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

Cheats never prosper.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Only fools and horses work.

Persuasion is better than force.

Live and let live.

Less said, soon mended.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Keep your chin up.

Paddle your own canoe.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A person is known by the company they keep.

First come, first served.

You are what you eat.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing new under the sun.

East, west, home's best.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't get mad, get even.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

One good deed deserves another.

Seek and you shall find.

History repeats itself.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Live and learn.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Better safe than sorry.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Patience is a virtue.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Physician, heal thyself.

Silence construes consent.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Every dog has its day.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

What goes up must come down.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Horses for courses.

Big fish eat little fish.

Honesty is the best policy.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Time will tell.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The Devil is in the details.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There's no place like home.

Practice makes perfect.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Tomorrow never comes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Money talks.

The Devil looks after his own.

A cat has nine lives.

Speak as you find.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Revenge is sweet.

Wonders will never cease.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Many hands make light work.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

The customer is always right.

East is east, and west is west.

All things must pass.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Better late than never.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

No rest for the wicked.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nine tailors make a man.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Opposites attract.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Silence is golden.

Fight fire with fire.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Make love not war.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Faith will move mountains.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A watched pot never boils.

Waste not, want not.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The best things in life are free.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Two heads are better than one.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Shrouds have no pockets.

An army marches on its stomach.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Tomorrow is another day.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every picture tells a story.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Love will find a way.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't win them all.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

There's no time like the present.

There's one born every minute.

Seize the day.

Count your blessings.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's the singer not the song.

Misery loves company.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A golden key can open any door.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

There's no smoke without fire.

The bigger, the better.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Grief divided is made lighter.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

God helps those who help themselves.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A good man is hard to find.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Dead men tell no tales.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Another day, another dollar.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Business before pleasure.

Enough is enough.

Life is what you make it.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All roads lead to Rome.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Seeing is believing.

Variety is the spice of life.

Truth will out.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Knowledge is power.

The best defence is a good offence.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Time is money.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Love is blind.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's safety in numbers.

What goes around comes around.

Charity begins at home.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The truth will out.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Still waters run deep.

All good things must come to an end.

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

It takes one to know one.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Less is more.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Bad news travels fast.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Quid pro quo.

The show must go on.

All you need is love.

The early bird gets the worm.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Home is where the heart is.

Crime doesn't pay.

No man is an island.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life begins at forty.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

No pain, no gain.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A thing begun is half done.

All's well that ends well.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Great minds think alike.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There are two sides to every question.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Moderation in all things.

Like father, like son.

Share and share alike.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

To every thing there is a season.

No man can serve two masters.

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

The end justifies the means.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

It takes two to tango.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fortune favours the brave.

The wages of sin is death.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Virtue is its own reward.

Only the good die young.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Good talk saves the food.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One hand washes the other.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Time flies.

Hope springs eternal.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You reap what you sow.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Forgive and forget.

All publicity is good publicity.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's never too late to mend.

More haste, less speed.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

First things first.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Accidents will happen.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money is the root of all evil.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You can't take it with you.

In the midst of life we are in death.

He who hesitates is lost.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let bygones be bygones.

It goes without saying.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Slow but sure.

Pride comes before a fall.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Make love not war.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Might is right.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Haste makes waste.

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

No news is good news.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Make haste slowly.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Go the extra mile.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Any port in a storm.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Everyone has their price.

Love makes the world go round.