Curiosity killed the cat.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's no time like the present.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Big fish eat little fish.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Better late than never.

Live and let live.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Hope springs eternal.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Revenge is sweet.

You are what you eat.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

All things must pass.

What goes around comes around.

Truth will out.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You can't always get what you want.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Good talk saves the food.

One hand washes the other.

East, west, home's best.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

All good things must come to an end.

There's no place like home.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's an exception to every rule.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You win some, you lose some.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There is honour among thieves.

Time is money.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It never rains but it pours.

Speak as you find.

If you can't be good, be careful.

History repeats itself.

You can't win them all.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If you build it, they will come.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Keep your chin up.

Honesty is the best policy.

Attack is the best form of defence.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Share and share alike.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A cat has nine lives.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Love will find a way.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't rock the boat.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Variety is the spice of life.

Time flies.

For everything there is a season.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Moderation in all things.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

No man is an island.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Waste not, want not.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Silence is golden.

Tomorrow is another day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Home is where the heart is.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Give the Devil his due.

Bad news travels fast.

An army marches on its stomach.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Look before you leap.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't get mad, get even.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Slow but sure.

Always put your best foot forward.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Count your blessings.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Talk is cheap.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Persuasion is better than force.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A fish always rots from the head.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Learn to walk before you run.

Wonders will never cease.

All that glitters is not gold.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Less said, soon mended.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Let the buyer beware.

Oil and water don't mix.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A cat may look at a king.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

An man's home is his castle.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The exception which proves the rule.

Money isn't everything.

First come, first served.

Time will tell.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

The best things in life are free.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All's fair in love and war.

Opposites attract.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

East is east, and west is west.

To the victor go the spoils.

Life begins at forty.

Still waters run deep.

A man is known by his friends.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Great minds think alike.

Different strokes for different folks.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

What can't be cured must be endured.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Time is a great healer.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes one to know one.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The customer is always right.

All's well that ends well.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Seeing is believing.

First things first.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No pain, no gain.

Money is the root of all evil.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Small things amuse small minds.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

What goes up must come down.

Forgive and forget.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Pearls of wisdom.

To every thing there is a season.

It takes two to tango.

While there is life, there is hope.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No news is good news.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Keep your powder dry.

Any port in a storm.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Knowledge is power.

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

Third time lucky.

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

The end justifies the means.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Charity begins at home.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Give credit where credit is due.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Horses for courses.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Better safe than sorry.

The Devil looks after his own.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You reap what you sow.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Live and learn.

Many hands make light work.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

All the world loves a lover.

Practice makes perfect.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Make haste slowly.

You can't take it with you.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Each to their own.

There's one born every minute.

Beware the Ides of March.

Easy come, easy go.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Everyone has their price.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Less is more.

Every dog has its day.

Might is right.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Patience is a virtue.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The wages of sin is death.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The bigger, the better.

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

The show must go on.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let well alone.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A watched pot never boils.

Tomorrow never comes.

Quid pro quo.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Another day, another dollar.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Go the extra mile.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Put your best foot forward.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

He who hesitates is lost.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Love is blind.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

God helps those who help themselves.

Stupid is as stupid does.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Two heads are better than one.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It's better to give than to receive.

Walls have ears.

All you need is love.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Business before pleasure.

Misery loves company.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A thing begun is half done.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Shrouds have no pockets.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The age of miracles is past.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's safety in numbers.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Life is what you make it.

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

Make love not war.

The Devil is in the details.

Even a worm will turn.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Crime doesn't pay.

Seize the day.

Love makes the world go round.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Fight the good fight.

A word to the wise is enough.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's never too late to mend.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A house is not a home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Enough is enough.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Haste makes waste.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Silence construes consent.

Only fools and horses work.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Good things come to those who wait.

The truth will out.

Physician, heal thyself.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Bad money drives out good.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.