Cheats never prosper.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Blood is thicker than water.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

There's no place like home.

Physician, heal thyself.

Fortune favours the brave.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All's well that ends well.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Horses for courses.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Opposites attract.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Misery loves company.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Enough is enough.

Forgive and forget.

It goes without saying.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Money isn't everything.

It's better to give than to receive.

Go the extra mile.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's no smoke without fire.

Business before pleasure.

All publicity is good publicity.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Make love not war.

A word to the wise is enough.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

There's one born every minute.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Quid pro quo.

All's fair in love and war.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Make haste slowly.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A man is known by his friends.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Might is right.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Seize the day.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Pride comes before a fall.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Like father, like son.

To the victor go the spoils.

Persuasion is better than force.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Love is blind.

Less said, soon mended.

The Devil is in the details.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't always get what you want.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Put your best foot forward.

Truth will out.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Get out while the getting is good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What goes up must come down.

First things first.

It takes one to know one.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A bad penny always turns up.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A watched pot never boils.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Money is the root of all evil.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Money makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your chin up.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Life begins at forty.

No man can serve two masters.

Live and learn.

You reap what you sow.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Even a worm will turn.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

No man is an island.

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

What goes around comes around.

You are what you eat.

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

Money talks.

Time is a great healer.

Waste not, want not.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Faith will move mountains.

The bigger, the better.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

It's the singer not the song.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Never tell tales out of school.

You can't take it with you.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ignorance is bliss.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Let bygones be bygones.

Slow but sure.

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

First come, first served.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Seeing is believing.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

All good things must come to an end.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Many hands make light work.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's an exception to every rule.

Only fools and horses work.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The customer is always right.

God helps those who help themselves.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Different strokes for different folks.

Time will tell.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Share and share alike.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

No rest for the wicked.

There's no fool like an old fool.

One good deed deserves another.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Keep your powder dry.

An man's home is his castle.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

The more the merrier.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A good man is hard to find.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All good things come to those that wait.

A cat has nine lives.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

The wages of sin is death.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Great minds think alike.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Look before you leap.

Each to their own.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Accidents will happen.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

History repeats itself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Crime doesn't pay.

Count your blessings.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All things must pass.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You win some, you lose some.

Fight the good fight.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Life is what you make it.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Knowledge is power.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Better safe than sorry.

If you build it, they will come.

Fight fire with fire.

The exception which proves the rule.

A golden key can open any door.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A fish always rots from the head.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Less is more.

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

The best things in life are free.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love will find a way.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Let well alone.

Beware the Ides of March.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't get mad, get even.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Learn to walk before you run.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There is honour among thieves.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Make hay while the sun shines.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Paddle your own canoe.

One hand washes the other.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Walls have ears.

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

Moderation in all things.

Nine tailors make a man.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Every dog has its day.

Speak as you find.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Still waters run deep.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It never rains but it pours.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't win them all.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All you need is love.

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

East is east, and west is west.

For everything there is a season.

Always put your best foot forward.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes two to tango.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hope springs eternal.

Dead men tell no tales.

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Home is where the heart is.

Time is money.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

The truth will out.

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

Better late than never.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Haste makes waste.

Practice what you preach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Live and let live.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Talk is cheap.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

East, west, home's best.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Third time lucky.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time flies.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Silence construes consent.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Love makes the world go round.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Practice makes perfect.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Give the Devil his due.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

He who hesitates is lost.