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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It never rains but it pours.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Practice makes perfect.

Another day, another dollar.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Revenge is sweet.

Good talk saves the food.

The best-laid plans go astray.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

The more the merrier.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The show must go on.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Live and let live.

A watched pot never boils.

No rest for the wicked.

Only fools and horses work.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

One good deed deserves another.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Variety is the spice of life.

The best defence is a good offence.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

An man's home is his castle.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Paddle your own canoe.

Always put your best foot forward.

East is east, and west is west.

Life begins at forty.

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

The customer is always right.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A thing begun is half done.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The Devil looks after his own.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Two heads are better than one.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Every dog has its day.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A house is not a home.

Put your best foot forward.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Virtue is its own reward.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Waste not, want not.

Quid pro quo.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Easy come, easy go.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

What goes up must come down.

What goes around comes around.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes one to know one.

A fish always rots from the head.

Wonders will never cease.

The truth will out.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nothing succeeds like success.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Small things amuse small minds.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Better late than never.

Make haste slowly.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's an exception to every rule.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Many hands make light work.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Less is more.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Love makes the world go round.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Haste makes waste.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Forgive and forget.

History repeats itself.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A bad penny always turns up.

Share and share alike.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

All things must pass.

Money talks.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fight fire with fire.

Count your blessings.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A cat may look at a king.

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

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

Hope springs eternal.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Walls have ears.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's better to give than to receive.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The bigger, the better.

All the world loves a lover.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Talk is cheap.

The best things in life are free.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Third time lucky.

If you build it, they will come.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A cat has nine lives.

Bad money drives out good.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You are never too old to learn.

Like father, like son.

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

You reap what you sow.

Shrouds have no pockets.

More haste, less speed.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Charity begins at home.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It's the singer not the song.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence construes consent.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't win them all.

Accidents will happen.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

First things first.

Don't get mad, get even.

Bad news travels fast.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All publicity is good publicity.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

For everything there is a season.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Tomorrow never comes.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

One hand washes the other.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Different strokes for different folks.

Nothing new under the sun.

Get out while the getting is good.

A man is known by his friends.

Cheats never prosper.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Give credit where credit is due.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Big fish eat little fish.

To every thing there is a season.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Misery loves company.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

You are what you eat.

Any port in a storm.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Look before you leap.

Let bygones be bygones.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Love is blind.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let well alone.

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

Time flies.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Every stick has two ends.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Give the Devil his due.

An army marches on its stomach.

All's well that ends well.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Speak as you find.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Good things come in small packages.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Love will find a way.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't rock the boat.

Silence is golden.

Practice what you preach.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It takes two to tango.

Ignorance is bliss.

Tomorrow is another day.

Cold hands, warm heart.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Knowledge is power.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

He who hesitates is lost.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Home is where the heart is.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's safety in numbers.

Faith will move mountains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Keep your chin up.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never tell tales out of school.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Everyone has their price.

All's fair in love and war.

Pride comes before a fall.

No news is good news.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

It goes without saying.

Business before pleasure.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A word to the wise is enough.

Physician, heal thyself.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's a time and a place for everything.

First come, first served.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Live and learn.

A golden key can open any door.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Slow but sure.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Seeing is believing.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Money is the root of all evil.

Moderation in all things.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Patience is a virtue.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

All good things must come to an end.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Better safe than sorry.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The wages of sin is death.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All good things come to those that wait.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every picture tells a story.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Time will tell.

Blood is thicker than water.

Hide in plain sight.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Seize the day.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Money isn't everything.

You can't take it with you.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Make love not war.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fight the good fight.

Nine tailors make a man.

Each to their own.

East, west, home's best.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Keep your powder dry.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Great minds think alike.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Might is right.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Enough is enough.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

There is honour among thieves.

All you need is love.

Let the buyer beware.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.