Horses for courses.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No man is an island.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Walls have ears.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Practice what you preach.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Go the extra mile.

There's safety in numbers.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Put your best foot forward.

There's no smoke without fire.

Practice makes perfect.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No man can serve two masters.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

You can't always get what you want.

It's best to be on the safe side.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An man's home is his castle.

Time flies.

No rest for the wicked.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good things come to those who wait.

Fight fire with fire.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Every picture tells a story.

Seize the day.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You reap what you sow.

Quid pro quo.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

There are two sides to every question.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A dog is a man's best friend.

All that glitters is not gold.

Make haste slowly.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

History repeats itself.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Let bygones be bygones.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Slow but sure.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Knowledge is power.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Great minds think alike.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Enough is enough.

Third time lucky.

Share and share alike.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Silence is golden.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Business before pleasure.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Persuasion is better than force.

Love will find a way.

A fish always rots from the head.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Big fish eat little fish.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A cat has nine lives.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All good things come to those that wait.

Truth will out.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All's well that ends well.

Less is more.

If you build it, they will come.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Easy come, easy go.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Opposites attract.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The Devil is in the details.

Live and learn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The exception which proves the rule.

Time is a great healer.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

All good things must come to an end.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Still waters run deep.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Make love not war.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A thing begun is half done.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Dead men tell no tales.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

The more the merrier.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Once bitten, twice shy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Each to their own.

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

Look before you leap.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Money talks.

Charity begins at home.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't take it with you.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

More haste, less speed.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Everyone has their price.

Revenge is sweet.

Live and let live.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time will tell.

It goes without saying.

Even a worm will turn.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fight the good fight.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Never tell tales out of school.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Actions speak louder than words.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Many hands make light work.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Youth is wasted on the young.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Cheats never prosper.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

It takes one to know one.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One good deed deserves another.

Two heads are better than one.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The truth will out.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Misery loves company.

Keep your powder dry.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

An army marches on its stomach.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Count your blessings.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Give the Devil his due.

Seek and you shall find.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's the singer not the song.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A watched pot never boils.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Waste not, want not.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No news is good news.

No pain, no gain.

You are what you eat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

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

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

East, west, home's best.

Better late than never.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Silence construes consent.

Learn to walk before you run.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't get mad, get even.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

First things first.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Another day, another dollar.

There is honour among thieves.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Give credit where credit is due.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let well alone.

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

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

There's no place like home.

The best things in life are free.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A bad penny always turns up.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Virtue is its own reward.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The best defence is a good offence.

Like father, like son.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It's all grist to the mill.

Every dog has its day.

Small things amuse small minds.

It never rains but it pours.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A word to the wise is enough.

The show must go on.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Better safe than sorry.

One hand washes the other.

He who hesitates is lost.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

What goes around comes around.

Patience is a virtue.

Ignorance is bliss.

Bad news travels fast.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Only fools and horses work.

Every stick has two ends.

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

It takes two to tango.

It goes without saying.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Pearls of wisdom.

A miss is as good as a mile.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's one born every minute.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

The end justifies the means.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Time is money.

Don't shoot the messenger.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Out of sight, out of mind.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A good man is hard to find.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Talk is cheap.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All things must pass.

Money isn't everything.

First impressions are the most lasting.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Life begins at forty.

A house is not a home.

Speak as you find.

Accidents will happen.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Love makes the world go round.

Clothes do not make the man.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Keep your chin up.

Might is right.

For everything there is a season.

The customer is always right.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Only the good die young.

Different strokes for different folks.

The bigger, the better.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faith will move mountains.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't rock the boat.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Variety is the spice of life.

First come, first served.

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

Any port in a storm.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the buyer beware.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The wages of sin is death.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Get out while the getting is good.

Less said, soon mended.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Manners maketh the man.

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

All you need is love.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Forgive and forget.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Seeing is believing.