Pride comes before a fall.

History repeats itself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't always get what you want.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Count your blessings.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Wonders will never cease.

One good deed deserves another.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

An army marches on its stomach.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Slow but sure.

All things must pass.

Time will tell.

No news is good news.

Go the extra mile.

A golden key can open any door.

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

You reap what you sow.

Home is where the heart is.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

What can't be cured must be endured.

He who hesitates is lost.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Horses for courses.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't take it with you.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Put your best foot forward.

It's the singer not the song.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Make haste slowly.

Any port in a storm.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Virtue is its own reward.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You win some, you lose some.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Every dog has its day.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

For everything there is a season.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The age of miracles is past.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Variety is the spice of life.

The best things in life are free.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Small things amuse small minds.

It's all grist to the mill.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Out of sight, out of mind.

What goes up must come down.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Silence is golden.

Less said, soon mended.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Love makes the world go round.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Crime doesn't pay.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

To every thing there is a season.

Forgive and forget.

A good man is hard to find.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Seek and you shall find.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Moderation in all things.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A bad penny always turns up.

There is honour among thieves.

The early bird gets the worm.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Patience is a virtue.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Never speak ill of the dead.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Tomorrow is another day.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's never too late to mend.

Learn to walk before you run.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Love will find a way.

Good talk saves the food.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

If you build it, they will come.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Seeing is believing.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Share and share alike.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Money makes the world go round.

Silence construes consent.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Less is more.

Live and learn.

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

All's fair in love and war.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Speak as you find.

Tomorrow never comes.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Blood is thicker than water.

The wages of sin is death.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Life is what you make it.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Live and let live.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

It takes one to know one.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Haste makes waste.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Every picture tells a story.

There's an exception to every rule.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Every stick has two ends.

A house is not a home.

There's no place like home.

Like father, like son.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't win them all.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Make love not war.

Knowledge is power.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Easy come, easy go.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let bygones be bygones.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An man's home is his castle.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You are never too old to learn.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It takes two to tango.

Accidents will happen.

No man is an island.

All publicity is good publicity.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Great minds think alike.

Better late than never.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Only the good die young.

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

You are what you eat.

East is east, and west is west.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The end justifies the means.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Enough is enough.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Keep your powder dry.

Time flies.

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

Still waters run deep.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It goes without saying.

First things first.

Keep your chin up.

Two heads are better than one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Truth will out.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Only fools and horses work.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Life begins at forty.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

What goes around comes around.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There are two sides to every question.

First come, first served.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Business before pleasure.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

No rest for the wicked.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Better safe than sorry.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Money isn't everything.

It's better to give than to receive.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Oil and water don't mix.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Misery loves company.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Talk is cheap.

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

The show must go on.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time is a great healer.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

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

Look before you leap.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no time like the present.

Love is blind.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

All you need is love.

The Devil looks after his own.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Cheats never prosper.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A thing begun is half done.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Faith will move mountains.

Waste not, want not.

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

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Everyone has their price.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A cat may look at a king.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Give credit where credit is due.

Never tell tales out of school.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Time is money.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let well alone.

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

Let the buyer beware.

All's well that ends well.

Good things come to those who wait.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A fish always rots from the head.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The customer is always right.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Third time lucky.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Practice makes perfect.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Fight the good fight.

Youth is wasted on the young.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Money talks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

One hand washes the other.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

No pain, no gain.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Nine tailors make a man.

A cat has nine lives.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fight fire with fire.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Good things come in small packages.

Practice what you preach.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The exception which proves the rule.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Another day, another dollar.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You are what you eat.

There's safety in numbers.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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