Don't put the cart before the horse.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

The more the merrier.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Two heads are better than one.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Manners maketh the man.

All the world loves a lover.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best things in life are free.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Ignorance is bliss.

Wonders will never cease.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The Devil looks after his own.

Less said, soon mended.

Knowledge is power.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The bigger, the better.

Money is the root of all evil.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

No rest for the wicked.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Truth will out.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Easy come, easy go.

Still waters run deep.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The end justifies the means.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

All things must pass.

Seize the day.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

More haste, less speed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Only fools and horses work.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Life is what you make it.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Misery loves company.

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

Charity begins at home.

Pearls of wisdom.

You reap what you sow.

Give credit where credit is due.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The pen is mightier than sword.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Accidents will happen.

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

It takes one to know one.

Time is a great healer.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There is honour among thieves.

Like father, like son.

Hope springs eternal.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Persuasion is better than force.

Great minds think alike.

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

Fight the good fight.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The best defence is a good offence.

A dog is a man's best friend.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There are two sides to every question.

Enough is enough.

Cold hands, warm heart.

No man can serve two masters.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Never tell tales out of school.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Waste not, want not.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Slow but sure.

A thing begun is half done.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The early bird gets the worm.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The exception which proves the rule.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Learn to walk before you run.

The Devil is in the details.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't get mad, get even.

Paddle your own canoe.

A cat may look at a king.

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

The show must go on.

Clothes do not make the man.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A house is not a home.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The wages of sin is death.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Another day, another dollar.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All's fair in love and war.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Good talk saves the food.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There is no accounting for tastes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A miss is as good as a mile.

If you build it, they will come.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Even a worm will turn.

Oil and water don't mix.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

No man is an island.

Let the buyer beware.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

First come, first served.

Crime doesn't pay.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Look before you leap.

East, west, home's best.

Let well alone.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's one born every minute.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Love will find a way.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Every picture tells a story.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Share and share alike.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

You can't take it with you.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Better late than never.

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

For everything there is a season.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Silence is golden.

A fish always rots from the head.

The truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Blood is thicker than water.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

There's an exception to every rule.

Money isn't everything.

Talk is cheap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No pain, no gain.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Time will tell.

Moderation in all things.

Might is right.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

There's no place like home.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Practice what you preach.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Virtue is its own reward.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Speak as you find.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You are never too old to learn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Children should be seen and not heard.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Bad news travels fast.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

All you need is love.

You can't win them all.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Only the good die young.

A good man is hard to find.

Live and let live.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A cat has nine lives.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Practice makes perfect.

Beware the Ides of March.

You win some, you lose some.

No news is good news.

Physician, heal thyself.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Tomorrow never comes.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Make haste slowly.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's never too late to mend.

History repeats itself.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Revenge is sweet.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

First things first.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money talks.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

An army marches on its stomach.

Attack is the best form of defence.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Horses for courses.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Count your blessings.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Everyone has their price.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

One hand washes the other.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

It goes without saying.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Third time lucky.

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

Many hands make light work.

To every thing there is a season.

Seek and you shall find.

It's the singer not the song.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

What goes up must come down.

It never rains but it pours.

The age of miracles is past.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All's well that ends well.

A poor worker blames the tools.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Walls have ears.

There's no time like the present.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Silence construes consent.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's better to give than to receive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Keep your chin up.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Quid pro quo.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Do as I say, not as I do.

East is east, and west is west.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Every stick has two ends.

Fight fire with fire.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Each to their own.

Life begins at forty.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The apple never falls far from the tree.