There is honour among thieves.

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

Walls have ears.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Practice makes perfect.

Great minds think alike.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Fight fire with fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A house is not a home.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A bad penny always turns up.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Knowledge is power.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Fortune favours the brave.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Practice what you preach.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No man can serve two masters.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't win them all.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

Like father, like son.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Third time lucky.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Manners maketh the man.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't take it with you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

For everything there is a season.

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

Time is a great healer.

East is east, and west is west.

Clothes do not make the man.

Slow and steady wins the race.

There's no smoke without fire.

Time flies.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Keep your powder dry.

History repeats itself.

No news is good news.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Better safe than sorry.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A thing begun is half done.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nothing new under the sun.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Revenge is sweet.

The bigger, the better.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Ignorance is bliss.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Forgive and forget.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Patience is a virtue.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Less is more.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Only the good die young.

It's better to give than to receive.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Paddle your own canoe.

An army marches on its stomach.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Every dog has its day.

The end justifies the means.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money is the root of all evil.

Two heads are better than one.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Better late than never.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Only fools and horses work.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Haste makes waste.

Tomorrow is another day.

Silence construes consent.

Accidents will happen.

Slow but sure.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

You are never too old to learn.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Variety is the spice of life.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

A word to the wise is enough.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

To the victor go the spoils.

The more the merrier.

A cat has nine lives.

All's well that ends well.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Life is what you make it.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every picture tells a story.

Nine tailors make a man.

You are what you eat.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Count your blessings.

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

Horses for courses.

There's one born every minute.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Easy come, easy go.

Might is right.

Cheats never prosper.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Good talk saves the food.

No pain, no gain.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Seeing is believing.

It goes without saying.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Everyone has their price.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

First things first.

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

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

To every thing there is a season.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Business before pleasure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Each to their own.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Talk is cheap.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Small things amuse small minds.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Make love not war.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Bad money drives out good.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Make haste slowly.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Fight the good fight.

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

One hand washes the other.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All that glitters is not gold.

What goes around comes around.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Misery loves company.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You reap what you sow.

There's safety in numbers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love will find a way.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It takes two to tango.

There's no time like the present.

It's all grist to the mill.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Even a worm will turn.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Life begins at forty.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A cat may look at a king.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Good things come to those who wait.

Always put your best foot forward.

No man is an island.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Bad news travels fast.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

No rest for the wicked.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There are two sides to every question.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Pride comes before a fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's never too late to mend.

An man's home is his castle.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All good things must come to an end.

The early bird gets the worm.

Waste not, want not.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Less said, soon mended.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The truth will out.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Money talks.

Share and share alike.

Let well alone.

Let bygones be bygones.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love is blind.

It's the singer not the song.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Another day, another dollar.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Seize the day.

Silence is golden.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A stitch in time saves nine.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Big fish eat little fish.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Go the extra mile.

Crime doesn't pay.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Put your best foot forward.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Time is money.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Give credit where credit is due.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Charity begins at home.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The show must go on.

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

Quid pro quo.

He who hesitates is lost.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The customer is always right.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let the buyer beware.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The exception which proves the rule.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Enough is enough.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Give the Devil his due.

The Devil is in the details.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

Look before you leap.

Speak as you find.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All things must pass.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Money isn't everything.

East, west, home's best.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Seek and you shall find.

Every stick has two ends.

All the world loves a lover.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Get out while the getting is good.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Live and let live.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

What goes up must come down.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

All you need is love.

Time will tell.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Any port in a storm.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Tomorrow never comes.

Physician, heal thyself.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no place like home.

Don't get mad, get even.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't always get what you want.