A cat has nine lives.

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

The customer is always right.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You are what you eat.

Live and let live.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

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

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Business before pleasure.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A golden key can open any door.

The early bird gets the worm.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Silence is golden.

Faith will move mountains.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Let well alone.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You reap what you sow.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Misery loves company.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All's fair in love and war.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's better to give than to receive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Children should be seen and not heard.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Variety is the spice of life.

Put your best foot forward.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It takes one to know one.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nine tailors make a man.

First things first.

The end justifies the means.

If you build it, they will come.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

One good deed deserves another.

You win some, you lose some.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Always put your best foot forward.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing new under the sun.

The best defence is a good offence.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fortune favours the brave.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Another day, another dollar.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It takes two to tango.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Many hands make light work.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Each to their own.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love makes the world go round.

Time is money.

All you need is love.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Seek and you shall find.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

He who hesitates is lost.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Different strokes for different folks.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Money talks.

Wonders will never cease.

Half a loaf is better than none.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Easy come, easy go.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Less said, soon mended.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Share and share alike.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence construes consent.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Seize the day.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Look before you leap.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Make love not war.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

In the midst of life we are in death.

What goes around comes around.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It never rains but it pours.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Tomorrow never comes.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Love will find a way.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

First come, first served.

Life is what you make it.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Everyone has their price.

The bigger, the better.

Only fools and horses work.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Actions speak louder than words.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Good things come to those who wait.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fight fire with fire.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Let the buyer beware.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Never tell tales out of school.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Opposites attract.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bad news travels fast.

Any port in a storm.

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

East, west, home's best.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The best things in life are free.

It's never too late to mend.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Give the Devil his due.

Life begins at forty.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't take it with you.

Home is where the heart is.

Speak as you find.

It's the singer not the song.

No rest for the wicked.

The wages of sin is death.

Time flies.

Never give a sucker an even break.

One hand washes the other.

It goes without saying.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Even a worm will turn.

It's all grist to the mill.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Haste makes waste.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's safety in numbers.

A house is not a home.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no fool like an old fool.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't make bricks without straw.

No man can serve two masters.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Tomorrow is another day.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's no place like home.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

There are two sides to every question.

There's no time like the present.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All's well that ends well.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Might is right.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Make haste slowly.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

For everything there is a season.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The show must go on.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

What goes up must come down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A thing begun is half done.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Every picture tells a story.

Still waters run deep.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Go the extra mile.

All good things come to those that wait.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Quid pro quo.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You can't win them all.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Moderation in all things.

Ignorance is bliss.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's one born every minute.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A word to the wise is enough.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The truth will out.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

History repeats itself.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Bad money drives out good.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No news is good news.

All things must pass.

Count your blessings.

Money is the root of all evil.

You are never too old to learn.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Live and learn.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The exception which proves the rule.

All publicity is good publicity.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Time will tell.

Cheats never prosper.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Curiosity killed the cat.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Hide in plain sight.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

An army marches on its stomach.

Horses for courses.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No man is an island.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Virtue is its own reward.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Talk is cheap.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Only the good die young.

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

Less is more.

Time is a great healer.

Big fish eat little fish.

Accidents will happen.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Slow but sure.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Blood is thicker than water.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All good things must come to an end.

Revenge is sweet.

God helps those who help themselves.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Persuasion is better than force.

Knowledge is power.

Keep your powder dry.

Hope springs eternal.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Every dog has its day.

Truth will out.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There's an exception to every rule.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seeing is believing.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

Walls have ears.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

An man's home is his castle.

Paddle your own canoe.

Crime doesn't pay.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A cat may look at a king.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Get out while the getting is good.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.