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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Another day, another dollar.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The early bird gets the worm.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Any port in a storm.

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

Fight the good fight.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

More haste, less speed.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Every dog has its day.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Talk is cheap.

Keep your powder dry.

You can't take it with you.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Strike while the iron is hot.

To every thing there is a season.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Great minds think alike.

It goes without saying.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Time is a great healer.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Money talks.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A house is not a home.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Forgive and forget.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Nothing succeeds like success.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's an exception to every rule.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Less said, soon mended.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Only fools and horses work.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

There is honour among thieves.

East is east, and west is west.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Enough is enough.

Hide in plain sight.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

The best things in life are free.

Live and let live.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There's no place like home.

Time is money.

East, west, home's best.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let the buyer beware.

All good things must come to an end.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

What goes around comes around.

All the world loves a lover.

Everyone has their price.

Better safe than sorry.

Nine tailors make a man.

Seek and you shall find.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Less is more.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Life is what you make it.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Clothes do not make the man.

Silence construes consent.

Never tell tales out of school.

The show must go on.

Slow but sure.

Love will find a way.

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

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Every stick has two ends.

Two heads are better than one.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Share and share alike.

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

You can't win them all.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An army marches on its stomach.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Youth is wasted on the young.

For everything there is a season.

Virtue is its own reward.

Each to their own.

Seeing is believing.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

What goes up must come down.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Horses for courses.

Silence is golden.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Misery loves company.

Let well alone.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The more the merrier.

Time and tide wait for no one.

While there is life, there is hope.

Make haste slowly.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The Devil looks after his own.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Speak as you find.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

There's no time like the present.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All publicity is good publicity.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Knowledge is power.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Only the good die young.

Even a worm will turn.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Like father, like son.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

There's safety in numbers.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Might is right.

All good things come to those that wait.

Honesty is the best policy.

Wonders will never cease.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Many hands make light work.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Variety is the spice of life.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Money makes the world go round.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Manners maketh the man.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's all grist to the mill.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Every picture tells a story.

First come, first served.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Waste not, want not.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Give the Devil his due.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You reap what you sow.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

To the victor go the spoils.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fortune favours the brave.

The end justifies the means.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Quid pro quo.

Actions speak louder than words.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Count your blessings.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Keep your chin up.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You are what you eat.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Seize the day.

All's fair in love and war.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Ignorance is bliss.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All you need is love.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Practice what you preach.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The truth will out.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes one to know one.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time will tell.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Business before pleasure.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Live and learn.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All that glitters is not gold.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First things first.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Home is where the heart is.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Life begins at forty.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Third time lucky.

All things must pass.

Bad news travels fast.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

One good deed deserves another.

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

All's well that ends well.

A cat has nine lives.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Money isn't everything.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Walls have ears.

Look before you leap.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Moderation in all things.

Needs must when the devil drives.

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes two to tango.

A thing begun is half done.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Big fish eat little fish.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Make love not war.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The bigger, the better.

Pride comes before a fall.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Love is blind.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Hope springs eternal.

Stupid is as stupid does.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No rest for the wicked.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

All things must pass.

Good things come in small packages.

A golden key can open any door.

No pain, no gain.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Money is the root of all evil.

You win some, you lose some.

Easy come, easy go.

The best defence is a good offence.

Time flies.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cheats never prosper.

One hand washes the other.

Different strokes for different folks.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

No news is good news.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

The customer is always right.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

A fish always rots from the head.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

You are never too old to learn.

Go the extra mile.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Get out while the getting is good.

Opposites attract.

Still waters run deep.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.