Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Good things come in small packages.

Many hands make light work.

Seize the day.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A good man is hard to find.

Beware the Ides of March.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's better to give than to receive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Moderation in all things.

Might is right.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Quid pro quo.

First come, first served.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Make love not war.

You are what you eat.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Better late than never.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Love is blind.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

All things must pass.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It's the singer not the song.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A thing begun is half done.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't throw good money after bad.

For everything there is a season.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Life is what you make it.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

There is no accounting for tastes.

What goes around comes around.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

East, west, home's best.

Seek and you shall find.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Keep your chin up.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best things in life are free.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The more the merrier.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Third time lucky.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Dead men tell no tales.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

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

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Count your blessings.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Easy come, easy go.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing new under the sun.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Live and learn.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A cat may look at a king.

Speak as you find.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Revenge is sweet.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Pearls of wisdom.

Let well alone.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Less said, soon mended.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

A cat has nine lives.

Silence is golden.

Go the extra mile.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Tomorrow is another day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's one born every minute.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A house is not a home.

All good things come to those that wait.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Accidents will happen.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's no place like home.

More haste, less speed.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is enough.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Misery loves company.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Put your best foot forward.

Seeing is believing.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

All the world loves a lover.

Truth will out.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fight the good fight.

Let the buyer beware.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Money makes the world go round.

The show must go on.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no smoke without fire.

Opposites attract.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A man is known by his friends.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The Devil is in the details.

Life begins at forty.

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

Every stick has two ends.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

To the victor go the spoils.

Still waters run deep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The wages of sin is death.

Manners maketh the man.

First things first.

There's safety in numbers.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Bad news travels fast.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Every dog has its day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

No man is an island.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Horses for courses.

Don't rock the boat.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't win them all.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There's no time like the present.

There are two sides to every question.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Another day, another dollar.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

One good deed deserves another.

Only fools and horses work.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

It goes without saying.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Clothes do not make the man.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You are never too old to learn.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

The Devil looks after his own.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The best defence is a good offence.

Time will tell.

Give credit where credit is due.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

No pain, no gain.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bigger, the better.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You can have too much of a good thing.

One hand washes the other.

Even a worm will turn.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money talks.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Charity begins at home.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Knowledge is power.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Make haste slowly.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

What goes up must come down.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Only the good die young.

Like father, like son.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

No man can serve two masters.

Money isn't everything.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Variety is the spice of life.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

He who hesitates is lost.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Business before pleasure.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your powder dry.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Virtue is its own reward.

Every picture tells a story.

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

It takes two to tango.

Faith will move mountains.

All's fair in love and war.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Good things come to those who wait.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All that glitters is not gold.

Any port in a storm.

Love will find a way.

The early bird gets the worm.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't take it with you.

If you build it, they will come.

Practice what you preach.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Less is more.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Waste not, want not.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You win some, you lose some.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Everyone has their price.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Haste makes waste.

Live and let live.

The truth will out.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Better safe than sorry.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

East is east, and west is west.

God helps those who help themselves.

Time flies.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All you need is love.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Practice makes perfect.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The customer is always right.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All publicity is good publicity.

While there is life, there is hope.

No rest for the wicked.

All's well that ends well.

Look before you leap.

Learn to walk before you run.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Time is money.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fortune favours the brave.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A bad penny always turns up.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Walls have ears.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Blood is thicker than water.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fight fire with fire.