You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

All roads lead to Rome.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Time flies.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let well alone.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's never too late to mend.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't take it with you.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A cat may look at a king.

Forgive and forget.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

The more the merrier.

It never rains but it pours.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Oil and water don't mix.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Life is what you make it.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Any port in a storm.

You can't always get what you want.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Big fish eat little fish.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You reap what you sow.

History repeats itself.

No pain, no gain.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Manners maketh the man.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Better safe than sorry.

It goes without saying.

Get out while the getting is good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

An army marches on its stomach.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Every stick has two ends.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Different strokes for different folks.

Good things come to those who wait.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

An man's home is his castle.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Patience is a virtue.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Look before you leap.

Silence is golden.

Make love not war.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All's well that ends well.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Everyone has their price.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fortune favours the brave.

Clothes do not make the man.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Every dog has its day.

Accidents will happen.

Like father, like son.

Small things amuse small minds.

A cat has nine lives.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't shoot the messenger.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love will find a way.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Charity begins at home.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Money is the root of all evil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Seeing is believing.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Great minds think alike.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Wonders will never cease.

Seek and you shall find.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

For everything there is a season.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Attack is the best form of defence.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Waste not, want not.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

What goes around comes around.

Revenge is sweet.

Seize the day.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Knowledge is power.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

All things must pass.

All publicity is good publicity.

Silence construes consent.

More haste, less speed.

Horses for courses.

Might is right.

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

Good things come in small packages.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A good man is hard to find.

Go the extra mile.

Hide in plain sight.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

Each to their own.

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

Love is blind.

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

It takes two to tango.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Misery loves company.

Pearls of wisdom.

Only fools and horses work.

The age of miracles is past.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't get mad, get even.

Make haste slowly.

A golden key can open any door.

All the world loves a lover.

Another day, another dollar.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The exception which proves the rule.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A word to the wise is enough.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Time is money.

Every picture tells a story.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Cheats never prosper.

Haste makes waste.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's one born every minute.

Beware the Ides of March.

Faith will move mountains.

The show must go on.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Physician, heal thyself.

The early bird gets the worm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes one to know one.

Always put your best foot forward.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Enough is enough.

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

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

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The end justifies the means.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

A house is not a home.

Nothing new under the sun.

A watched pot never boils.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Count your blessings.

First come, first served.

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

Money isn't everything.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Keep your powder dry.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Learn to walk before you run.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Talk is cheap.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Love makes the world go round.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Still waters run deep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Slow but sure.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Live and learn.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The Devil is in the details.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The best defence is a good offence.

If you build it, they will come.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Bad money drives out good.

One good deed deserves another.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All good things come to those that wait.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Business before pleasure.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Moderation in all things.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All you need is love.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Practice what you preach.

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

No man is an island.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A thing begun is half done.

Money talks.

Practice makes perfect.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give the Devil his due.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Shrouds have no pockets.

Speak as you find.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Honesty is the best policy.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Live and let live.

Only the good die young.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's no smoke without fire.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

What goes up must come down.

Put your best foot forward.

Less is more.

There's no time like the present.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Let bygones be bygones.

The best things in life are free.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Truth will out.

A man is known by his friends.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

There is honour among thieves.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Quid pro quo.

The wages of sin is death.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't rock the boat.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You can't win them all.

Ignorance is bliss.

Hope springs eternal.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No news is good news.

Money makes the world go round.

The customer is always right.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Share and share alike.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

First things first.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Walls have ears.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The truth will out.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fight the good fight.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Third time lucky.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Once a thief, always a thief.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Better late than never.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Life begins at forty.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Fight fire with fire.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All good things must come to an end.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Time is a great healer.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.