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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Still waters run deep.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

What goes around comes around.

Opposites attract.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no smoke without fire.

It takes two to tango.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Accidents will happen.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Bad money drives out good.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Good things come to those who wait.

All that glitters is not gold.

Patience is a virtue.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Honesty is the best policy.

Crime doesn't pay.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The best things in life are free.

Talk is cheap.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There are two sides to every question.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Live and let live.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Practice makes perfect.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Don't rock the boat.

It goes without saying.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

It's the singer not the song.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Seize the day.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The customer is always right.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

One hand washes the other.

Paddle your own canoe.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Keep your powder dry.

Persuasion is better than force.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Haste makes waste.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Bad news travels fast.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Tomorrow is another day.

Any port in a storm.

The best defence is a good offence.

Live and learn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ignorance is bliss.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

You can't win them all.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Life begins at forty.

For everything there is a season.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A word to the wise is enough.

All good things must come to an end.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Misery loves company.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Everyone has their price.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

First things first.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Physician, heal thyself.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't shoot the messenger.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

Love will find a way.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It's all grist to the mill.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Make haste slowly.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

East, west, home's best.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Variety is the spice of life.

The Devil is in the details.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A cat has nine lives.

Keep your chin up.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

There's a time and a place for everything.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The end justifies the means.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

A good man is hard to find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

The more the merrier.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Business before pleasure.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Walls have ears.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

One good deed deserves another.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If you build it, they will come.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Wonders will never cease.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Share and share alike.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Charity begins at home.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Enough is enough.

A house is not a home.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Practice what you preach.

All you need is love.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Let the buyer beware.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's better to give than to receive.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

No rest for the wicked.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Every dog has its day.

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

Money talks.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Count your blessings.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

Seek and you shall find.

A cat may look at a king.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Great minds think alike.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't get mad, get even.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Silence construes consent.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Love is blind.

Cheats never prosper.

Manners maketh the man.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

To the victor go the spoils.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

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

Better late than never.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Different strokes for different folks.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The truth will out.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

No man can serve two masters.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Less is more.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

There's no place like home.

Make love not war.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You are never too old to learn.

Moderation in all things.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't always get what you want.

No man is an island.

Might is right.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Fight fire with fire.

He who hesitates is lost.

An man's home is his castle.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Even a worm will turn.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

What goes up must come down.

First come, first served.

Children should be seen and not heard.

You can't take it with you.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All things must pass.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every picture tells a story.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

Nine tailors make a man.

Time is money.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The bigger, the better.

Time is a great healer.

All roads lead to Rome.

Look before you leap.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Go the extra mile.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A man is known by his friends.

Third time lucky.

All the world loves a lover.

Life is what you make it.

There's safety in numbers.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Seeing is believing.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

The show must go on.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Revenge is sweet.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The Devil looks after his own.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Two heads are better than one.

An army marches on its stomach.

Dead men tell no tales.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Quid pro quo.

Slow but sure.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Good things come in small packages.

No news is good news.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Each to their own.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Waste not, want not.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Knowledge is power.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Do as I say, not as I do.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Better safe than sorry.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

There's no time like the present.

All's fair in love and war.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fight the good fight.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

A bad penny always turns up.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The age of miracles is past.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time will tell.

Nothing new under the sun.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Many hands make light work.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Hope springs eternal.

East is east, and west is west.

A thing begun is half done.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Like father, like son.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There's one born every minute.

Money isn't everything.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You reap what you sow.

You are what you eat.

Beware the Ides of March.

More haste, less speed.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

History repeats itself.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Truth will out.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It never rains but it pours.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Only the good die young.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.