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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A bad penny always turns up.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Waste not, want not.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There are two sides to every question.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't take it with you.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fortune favours the brave.

Nothing succeeds like success.

One hand washes the other.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Cheats never prosper.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Give the Devil his due.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

It never rains but it pours.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Make love not war.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Persuasion is better than force.

Moderation in all things.

Great minds think alike.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Bad news travels fast.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Speak as you find.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Different strokes for different folks.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Forgive and forget.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

No man can serve two masters.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Big fish eat little fish.

Any port in a storm.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Third time lucky.

Walls have ears.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

There's no time like the present.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes one to know one.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

No man is an island.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Charity begins at home.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Keep your chin up.

A thing begun is half done.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Every dog has its day.

Physician, heal thyself.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Count your blessings.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Share and share alike.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The early bird gets the worm.

Even a worm will turn.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Let well alone.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Time is a great healer.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

First impressions are the most lasting.

One good deed deserves another.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fight fire with fire.

Love will find a way.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money isn't everything.

Time is money.

A watched pot never boils.

East is east, and west is west.

Slow but sure.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Accidents will happen.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

First come, first served.

To every thing there is a season.

The wages of sin is death.

A cat may look at a king.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All things must pass.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Let the buyer beware.

Love is blind.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You are what you eat.

The more the merrier.

Once bitten, twice shy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It takes two to tango.

Only the good die young.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Opposites attract.

Don't get mad, get even.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Live and let live.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Truth will out.

Seeing is believing.

You reap what you sow.

Time flies.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Tomorrow never comes.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

More haste, less speed.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Time will tell.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

You can't win them all.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All the world loves a lover.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Practice makes perfect.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The show must go on.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fight the good fight.

Pearls of wisdom.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

The bigger, the better.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

Good things come to those who wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

What goes up must come down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It goes without saying.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

Many hands make light work.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

No pain, no gain.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Still waters run deep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Quid pro quo.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Less said, soon mended.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't always get what you want.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Good talk saves the food.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Go the extra mile.

Beauty is only skin deep.

First things first.

Keep your powder dry.

Look before you leap.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The customer is always right.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A house is not a home.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Money talks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Horses for courses.

All good things come to those that wait.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A golden key can open any door.

Make haste slowly.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Clothes do not make the man.

All's well that ends well.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Like father, like son.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All's fair in love and war.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

History repeats itself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

There's one born every minute.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Another day, another dollar.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's the singer not the song.

Oil and water don't mix.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The truth will out.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Bad money drives out good.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Better late than never.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

What goes around comes around.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Tomorrow is another day.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The Devil looks after his own.

Hope springs eternal.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Faith will move mountains.

Hide in plain sight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A good man is hard to find.

Less is more.

Money is the root of all evil.

The Devil is in the details.

Crime doesn't pay.

Two heads are better than one.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It's better to give than to receive.

Patience is a virtue.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no place like home.

A fish always rots from the head.

The best things in life are free.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You are never too old to learn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There is honour among thieves.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

He who hesitates is lost.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Every stick has two ends.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The exception which proves the rule.

Might is right.

Silence is golden.

Get out while the getting is good.

There's safety in numbers.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Everyone has their price.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Business before pleasure.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A word to the wise is enough.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

The end justifies the means.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Enough is enough.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Knowledge is power.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Pride comes before a fall.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Honesty is the best policy.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Each to their own.

East, west, home's best.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You win some, you lose some.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Home is where the heart is.

All roads lead to Rome.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A man is known by his friends.

Seek and you shall find.

Practice what you preach.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Paddle your own canoe.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Live and learn.

A leopard can't change its spots.