man.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The show must go on.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The age of miracles is past.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Better late than never.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Like father, like son.

Every dog has its day.

Patience is a virtue.

For everything there is a season.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Everyone has their price.

History repeats itself.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's the singer not the song.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Physician, heal thyself.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Two heads are better than one.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

No man can serve two masters.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Persuasion is better than force.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

First come, first served.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Wonders will never cease.

Each to their own.

All good things come to those that wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Get out while the getting is good.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Enough is enough.

Speak as you find.

Misery loves company.

Many hands make light work.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The best-laid plans go astray.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Less said, soon mended.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Put your best foot forward.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Marriages are made in heaven.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fight the good fight.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

You are what you eat.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The best things in life are free.

Time and tide wait for no one.

No rest for the wicked.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Slow but sure.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No man is an island.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Talk is cheap.

Better safe than sorry.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Only the good die young.

Every picture tells a story.

Money is the root of all evil.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A man is known by his friends.

Beware the Ides of March.

Revenge is sweet.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

The customer is always right.

Only fools and horses work.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Live and let live.

Count your blessings.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

The Devil is in the details.

The end justifies the means.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Any port in a storm.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Great minds think alike.

Make haste slowly.

Knowledge is power.

Time flies.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

You win some, you lose some.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Love makes the world go round.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Truth will out.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Silence is golden.

Opposites attract.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Money talks.

Nothing new under the sun.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Slow but sure.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Small things amuse small minds.

Less is more.

All's fair in love and war.

All good things must come to an end.

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

You can't always get what you want.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope springs eternal.

Good things come to those who wait.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Business before pleasure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fortune favours the brave.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Let the dead bury the dead.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No pain, no gain.