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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Better late than never.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Practice what you preach.

There's an exception to every rule.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beauty is only skin deep.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The early bird gets the worm.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A cat may look at a king.

What goes up must come down.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Horses for courses.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The end justifies the means.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All good things come to those that wait.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Speak as you find.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

If you build it, they will come.

Keep your chin up.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There's no place like home.

There's one born every minute.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hope springs eternal.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You win some, you lose some.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The wages of sin is death.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Revenge is sweet.

Charity begins at home.

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

Go the extra mile.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't get mad, get even.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Look before you leap.

A golden key can open any door.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Give credit where credit is due.

More haste, less speed.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The truth will out.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You reap what you sow.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The best defence is a good offence.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Bad money drives out good.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Manners maketh the man.

East is east, and west is west.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Two heads are better than one.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Only fools and horses work.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Let the dead bury the dead.

No man can serve two masters.

Every dog has its day.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

No news is good news.

The bigger, the better.

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

Business before pleasure.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All that glitters is not gold.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

While there is life, there is hope.

One hand washes the other.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Like father, like son.

Virtue is its own reward.

Laughter is the best medicine.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Actions speak louder than words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Walls have ears.

Waste not, want not.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Put your best foot forward.

Cheats never prosper.

It never rains but it pours.

Good talk saves the food.

It goes without saying.

All roads lead to Rome.

Hide in plain sight.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Easy come, easy go.

You are never too old to learn.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Patience is a virtue.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Each to their own.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fight the good fight.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Good things come to those who wait.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Any port in a storm.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't always get what you want.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Time flies.

Good things come in small packages.

There are two sides to every question.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Slow but sure.

Life is what you make it.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A thing begun is half done.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

History repeats itself.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fortune favours the brave.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All good things must come to an end.

Tomorrow never comes.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Love is blind.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Opposites attract.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

For everything there is a season.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Misery loves company.

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

All's well that ends well.

Big fish eat little fish.

Money is the root of all evil.

Physician, heal thyself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The best things in life are free.

Never tell tales out of school.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The Devil looks after his own.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Many hands make light work.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

No man is an island.

Accidents will happen.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Haste makes waste.

Seeing is believing.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Seize the day.

Less is more.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Money makes the world go round.

There's safety in numbers.

Forgive and forget.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Third time lucky.

Blood is thicker than water.

Live and learn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

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

Count your blessings.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fight fire with fire.

All the world loves a lover.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

East, west, home's best.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Give the Devil his due.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

All you need is love.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Share and share alike.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love makes the world go round.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There's no smoke without fire.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

What goes around comes around.

Make haste slowly.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Great minds think alike.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Practice makes perfect.

Truth will out.

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

The age of miracles is past.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Moderation in all things.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The show must go on.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Quid pro quo.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The more the merrier.

Live and let live.

Persuasion is better than force.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A man is known by his friends.

Bad news travels fast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Money isn't everything.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't win them all.

The exception which proves the rule.

Small things amuse small minds.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't rock the boat.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Every picture tells a story.

A fish always rots from the head.

Might is right.

Paddle your own canoe.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A cat has nine lives.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let well alone.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

The customer is always right.

First things first.

Everyone has their price.

He who hesitates is lost.

Love will find a way.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Pride comes before a fall.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time is a great healer.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Silence construes consent.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Only the good die young.

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

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

All things must pass.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Make love not war.

First come, first served.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Still waters run deep.

Nine tailors make a man.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All publicity is good publicity.

Silence is golden.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Better safe than sorry.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A word to the wise is enough.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

A watched pot never boils.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Every stick has two ends.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.