Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Each to their own.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Revenge is sweet.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't always get what you want.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Wonders will never cease.

Crime doesn't pay.

Bad news travels fast.

Money talks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Money isn't everything.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Variety is the spice of life.

A golden key can open any door.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

You can't win them all.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fight the good fight.

All publicity is good publicity.

Make haste slowly.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

It goes without saying.

Practice what you preach.

Accidents will happen.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love makes the world go round.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The customer is always right.

Tomorrow never comes.

Put your best foot forward.

A good man is hard to find.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Walls have ears.

Attack is the best form of defence.

What goes around comes around.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Honesty is the best policy.

Seize the day.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The best things in life are free.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let bygones be bygones.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

If you build it, they will come.

There's an exception to every rule.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All good things must come to an end.

Moderation in all things.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Great minds think alike.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

The more the merrier.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

An army marches on its stomach.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No man is an island.

Quid pro quo.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Good things come to those who wait.

All that glitters is not gold.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Forgive and forget.

Money makes the world go round.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

An man's home is his castle.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Only fools and horses work.

The end justifies the means.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Make love not war.

The wages of sin is death.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Tomorrow is another day.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Oil and water don't mix.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East, west, home's best.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Waste not, want not.

Let well alone.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Third time lucky.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Even a worm will turn.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Give the Devil his due.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Count your blessings.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All things must pass.

No pain, no gain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A fish always rots from the head.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Love will find a way.

Only the good die young.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Big fish eat little fish.

Live and learn.

Good things come in small packages.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

To the victor go the spoils.

Paddle your own canoe.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Life is what you make it.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

History repeats itself.

The exception which proves the rule.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Nine tailors make a man.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Haste makes waste.

One hand washes the other.

All you need is love.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All's well that ends well.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Every stick has two ends.

If the cap fits, wear it.

First come, first served.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

Virtue is its own reward.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Fight fire with fire.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Two heads are better than one.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Physician, heal thyself.

Seeing is believing.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Business before pleasure.

Slow but sure.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There's no smoke without fire.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't take it with you.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Less said, soon mended.

It never rains but it pours.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Horses for courses.

Pearls of wisdom.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A thing begun is half done.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Love is blind.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Misery loves company.

Share and share alike.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's safety in numbers.

Might is right.

The show must go on.

The truth will out.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

No news is good news.

Keep your chin up.

There's no place like home.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

To every thing there is a season.

Less is more.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Time is money.

Time will tell.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The early bird gets the worm.

You reap what you sow.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Live and let live.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Better late than never.

Better safe than sorry.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A word to the wise is enough.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Blood is thicker than water.

Hope springs eternal.

Silence construes consent.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Time flies.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

First things first.

It's the singer not the song.

Clothes do not make the man.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Faith will move mountains.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Any port in a storm.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Enough is enough.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't rock the boat.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes one to know one.

Different strokes for different folks.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the buyer beware.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no time like the present.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

A house is not a home.

Bad money drives out good.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A man is known by his friends.

All good things come to those that wait.

The Devil looks after his own.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Like father, like son.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Forewarned is forearmed.

No rest for the wicked.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Time is a great healer.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The Devil is in the details.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best defence is a good offence.

Many hands make light work.

Learn to walk before you run.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bigger, the better.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Look before you leap.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

One good deed deserves another.

Opposites attract.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

More haste, less speed.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cheats never prosper.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Speak as you find.

You are what you eat.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's better to give than to receive.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.