Each to their own.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Tomorrow is another day.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

East is east, and west is west.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Never give a sucker an even break.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

First come, first served.

Count your blessings.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Love makes the world go round.

What goes around comes around.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

What goes up must come down.

Walls have ears.

Hope springs eternal.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't get mad, get even.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Silence construes consent.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Handsome is as handsome does.

An man's home is his castle.

The best things in life are free.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

You reap what you sow.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The truth will out.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Silence is golden.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Let well alone.

No pain, no gain.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cheats never prosper.

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

All you need is love.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All's fair in love and war.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Less is more.

It goes without saying.

No news is good news.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Pride comes before a fall.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The customer is always right.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Persuasion is better than force.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Good things come to those who wait.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Beware the Ides of March.

The bigger, the better.

Practice makes perfect.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Every stick has two ends.

All roads lead to Rome.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The pen is mightier than sword.

History repeats itself.

Seize the day.

Different strokes for different folks.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Clothes do not make the man.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

For everything there is a season.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Home is where the heart is.

There's safety in numbers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

Life begins at forty.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Another day, another dollar.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Hide in plain sight.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Go the extra mile.

The wages of sin is death.

Enough is enough.

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

Knowledge is power.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Small things amuse small minds.

Honesty is the best policy.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Still waters run deep.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

You are what you eat.

Love will find a way.

Learn to walk before you run.

Tomorrow never comes.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Misery loves company.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Keep your powder dry.

Dead men tell no tales.

Seeing is believing.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

Time flies.

Accidents will happen.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Better late than never.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't always get what you want.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No man is an island.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Give the Devil his due.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Forgive and forget.

Horses for courses.

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

Fight the good fight.

Physician, heal thyself.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

First things first.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Truth will out.

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

Bad money drives out good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Speak as you find.

Live and let live.

It takes two to tango.

Good talk saves the food.

A man is known by his friends.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A good man is hard to find.

There are two sides to every question.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Life is what you make it.

Share and share alike.

Time will tell.

Opposites attract.

It's never too late to mend.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Moderation in all things.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Talk is cheap.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The end justifies the means.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A house is not a home.

Always put your best foot forward.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Practice what you preach.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Every picture tells a story.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Look before you leap.

Quid pro quo.

It takes one to know one.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

No rest for the wicked.

All's well that ends well.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The age of miracles is past.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The show must go on.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The early bird gets the worm.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Time is money.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Like father, like son.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One good deed deserves another.

Charity begins at home.

All publicity is good publicity.

Love is blind.

All things must pass.

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

You can't win them all.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Everyone has their price.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Keep your chin up.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Two heads are better than one.

The more the merrier.

The exception which proves the rule.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Good things come in small packages.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Every dog has its day.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Waste not, want not.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

One hand washes the other.

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

If you build it, they will come.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A cat may look at a king.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Paddle your own canoe.

Even a worm will turn.

To the victor go the spoils.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

East, west, home's best.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't take it with you.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Money talks.

Money makes the world go round.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Great minds think alike.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

More haste, less speed.

While there is life, there is hope.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Business before pleasure.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Big fish eat little fish.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A word to the wise is enough.

To every thing there is a season.

A golden key can open any door.

An army marches on its stomach.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Nothing new under the sun.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Manners maketh the man.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A watched pot never boils.

Many hands make light work.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Haste makes waste.

Give credit where credit is due.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Easy come, easy go.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fight fire with fire.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Slow but sure.

Better safe than sorry.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Only the good die young.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Let well alone.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let the buyer beware.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Third time lucky.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Money isn't everything.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There's no time like the present.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Make love not war.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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