One hand washes the other.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't get mad, get even.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A cat has nine lives.

Every dog has its day.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All's well that ends well.

Moderation in all things.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Life begins at forty.

Only fools and horses work.

You can't always get what you want.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The best things in life are free.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You are what you eat.

There's no place like home.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

First things first.

If you build it, they will come.

Every stick has two ends.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Every picture tells a story.

The end justifies the means.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Seek and you shall find.

Haste makes waste.

Always put your best foot forward.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't rock the boat.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A word to the wise is enough.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Less is more.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Give the Devil his due.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You are never too old to learn.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

Another day, another dollar.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All publicity is good publicity.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Love will find a way.

The wages of sin is death.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Put your best foot forward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Count your blessings.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Each to their own.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Good things come to those who wait.

The customer is always right.

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

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

No news is good news.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All you need is love.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Get out while the getting is good.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The Devil is in the details.

It goes without saying.

Love is blind.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A fish always rots from the head.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Nothing succeeds like success.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Live and let live.

Misery loves company.

There's an exception to every rule.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money isn't everything.

You can't win them all.

A miss is as good as a mile.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Never tell tales out of school.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The Devil looks after his own.

Once bitten, twice shy.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Different strokes for different folks.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Possession is nine points of the law.

First come, first served.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Forgive and forget.

Youth is wasted on the young.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Big fish eat little fish.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Let well alone.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Time is a great healer.

Tomorrow never comes.

The bigger, the better.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Share and share alike.

More haste, less speed.

It's the singer not the song.

It never rains but it pours.

Silence is golden.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Life is what you make it.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Might is right.

Go the extra mile.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Two heads are better than one.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

An army marches on its stomach.

Accidents will happen.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Paddle your own canoe.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There is honour among thieves.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The age of miracles is past.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Bad news travels fast.

Time flies.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Hide in plain sight.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Pearls of wisdom.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Oil and water don't mix.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Enough is enough.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Talk is cheap.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Manners maketh the man.

Christmas comes but once a year.

East, west, home's best.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

Better late than never.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Horses for courses.

There's one born every minute.

You win some, you lose some.

Fight the good fight.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Bad money drives out good.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Better safe than sorry.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

It's better to give than to receive.

Keep your chin up.

Seize the day.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All that glitters is not gold.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Like father, like son.

No rest for the wicked.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Wonders will never cease.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Hope springs eternal.

Speak as you find.

No man can serve two masters.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Slow but sure.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

History repeats itself.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Truth will out.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

God helps those who help themselves.

The early bird gets the worm.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Practice makes perfect.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If you can't be good, be careful.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time is money.

Dead men tell no tales.

No pain, no gain.

All the world loves a lover.

There's no smoke without fire.

Money talks.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's all grist to the mill.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Any port in a storm.

What goes up must come down.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Cheats never prosper.

A thing begun is half done.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

You reap what you sow.

Quid pro quo.

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

Business before pleasure.

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

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It takes two to tango.

Physician, heal thyself.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A golden key can open any door.

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's no time like the present.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A man is known by his friends.

He who hesitates is lost.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A stitch in time saves nine.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

One good deed deserves another.

Home is where the heart is.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All's fair in love and war.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Third time lucky.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Revenge is sweet.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Everyone has their price.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The truth will out.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A cat may look at a king.

All things must pass.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Look before you leap.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All good things must come to an end.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Knowledge is power.

Waste not, want not.

Make haste slowly.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Good talk saves the food.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Only the good die young.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Honesty is the best policy.

To every thing there is a season.

Money is the root of all evil.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Beware the Ides of March.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Give credit where credit is due.

A house is not a home.

Opposites attract.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can't take it with you.

Faith will move mountains.

Walls have ears.

No man is an island.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The show must go on.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Persuasion is better than force.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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