As you sow, so you shall reap.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Love makes the world go round.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Hope springs eternal.

Give the Devil his due.

Physician, heal thyself.

Keep your chin up.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A cat has nine lives.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Even a worm will turn.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Only fools and horses work.

Make haste slowly.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Love will find a way.

You reap what you sow.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Bad news travels fast.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Count your blessings.

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

All's well that ends well.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Crime doesn't pay.

Seeing is believing.

Time flies.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Better late than never.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Stupid is as stupid does.

First things first.

Different strokes for different folks.

Silence construes consent.

There's safety in numbers.

Seize the day.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Beware the Ides of March.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't always get what you want.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

The age of miracles is past.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Each to their own.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A house is not a home.

All good things come to those that wait.

While there is life, there is hope.

Walls have ears.

Charity begins at home.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

No news is good news.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Horses for courses.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Time is money.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A man is known by his friends.

It's never too late to mend.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Any port in a storm.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You are never too old to learn.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When one door shuts, another opens.

No rest for the wicked.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Time is a great healer.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Better safe than sorry.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Oil and water don't mix.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You are what you eat.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Less said, soon mended.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All's fair in love and war.

Tomorrow is another day.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

If you build it, they will come.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

A word to the wise is enough.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Live and learn.

Always put your best foot forward.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A watched pot never boils.

A fish always rots from the head.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money talks.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fortune favours the brave.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seek and you shall find.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The Devil is in the details.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Bad money drives out good.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Quid pro quo.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't rock the boat.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

Might is right.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All things must pass.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Another day, another dollar.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Ignorance is bliss.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Let well alone.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

It takes one to know one.

An man's home is his castle.

A golden key can open any door.

It takes two to tango.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Learn to walk before you run.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Life begins at forty.

To the victor go the spoils.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

What goes up must come down.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's no place like home.

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

Cheats never prosper.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Truth will out.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Time will tell.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Honesty is the best policy.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Speak as you find.

Blood is thicker than water.

Waste not, want not.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Many hands make light work.

Get out while the getting is good.

A good man is hard to find.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Everyone has their price.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fight fire with fire.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

East, west, home's best.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The best things in life are free.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Two heads are better than one.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All that glitters is not gold.

Silence is golden.

Opposites attract.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the buyer beware.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Go the extra mile.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Money is the root of all evil.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Fight the good fight.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Only the good die young.

Faith will move mountains.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The show must go on.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Variety is the spice of life.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's the singer not the song.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

Don't get mad, get even.

All you need is love.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

First come, first served.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Dead men tell no tales.

Make love not war.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Accidents will happen.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The truth will out.

Life is what you make it.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Great minds think alike.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The wages of sin is death.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Less is more.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The bigger, the better.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The customer is always right.

Keep your powder dry.

Love is blind.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

God helps those who help themselves.

It never rains but it pours.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

It's better to give than to receive.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You can't take it with you.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Big fish eat little fish.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Good fences make good neighbours.

No man can serve two masters.

Nothing new under the sun.

Live and let live.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Tomorrow never comes.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

No man is an island.

Patience is a virtue.

Revenge is sweet.

Paddle your own canoe.

Moderation in all things.

Good things come to those who wait.

For everything there is a season.

Enough is enough.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Easy come, easy go.

It's all grist to the mill.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

In the midst of life we are in death.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Put your best foot forward.

You win some, you lose some.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Possession is nine points of the law.

One hand washes the other.

Let bygones be bygones.

Practice what you preach.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's one born every minute.

It goes without saying.

Every dog has its day.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A cat may look at a king.

Business before pleasure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Youth is wasted on the young.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't win them all.

Nine tailors make a man.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Share and share alike.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

There's no time like the present.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

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

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

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

Blood is thicker than water.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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