There but for the grace of God, go I.

Any port in a storm.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Seek and you shall find.

Clothes do not make the man.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The pen is mightier than sword.

All roads lead to Rome.

An army marches on its stomach.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Every picture tells a story.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Let the buyer beware.

All you need is love.

Dead men tell no tales.

Even a worm will turn.

All that glitters is not gold.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Beware the Ides of March.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

There's safety in numbers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Manners maketh the man.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

You reap what you sow.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

In the midst of life we are in death.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Silence is golden.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Count your blessings.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Paddle your own canoe.

Live and let live.

Put your best foot forward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Tomorrow is another day.

Silence construes consent.

All's well that ends well.

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

Make love not war.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Waste not, want not.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It's better to give than to receive.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Horses for courses.

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

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

Like father, like son.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The end justifies the means.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There is honour among thieves.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Good things come in small packages.

Time flies.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Charity begins at home.

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

You are what you eat.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Home is where the heart is.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The exception which proves the rule.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

It's the singer not the song.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Enough is enough.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Fight the good fight.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't get mad, get even.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Give credit where credit is due.

A golden key can open any door.

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

More haste, less speed.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A thing begun is half done.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

He who hesitates is lost.

The customer is always right.

Ignorance is bliss.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

What goes around comes around.

No pain, no gain.

Truth will out.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Actions speak louder than words.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

History repeats itself.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

East, west, home's best.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life begins at forty.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You are never too old to learn.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

No rest for the wicked.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Faith will move mountains.

Everyone has their price.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Money isn't everything.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Look before you leap.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Better safe than sorry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Each to their own.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't win them all.

Don't rock the boat.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Speak as you find.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Cheats never prosper.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It never rains but it pours.

First come, first served.

Give the Devil his due.

It goes without saying.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Great minds think alike.

A house is not a home.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Go the extra mile.

Might is right.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Crime doesn't pay.

One hand washes the other.

Life is what you make it.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You win some, you lose some.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Live and learn.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Slow but sure.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The show must go on.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Quid pro quo.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Better late than never.

Pride comes before a fall.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes two to tango.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let well alone.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

There's one born every minute.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Honesty is the best policy.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't take it with you.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Revenge is sweet.

A good man is hard to find.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Bad money drives out good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love makes the world go round.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Moderation in all things.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't always get what you want.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A cat has nine lives.

A watched pot never boils.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Less is more.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Haste makes waste.

Accidents will happen.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Business before pleasure.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let bygones be bygones.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

East is east, and west is west.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Only fools and horses work.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Walls have ears.

Talk is cheap.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Get out while the getting is good.

Only the good die young.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If you build it, they will come.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's an exception to every rule.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Patience is a virtue.

Variety is the spice of life.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's no place like home.

The truth will out.

Opposites attract.

Every stick has two ends.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It takes one to know one.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All good things come to those that wait.

Less said, soon mended.

All things must pass.

Wonders will never cease.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

First things first.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A poor worker blames the tools.

No man can serve two masters.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Knowledge is power.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Many hands make light work.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Little pitchers have big ears.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

For everything there is a season.

Love is blind.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There are two sides to every question.

It's all grist to the mill.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A word to the wise is enough.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Seize the day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Half a loaf is better than none.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Time is money.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

The more the merrier.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Tomorrow never comes.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Hide in plain sight.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

No man is an island.

It's never too late to mend.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Bad news travels fast.

Time will tell.

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

Still waters run deep.

Misery loves company.

Good things come to those who wait.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The best defence is a good offence.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Money talks.

Fight fire with fire.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Third time lucky.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Practice what you preach.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Seeing is believing.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Share and share alike.

Dead men tell no tales.

Procrastination is the thief of time.