Don't bite off more than you can chew.

No man can serve two masters.

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

All good things must come to an end.

There's an exception to every rule.

Little pitchers have big ears.

For everything there is a season.

Always put your best foot forward.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The bigger, the better.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Seek and you shall find.

Quid pro quo.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Truth will out.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Physician, heal thyself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A house is not a home.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

No man is an island.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

All things must pass.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Live and let live.

There's no smoke without fire.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Appearances can be deceptive.

One good deed deserves another.

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

What goes up must come down.

Fight the good fight.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The more the merrier.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

History repeats itself.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Tomorrow never comes.

Practice makes perfect.

Haste makes waste.

Business before pleasure.

Learn to walk before you run.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Practice what you preach.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Bad news travels fast.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Might is right.

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

Opposites attract.

Time is money.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Talk is cheap.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

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

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

Every dog has its day.

You can't win them all.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Everyone has their price.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't get mad, get even.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Silence is golden.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's one born every minute.

Time is a great healer.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Money isn't everything.

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

Look before you leap.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Seize the day.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no place like home.

Count your blessings.

Good things come in small packages.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Forgive and forget.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Waste not, want not.

While there is life, there is hope.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

The best things in life are free.

It takes one to know one.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Give credit where credit is due.

Many hands make light work.

East is east, and west is west.

No news is good news.

Misery loves company.

Big fish eat little fish.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

If you build it, they will come.

Tomorrow is another day.

There are two sides to every question.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

One hand washes the other.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

Knowledge is power.

Good talk saves the food.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Oil and water don't mix.

Horses for courses.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Seeing is believing.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Actions speak louder than words.

The early bird gets the worm.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A watched pot never boils.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's better to give than to receive.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All's well that ends well.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Life is what you make it.

Never tell tales out of school.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The end justifies the means.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Live and learn.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love is blind.

To every thing there is a season.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money is the root of all evil.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Revenge is sweet.

East, west, home's best.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Less said, soon mended.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Time will tell.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Only the good die young.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Let well alone.

Better late than never.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Let the buyer beware.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Make haste slowly.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A good man is hard to find.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Life begins at forty.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

First things first.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All good things come to those that wait.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Blood is thicker than water.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The leopard does not change his spots.

What goes around comes around.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The wages of sin is death.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The Devil is in the details.

Love will find a way.

Persuasion is better than force.

You are what you eat.

Get out while the getting is good.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money talks.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Small things amuse small minds.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's all grist to the mill.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Cheats never prosper.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You reap what you sow.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Enough is enough.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Make love not war.

Less is more.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let bygones be bygones.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The show must go on.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The customer is always right.

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

Third time lucky.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You can have too much of a good thing.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Go the extra mile.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Any port in a storm.

Accidents will happen.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

There's no time like the present.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

First come, first served.

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

It takes two to tango.

The age of miracles is past.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There is honour among thieves.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Speak as you find.

Walls have ears.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Time flies.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

All the world loves a lover.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Keep your chin up.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A stitch in time saves nine.

All roads lead to Rome.

Easy come, easy go.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

No pain, no gain.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Silence construes consent.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Every stick has two ends.

Crime doesn't pay.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't shoot the messenger.

All that glitters is not gold.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It never rains but it pours.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Different strokes for different folks.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Great minds think alike.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Even a worm will turn.

Honesty is the best policy.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't take it with you.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A cat may look at a king.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's the singer not the song.

Money makes the world go round.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You can't always get what you want.