The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

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

Less is more.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Third time lucky.

Everyone has their price.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Honesty is the best policy.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No pain, no gain.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

There's no place like home.

It's better to give than to receive.

Good talk saves the food.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opposites attract.

The truth will out.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's the singer not the song.

The bigger, the better.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Two heads are better than one.

All the world loves a lover.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's all grist to the mill.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A stitch in time saves nine.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Pearls of wisdom.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Let bygones be bygones.

There's one born every minute.

Every picture tells a story.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All publicity is good publicity.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Any port in a storm.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Love is blind.

It goes without saying.

More haste, less speed.

The more the merrier.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Time is money.

A cat has nine lives.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

No man is an island.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Go the extra mile.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

All you need is love.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Many hands make light work.

A word to the wise is enough.

The Devil looks after his own.

Seek and you shall find.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

All that glitters is not gold.

To every thing there is a season.

Always put your best foot forward.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best defence is a good offence.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fortune favours the brave.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Count your blessings.

Slow but sure.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

East, west, home's best.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Tomorrow never comes.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't rock the boat.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Accidents will happen.

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

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fight fire with fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Manners maketh the man.

Love will find a way.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes two to tango.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Might is right.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It's never too late to mend.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Man does not live by bread alone.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Make haste slowly.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Money isn't everything.

Live and learn.

Look before you leap.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Share and share alike.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Bad money drives out good.

Actions speak louder than words.

You reap what you sow.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Hide in plain sight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Only the good die young.

Better late than never.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The exception which proves the rule.

Beggars can't be choosers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Speak as you find.

One good deed deserves another.

He who hesitates is lost.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The customer is always right.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never speak ill of the dead.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A golden key can open any door.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Blood is thicker than water.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Waste not, want not.

You are never too old to learn.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Good things come to those who wait.

Even a worm will turn.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Money talks.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

While there is life, there is hope.

Time is a great healer.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Big fish eat little fish.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The age of miracles is past.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Moderation in all things.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

There are two sides to every question.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It never rains but it pours.

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

The best things in life are free.

Once bitten, twice shy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The early bird gets the worm.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All things must pass.

If you build it, they will come.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A house is not a home.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Each to their own.

No man can serve two masters.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Patience is a virtue.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Less said, soon mended.

Life begins at forty.

One hand washes the other.

Pride comes before a fall.

Dead men tell no tales.

A cat may look at a king.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

The show must go on.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Time flies.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Put your best foot forward.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A good man is hard to find.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Wonders will never cease.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Different strokes for different folks.

A thing begun is half done.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hope springs eternal.

The end justifies the means.

Love makes the world go round.

Business before pleasure.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The wages of sin is death.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Learn to walk before you run.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Talk is cheap.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Money makes the world go round.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All's fair in love and war.

Charity begins at home.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

What goes up must come down.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Easy come, easy go.

Life is what you make it.

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

Keep your powder dry.

You are what you eat.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Only fools and horses work.

A man is known by his friends.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Haste makes waste.

There's no time like the present.

Like father, like son.

No rest for the wicked.

Let the buyer beware.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Crime doesn't pay.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't always get what you want.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't take it with you.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Forgive and forget.

Clothes do not make the man.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Misery loves company.

History repeats itself.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Home is where the heart is.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Walls have ears.

Variety is the spice of life.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Live and let live.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Nine tailors make a man.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Good fences make good neighbours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Silence construes consent.

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

Seeing is believing.

Physician, heal thyself.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Enough is enough.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Never tell tales out of school.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

First things first.

Small things amuse small minds.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

East is east, and west is west.

It takes one to know one.

What goes around comes around.

Let well alone.

Truth will out.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Horses for courses.

Practice makes perfect.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Keep your chin up.

Quid pro quo.

Curiosity killed the cat.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

All's well that ends well.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Great minds think alike.

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