Jack of all trades, master of none.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Every dog has its day.

Enough is enough.

All's well that ends well.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Even a worm will turn.

A cat may look at a king.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It takes one to know one.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Slow but sure.

Hope springs eternal.

Crime doesn't pay.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

First impressions are the most lasting.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Silence construes consent.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

First come, first served.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

East is east, and west is west.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The end justifies the means.

The wages of sin is death.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

For everything there is a season.

Manners maketh the man.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Never tell tales out of school.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The more the merrier.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Live and learn.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Christmas comes but once a year.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Love is blind.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Another day, another dollar.

The customer is always right.

History repeats itself.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Waste not, want not.

Fight the good fight.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

No news is good news.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Paddle your own canoe.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Make haste slowly.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't win them all.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The age of miracles is past.

Beware the Ides of March.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Look before you leap.

Cheats never prosper.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Less said, soon mended.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Forgive and forget.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

What goes up must come down.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One good deed deserves another.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All things must pass.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Moderation in all things.

Practice what you preach.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Silence is golden.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Misery loves company.

Like father, like son.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The Devil is in the details.

Seek and you shall find.

Practice makes perfect.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Physician, heal thyself.

You win some, you lose some.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no time like the present.

No rest for the wicked.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Time will tell.

A house is not a home.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

There's no place like home.

Truth will out.

Time flies.

Don't rock the boat.

It's never too late to mend.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

No pain, no gain.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Variety is the spice of life.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Persuasion is better than force.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Life begins at forty.

Better safe than sorry.

There's one born every minute.

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

Make love not war.

Good talk saves the food.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The bigger, the better.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

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

Go the extra mile.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A poor worker blames the tools.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A good man is hard to find.

The show must go on.

Get out while the getting is good.

Live and let live.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't get mad, get even.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't take it with you.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Speak as you find.

In the midst of life we are in death.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Better late than never.

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

Each to their own.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Money isn't everything.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is money.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life is what you make it.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Still waters run deep.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bad news travels fast.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Opposites attract.

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

East, west, home's best.

While there is life, there is hope.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Everyone has their price.

A thing begun is half done.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The best defence is a good offence.

A fish always rots from the head.

Pearls of wisdom.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Horses for courses.

Many hands make light work.

All roads lead to Rome.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All's fair in love and war.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Clothes do not make the man.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

An man's home is his castle.

Share and share alike.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Every stick has two ends.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Quid pro quo.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

You are what you eat.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Talk is cheap.

Accidents will happen.

Business before pleasure.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Out of sight, out of mind.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There are two sides to every question.

Patience is a virtue.

Time is a great healer.

Good things come in small packages.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Dead men tell no tales.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Virtue is its own reward.

All that glitters is not gold.

Only the good die young.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Attack is the best form of defence.

To the victor go the spoils.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Charity begins at home.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hide in plain sight.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Fortune favours the brave.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

No man can serve two masters.

Give the Devil his due.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You are never too old to learn.

Let the buyer beware.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Third time lucky.

The Devil looks after his own.

All publicity is good publicity.

First things first.

All good things must come to an end.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It takes two to tango.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Might is right.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's safety in numbers.

Fight fire with fire.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Walls have ears.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All the world loves a lover.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Money talks.

Seeing is believing.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

What goes around comes around.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Great minds think alike.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Every picture tells a story.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

All you need is love.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Oil and water don't mix.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't always get what you want.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The truth will out.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Big fish eat little fish.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Easy come, easy go.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Love will find a way.

Any port in a storm.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Wonders will never cease.

Let bygones be bygones.

Nothing succeeds like success.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The exception which proves the rule.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best things in life are free.

Forewarned is forearmed.

There is honour among thieves.

A golden key can open any door.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let well alone.

A word to the wise is enough.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Give credit where credit is due.

If you build it, they will come.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

More haste, less speed.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Procrastination is the thief of time.