It takes one to know one.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

No man is an island.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

It takes two to tango.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The Devil looks after his own.

Time will tell.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let bygones be bygones.

The early bird gets the worm.

Less is more.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

First things first.

Better safe than sorry.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All good things must come to an end.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Silence construes consent.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There's one born every minute.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Love makes the world go round.

All's well that ends well.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Put your best foot forward.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

There's safety in numbers.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nine tailors make a man.

Give the Devil his due.

Slow but sure.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every dog has its day.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

One hand washes the other.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fight fire with fire.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't win them all.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Big fish eat little fish.

Life begins at forty.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Every picture tells a story.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

First come, first served.

Tomorrow is another day.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Each to their own.

It's the singer not the song.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Like father, like son.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Children should be seen and not heard.

To every thing there is a season.

Faith will move mountains.

Laughter is the best medicine.

For everything there is a season.

A man is known by his friends.

Fortune favours the brave.

All you need is love.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Hide in plain sight.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A watched pot never boils.

Love will find a way.

Misery loves company.

Pearls of wisdom.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

He who hesitates is lost.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The wages of sin is death.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A good man is hard to find.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

East, west, home's best.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Only fools and horses work.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Talk is cheap.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A thing begun is half done.

Small things amuse small minds.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Better late than never.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Attack is the best form of defence.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Always put your best foot forward.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

While there is life, there is hope.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no place like home.

You can't always get what you want.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Give credit where credit is due.

Seek and you shall find.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Business before pleasure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Seize the day.

Physician, heal thyself.

It's never too late to mend.

Only the good die young.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

The show must go on.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

What goes around comes around.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

To the victor go the spoils.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's better to give than to receive.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

When one door shuts, another opens.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Waste not, want not.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Different strokes for different folks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It goes without saying.

Charity begins at home.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Moderation in all things.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Accidents will happen.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

No man can serve two masters.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The truth will out.

The customer is always right.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Live and learn.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Money isn't everything.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The age of miracles is past.

An army marches on its stomach.

Good things come in small packages.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Knowledge is power.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Haste makes waste.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

No news is good news.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Time flies.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is a great healer.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Crime doesn't pay.

Any port in a storm.

Good talk saves the food.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Bad money drives out good.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Less said, soon mended.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Let well alone.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't rock the boat.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The more the merrier.

A golden key can open any door.

It never rains but it pours.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Enough is enough.

Love is blind.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Count your blessings.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Persuasion is better than force.

Truth will out.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fight the good fight.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's an exception to every rule.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The best things in life are free.

You are never too old to learn.

Horses for courses.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Keep your chin up.

No rest for the wicked.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Virtue is its own reward.

Birds of a feather flock together.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You reap what you sow.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

All things must pass.

Clothes do not make the man.

Still waters run deep.

Beggars can't be choosers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Shrouds have no pockets.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money is the root of all evil.

There's no fool like an old fool.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Make love not war.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Wonders will never cease.

What goes up must come down.

Share and share alike.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Honesty is the best policy.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Life is what you make it.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Manners maketh the man.

Speak as you find.

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

Go the extra mile.

History repeats itself.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Quid pro quo.

Beware the Ides of March.

Time is money.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Everyone has their price.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Silence is golden.

There's no smoke without fire.

There are two sides to every question.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Learn to walk before you run.

Money talks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Every stick has two ends.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

All publicity is good publicity.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

If you build it, they will come.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

You are what you eat.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The bigger, the better.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Paddle your own canoe.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

More haste, less speed.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

An man's home is his castle.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The best defence is a good offence.

Make haste slowly.

Opposites attract.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's all grist to the mill.

There is honour among thieves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Money is the root of all evil.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The exception which proves the rule.

You can't get blood out of a stone.