Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Even a worm will turn.

One hand washes the other.

The exception which proves the rule.

A thing begun is half done.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Haste makes waste.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

You reap what you sow.

Great minds think alike.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

No man can serve two masters.

The best is the enemy of the good.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

All things must pass.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Nothing new under the sun.

A cat has nine lives.

Enough is enough.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Patience is a virtue.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Love makes the world go round.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Still waters run deep.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Live and learn.

East is east, and west is west.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Might is right.

Speak as you find.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Cheats never prosper.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

One good deed deserves another.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The Devil looks after his own.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Only the good die young.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Business before pleasure.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

While there is life, there is hope.

Misery loves company.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Pride comes before a fall.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

The end justifies the means.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Fortune favours the brave.

Time is money.

Manners maketh the man.

Learn to walk before you run.

Money makes the world go round.

Like father, like son.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

All roads lead to Rome.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Love is blind.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Keep your powder dry.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Easy come, easy go.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Silence construes consent.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Better late than never.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Look before you leap.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Wonders will never cease.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Paddle your own canoe.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Good things come to those who wait.

It's better to give than to receive.

You win some, you lose some.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

The more the merrier.

No rest for the wicked.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let well alone.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

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

The customer is always right.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No man is an island.

A fish always rots from the head.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Forgive and forget.

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

Walls have ears.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Life is what you make it.

Give credit where credit is due.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Many hands make light work.

Share and share alike.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Moderation in all things.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Another day, another dollar.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Life begins at forty.

All you need is love.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

Hope springs eternal.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no place like home.

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

Hide in plain sight.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beware the Ides of March.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Seeing is believing.

Slow but sure.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Keep your chin up.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Everyone has their price.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make love not war.

Bad money drives out good.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Better safe than sorry.

Make haste slowly.

Third time lucky.

It's the singer not the song.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Oil and water don't mix.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All publicity is good publicity.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't take it with you.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't get mad, get even.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Crime doesn't pay.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Count your blessings.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Practice makes perfect.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Seize the day.

Good fences make good neighbours.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Every dog has its day.

Only fools and horses work.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Truth will out.

It takes one to know one.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Love will find a way.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Every stick has two ends.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Money isn't everything.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cold hands, warm heart.

To the victor go the spoils.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

The show must go on.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Fight the good fight.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

Silence is golden.

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

It's never too late to mend.

A bad penny always turns up.

A watched pot never boils.

No pain, no gain.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Faith will move mountains.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

What goes around comes around.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's all grist to the mill.

God helps those who help themselves.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Blood is thicker than water.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An man's home is his castle.

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

A good man is hard to find.

There are two sides to every question.

In the midst of life we are in death.

No news is good news.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Stupid is as stupid does.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The Devil is in the details.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Practice what you preach.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

First things first.

You are never too old to learn.

The best-laid plans go astray.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Live and let live.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't always get what you want.

All that glitters is not gold.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There's one born every minute.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Opposites attract.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The best defence is a good offence.

If you build it, they will come.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All good things must come to an end.

Each to their own.

Never tell tales out of school.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time will tell.

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

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

Money talks.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Possession is nine points of the law.

What goes up must come down.

It takes two to tango.

The best things in life are free.

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

You are what you eat.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

There's safety in numbers.

It goes without saying.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't rock the boat.

The bigger, the better.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

To every thing there is a season.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Go the extra mile.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Time flies.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Home is where the heart is.

The age of miracles is past.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let the buyer beware.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Good things come in small packages.

Ignorance is bliss.

A cat may look at a king.

He who hesitates is lost.

First come, first served.

Persuasion is better than force.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You can't win them all.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Faint heart never won fair lady.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Any port in a storm.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Accidents will happen.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Money is the root of all evil.

Revenge is sweet.