The apple never falls far from the tree.

Horses for courses.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Pride comes before a fall.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Ignorance is bliss.

A man is known by his friends.

No pain, no gain.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There are two sides to every question.

Wonders will never cease.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

The truth will out.

The best things in life are free.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love will find a way.

It goes without saying.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Time flies.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Better late than never.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Give credit where credit is due.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

East is east, and west is west.

One hand washes the other.

If you build it, they will come.

Hide in plain sight.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Practice what you preach.

Nine tailors make a man.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's one born every minute.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Business before pleasure.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Less is more.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't win them all.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A house is not a home.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Moderation in all things.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Accidents will happen.

A golden key can open any door.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Patience is a virtue.

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

The bigger, the better.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Hope springs eternal.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Blood is thicker than water.

Fortune favours the brave.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes two to tango.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Crime doesn't pay.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Home is where the heart is.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Seize the day.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Let well alone.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Good fences make good neighbours.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

There's no place like home.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Many hands make light work.

Opposites attract.

What goes around comes around.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's an exception to every rule.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's better to give than to receive.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Love makes the world go round.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It takes one to know one.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

First things first.

Live and let live.

Never tell tales out of school.

Waste not, want not.

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

Better safe than sorry.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Share and share alike.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

You are what you eat.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Enough is enough.

Bad news travels fast.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

First come, first served.

Forgive and forget.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

What can't be cured must be endured.

What goes up must come down.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Might is right.

Keep your powder dry.

There's no time like the present.

Haste makes waste.

Time is money.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Walls have ears.

There is honour among thieves.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Speak as you find.

Let the buyer beware.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Put your best foot forward.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Love is blind.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Tomorrow never comes.

In the midst of life we are in death.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All good things must come to an end.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's never too late to mend.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

History repeats itself.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Keep your chin up.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Time will tell.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Look before you leap.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Bad money drives out good.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Tomorrow is another day.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All you need is love.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's safety in numbers.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Even a worm will turn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Great minds think alike.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All good things come to those that wait.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A watched pot never boils.

Live and learn.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

More haste, less speed.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Quid pro quo.

Another day, another dollar.

All the world loves a lover.

Good talk saves the food.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't rock the boat.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A cat may look at a king.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The customer is always right.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Persuasion is better than force.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Still waters run deep.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Knowledge is power.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Everyone has their price.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Different strokes for different folks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Money talks.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Each to their own.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

No news is good news.

Silence construes consent.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Seek and you shall find.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Faith will move mountains.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All publicity is good publicity.

God helps those who help themselves.

Dead men tell no tales.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The show must go on.

Go the extra mile.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

You reap what you sow.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nothing new under the sun.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No man is an island.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Cheats never prosper.

Manners maketh the man.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No rest for the wicked.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Life begins at forty.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You win some, you lose some.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Money isn't everything.

Fight fire with fire.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Charity begins at home.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The end justifies the means.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Money makes the world go round.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Youth is wasted on the young.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Third time lucky.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

The more the merrier.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Revenge is sweet.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Seeing is believing.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't always get what you want.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Like father, like son.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Misery loves company.

Every dog has its day.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Silence is golden.

Only the good die young.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beware the Ides of March.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Only fools and horses work.

Paddle your own canoe.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Practice makes perfect.

All things must pass.

A cat has nine lives.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Talk is cheap.

All's well that ends well.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

East, west, home's best.