A place for everything and everything in its place.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Good things come in small packages.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It goes without saying.

Actions speak louder than words.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Seize the day.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Life begins at forty.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

First things first.

Only fools and horses work.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't take it with you.

Virtue is its own reward.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Any port in a storm.

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

It takes one to know one.

Misery loves company.

Charity begins at home.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Walls have ears.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cheats never prosper.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Once bitten, twice shy.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Quid pro quo.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The more the merrier.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You reap what you sow.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let the buyer beware.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

First come, first served.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

While there is life, there is hope.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Fight the good fight.

Variety is the spice of life.

Practice what you preach.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No man is an island.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Pride comes before a fall.

Get out while the getting is good.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The end justifies the means.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money is the root of all evil.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The Devil is in the details.

Big fish eat little fish.

Honesty is the best policy.

Money makes the world go round.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Cold hands, warm heart.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If you build it, they will come.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Manners maketh the man.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's better to give than to receive.

Enough is as good as a feast.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fortune favours the brave.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There are two sides to every question.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Make love not war.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Live and let live.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no smoke without fire.

Every picture tells a story.

He who hesitates is lost.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All publicity is good publicity.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Better late than never.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All the world loves a lover.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There is honour among thieves.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's one born every minute.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Love will find a way.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A golden key can open any door.

A man is known by his friends.

Each to their own.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An man's home is his castle.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't always get what you want.

No man can serve two masters.

Another day, another dollar.

All's well that ends well.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Accidents will happen.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Still waters run deep.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

History repeats itself.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Forgive and forget.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Share and share alike.

A thing begun is half done.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

What goes around comes around.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beware the Ides of March.

Small things amuse small minds.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Might is right.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Knowledge is power.

You win some, you lose some.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Waste not, want not.

Every stick has two ends.

Opposites attract.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The customer is always right.

Time flies.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Slow but sure.

Even a worm will turn.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

There's safety in numbers.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Everyone has their price.

The exception which proves the rule.

Clothes do not make the man.

A fish always rots from the head.

Oil and water don't mix.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Pearls of wisdom.

Faith will move mountains.

The wages of sin is death.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Only the good die young.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

What goes up must come down.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

The best things in life are free.

Put your best foot forward.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There's no place like home.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Less is more.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A good man is hard to find.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't get mad, get even.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Like father, like son.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Time will tell.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Go the extra mile.

Bad news travels fast.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Live and learn.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Enough is enough.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

All you need is love.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Money talks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

To the victor go the spoils.

A watched pot never boils.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Time is a great healer.

Learn to walk before you run.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Slow and steady wins the race.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A bad penny always turns up.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Look before you leap.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Give credit where credit is due.

More haste, less speed.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The show must go on.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Third time lucky.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't rock the boat.

The early bird gets the worm.

East is east, and west is west.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Seeing is believing.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Truth will out.

No rest for the wicked.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Make haste slowly.

For everything there is a season.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Moderation in all things.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Talk is cheap.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no time like the present.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You are what you eat.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Paddle your own canoe.

Keep your powder dry.

Business before pleasure.

A house is not a home.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hide in plain sight.

All things must pass.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

The truth will out.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Great minds think alike.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

East, west, home's best.

Never tell tales out of school.

Many hands make light work.

Patience is a virtue.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nothing new under the sun.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Love is blind.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

The bigger, the better.

God helps those who help themselves.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

One hand washes the other.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Count your blessings.

Good talk saves the food.

Every dog has its day.

All roads lead to Rome.

All's fair in love and war.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Silence is golden.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Blood is thicker than water.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Horses for courses.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes two to tango.

No news is good news.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Time is money.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Never give a sucker an even break.