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

All the world loves a lover.

Needs must when the devil drives.

God helps those who help themselves.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Talk is cheap.

Seize the day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

Love is blind.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Only fools and horses work.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes one to know one.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Opposites attract.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Life is what you make it.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Seeing is believing.

You can't take it with you.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't always get what you want.

Even a worm will turn.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The show must go on.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Big fish eat little fish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Make love not war.

Clothes do not make the man.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Crime doesn't pay.

Business before pleasure.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Accidents will happen.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Better late than never.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Any port in a storm.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Silence is golden.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Live and learn.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's no time like the present.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Every dog has its day.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The more the merrier.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man can serve two masters.

Slow but sure.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love will find a way.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let the buyer beware.

Might is right.

Two heads are better than one.

Waste not, want not.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Horses for courses.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Many hands make light work.

To the victor go the spoils.

Good things come in small packages.

All good things must come to an end.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

Charity begins at home.

Never tell tales out of school.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It takes two to tango.

Speak as you find.

Misery loves company.

Practice makes perfect.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The best defence is a good offence.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Every picture tells a story.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Bad money drives out good.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's the singer not the song.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Easy come, easy go.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cheats never prosper.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A house is not a home.

Nine tailors make a man.

Moderation in all things.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Less is more.

Time is money.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

The exception which proves the rule.

Truth will out.

Life begins at forty.

Revenge is sweet.

There's no place like home.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Forgive and forget.

He who hesitates is lost.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An army marches on its stomach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Silence construes consent.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't get mad, get even.

For everything there is a season.

Go the extra mile.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

First things first.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

More haste, less speed.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Quid pro quo.

Hope springs eternal.

There are two sides to every question.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Money makes the world go round.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

It's all grist to the mill.

Beware the Ides of March.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The best things in life are free.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Practice what you preach.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Less said, soon mended.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A cat has nine lives.

Get out while the getting is good.

All's well that ends well.

Beauty is only skin deep.

East, west, home's best.

Time flies.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

You reap what you sow.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Blood is thicker than water.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't win them all.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bigger, the better.

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

First come, first served.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Home is where the heart is.

Pearls of wisdom.

The customer is always right.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

History repeats itself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Fight the good fight.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You are never too old to learn.

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Look before you leap.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One hand washes the other.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your powder dry.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Enough is enough.

It goes without saying.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Great minds think alike.

To every thing there is a season.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Keep your chin up.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Only the good die young.

Don't rock the boat.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Better safe than sorry.

You are what you eat.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Time is a great healer.

Wonders will never cease.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Make haste slowly.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Knowledge is power.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Nothing new under the sun.

Like father, like son.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

East is east, and west is west.

Money talks.

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

No man is an island.

Count your blessings.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Persuasion is better than force.

The wages of sin is death.

Tomorrow is another day.

Each to their own.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

It never rains but it pours.

One good deed deserves another.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A cat may look at a king.

Manners maketh the man.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There's safety in numbers.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Still waters run deep.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Walls have ears.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

What goes up must come down.

Everyone has their price.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Third time lucky.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

There's one born every minute.

Money is the root of all evil.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Money isn't everything.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A man is known by his friends.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All things must pass.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fortune favours the brave.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Physician, heal thyself.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Actions speak louder than words.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.