A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The age of miracles is past.

To every thing there is a season.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Pride comes before a fall.

You reap what you sow.

All's well that ends well.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Truth will out.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Time flies.

Forgive and forget.

Never tell tales out of school.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You are never too old to learn.

Nothing new under the sun.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Love will find a way.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Persuasion is better than force.

The wages of sin is death.

What goes around comes around.

Keep your chin up.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Good talk saves the food.

Love makes the world go round.

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

You can't take it with you.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't rock the boat.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The end justifies the means.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A golden key can open any door.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Hope springs eternal.

Good things come to those who wait.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Talk is cheap.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Tomorrow never comes.

Charity begins at home.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Moderation in all things.

If you can't be good, be careful.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Look before you leap.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Speak as you find.

An man's home is his castle.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Life begins at forty.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Hide in plain sight.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Horses for courses.

Practice makes perfect.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

History repeats itself.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Even a worm will turn.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Make haste slowly.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Variety is the spice of life.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Big fish eat little fish.

A man is known by his friends.

Cheats never prosper.

More haste, less speed.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Count your blessings.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Crime doesn't pay.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The customer is always right.

One hand washes the other.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Once bitten, twice shy.

While there is life, there is hope.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A cat has nine lives.

The Devil is in the details.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Oil and water don't mix.

Ignorance is bliss.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

First come, first served.

You can't win them all.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's no smoke without fire.

Good things come in small packages.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

East is east, and west is west.

Enough is enough.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

You can't always get what you want.

Easy come, easy go.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Only the good die young.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Accidents will happen.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

An army marches on its stomach.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Seize the day.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Better late than never.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Live and learn.

He who hesitates is lost.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Share and share alike.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A thing begun is half done.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Silence is golden.

Beware the Ides of March.

Let well alone.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

The early bird gets the worm.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Opposites attract.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Time will tell.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Money talks.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let the buyer beware.

All that glitters is not gold.

Haste makes waste.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It goes without saying.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Tomorrow is another day.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Everyone has their price.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Business before pleasure.

A fish always rots from the head.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

The more the merrier.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Small things amuse small minds.

Time is money.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Get out while the getting is good.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Love is blind.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Only fools and horses work.

Money isn't everything.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

What goes up must come down.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A person is known by the company they keep.

For everything there is a season.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A house is not a home.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Money is the root of all evil.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A good man is hard to find.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Walls have ears.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Quid pro quo.

All roads lead to Rome.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Virtue is its own reward.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Every dog has its day.

Every picture tells a story.

Still waters run deep.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time is a great healer.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

The bigger, the better.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Misery loves company.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Bad money drives out good.

First impressions are the most lasting.

First things first.

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

Life is what you make it.

There's no place like home.

No rest for the wicked.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

No pain, no gain.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Like father, like son.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Another day, another dollar.

Let bygones be bygones.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Clothes do not make the man.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All the world loves a lover.

There is honour among thieves.

There's no time like the present.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Go the extra mile.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

The truth will out.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

The show must go on.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Paddle your own canoe.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Patience is a virtue.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's one born every minute.

Dead men tell no tales.

Seeing is believing.

Silence construes consent.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Honesty is the best policy.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Never speak ill of the dead.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All things must pass.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

No news is good news.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Knowledge is power.

Live and let live.

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

Third time lucky.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Less is more.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

You are what you eat.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Many hands make light work.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Put your best foot forward.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Make love not war.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

East, west, home's best.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Might is right.

Like father, like son.

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

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.