Life is just a bowl of cherries.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Live and learn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Seize the day.

Less is more.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Every picture tells a story.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Might is right.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Revenge is sweet.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Any port in a storm.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All things must pass.

What goes up must come down.

Keep your powder dry.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A house is not a home.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Nothing succeeds like success.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

First come, first served.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Horses for courses.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Patience is a virtue.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Give the Devil his due.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't get mad, get even.

Life is what you make it.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

East, west, home's best.

You can't win them all.

Enough is enough.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It never rains but it pours.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All's fair in love and war.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Let well alone.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There is honour among thieves.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Time is money.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Oil and water don't mix.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The wages of sin is death.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Third time lucky.

One hand washes the other.

Virtue is its own reward.

Seek and you shall find.

Time will tell.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Keep your chin up.

Learn to walk before you run.

All roads lead to Rome.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Better late than never.

Speak as you find.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faith will move mountains.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

For everything there is a season.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Walls have ears.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's never too late to mend.

You can't take it with you.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no place like home.

Beware the Ides of March.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Haste makes waste.

Love makes the world go round.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

What goes around comes around.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

A man is known by his friends.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

He who hesitates is lost.

Time flies.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There are two sides to every question.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Put your best foot forward.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Two heads are better than one.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The Devil looks after his own.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Never tell tales out of school.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Time is a great healer.

Every dog has its day.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

An man's home is his castle.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Wonders will never cease.

All good things come to those that wait.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Silence is golden.

The early bird gets the worm.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

No rest for the wicked.

The Devil is in the details.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

History repeats itself.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Love will find a way.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Different strokes for different folks.

Love is blind.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The age of miracles is past.

Charity begins at home.

All good things must come to an end.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Less said, soon mended.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best things in life are free.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Only fools and horses work.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

The more the merrier.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It goes without saying.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's safety in numbers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ignorance is bliss.

Good things come in small packages.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Look before you leap.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Manners maketh the man.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Silence construes consent.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Another day, another dollar.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Crime doesn't pay.

Actions speak louder than words.

Talk is cheap.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Life begins at forty.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Make love not war.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Every stick has two ends.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

All you need is love.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Even a worm will turn.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A bad penny always turns up.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Nine tailors make a man.

While there is life, there is hope.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Misery loves company.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no time like the present.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Make haste slowly.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Hope springs eternal.

Honesty is the best policy.

Better safe than sorry.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Share and share alike.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Great minds think alike.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Knowledge is power.

There's one born every minute.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Live and let live.

A good man is hard to find.

Moderation in all things.

A cat has nine lives.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Bad money drives out good.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The best defence is a good offence.

Nothing new under the sun.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All's well that ends well.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Accidents will happen.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The truth will out.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Business before pleasure.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No news is good news.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Seeing is believing.

Slow but sure.

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

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

Only the good die young.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Many hands make light work.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Practice what you preach.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Persuasion is better than force.

Like father, like son.

Paddle your own canoe.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Money isn't everything.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Opposites attract.

Count your blessings.

Blood is thicker than water.

Each to their own.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The customer is always right.

More haste, less speed.

No man can serve two masters.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Everyone has their price.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All publicity is good publicity.

No pain, no gain.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The show must go on.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Easy come, easy go.

Fortune favours the brave.

Truth will out.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Big fish eat little fish.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You are never too old to learn.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Variety is the spice of life.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A thing begun is half done.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

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