Give the Devil his due.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Persuasion is better than force.

First things first.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Home is where the heart is.

Slow but sure.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't throw good money after bad.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Waste not, want not.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Only the good die young.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Big fish eat little fish.

Let well alone.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

One hand washes the other.

The truth will out.

Third time lucky.

For everything there is a season.

A bad penny always turns up.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The end justifies the means.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

It takes two to tango.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Crime doesn't pay.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The wages of sin is death.

Live and let live.

Opposites attract.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A house is not a home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money isn't everything.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Enough is enough.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Time flies.

Every dog has its day.

Money is the root of all evil.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A poor worker blames the tools.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Might is right.

Easy come, easy go.

Pride comes before a fall.

Forewarned is forearmed.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Every stick has two ends.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

History repeats itself.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Horses for courses.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

He who hesitates is lost.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money makes the world go round.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Look before you leap.

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

The best things in life are free.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Misery loves company.

The age of miracles is past.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

What goes up must come down.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't take it with you.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Pearls of wisdom.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Better late than never.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Tomorrow is another day.

Go the extra mile.

Charity begins at home.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Cheats never prosper.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It never rains but it pours.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Make love not war.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No man is an island.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

All things must pass.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The early bird gets the worm.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A good man is hard to find.

Practice makes perfect.

Physician, heal thyself.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love makes the world go round.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You reap what you sow.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's never too late to mend.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every picture tells a story.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Tomorrow never comes.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The show must go on.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Share and share alike.

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

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The bigger, the better.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Count your blessings.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's all grist to the mill.

East is east, and west is west.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't always get what you want.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Wonders will never cease.

Revenge is sweet.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

Truth will out.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

You are what you eat.

Business before pleasure.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All the world loves a lover.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fortune favours the brave.

Time will tell.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Blood is thicker than water.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Time is a great healer.

What can't be cured must be endured.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil is in the details.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Many hands make light work.

Silence construes consent.

Keep your chin up.

Don't rock the boat.

Silence is golden.

Speak as you find.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Quid pro quo.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No pain, no gain.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Get out while the getting is good.

Only fools and horses work.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

There are two sides to every question.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's better to give than to receive.

The customer is always right.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There's one born every minute.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Seeing is believing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East, west, home's best.

A man is known by his friends.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Any port in a storm.

If you build it, they will come.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All's fair in love and war.

While there is life, there is hope.

Even a worm will turn.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A thing begun is half done.

A cat may look at a king.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Forgive and forget.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Hide in plain sight.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Hope springs eternal.

An man's home is his castle.

Practice what you preach.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Life begins at forty.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Time is money.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Great minds think alike.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nine tailors make a man.

Talk is cheap.

Moderation in all things.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You can't win them all.

It's the singer not the song.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You win some, you lose some.

Love will find a way.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All that glitters is not gold.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

To every thing there is a season.

A word to the wise is enough.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Live and learn.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Seize the day.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Less said, soon mended.

It goes without saying.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All you need is love.

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

Everyone has their price.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It takes one to know one.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A watched pot never boils.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Each to their own.

Let bygones be bygones.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Honesty is the best policy.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Less is more.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no time like the present.

Manners maketh the man.

Bad money drives out good.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Patience is a virtue.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life is what you make it.

The exception which proves the rule.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Bad news travels fast.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No man can serve two masters.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Nothing new under the sun.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Accidents will happen.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

History repeats itself.

Give credit where credit is due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Faith will move mountains.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's an exception to every rule.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Good things come to those who wait.

Good talk saves the food.

Make haste slowly.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Once bitten, twice shy.

No news is good news.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Keep your powder dry.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Ignorance is bliss.