A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One good deed deserves another.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Home is where the heart is.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

There are two sides to every question.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Haste makes waste.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Like father, like son.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

While there is life, there is hope.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Even a worm will turn.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Truth will out.

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

Time is a great healer.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's one born every minute.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Clothes do not make the man.

What goes around comes around.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Honesty is the best policy.

Seeing is believing.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Talk is cheap.

Let the buyer beware.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A house is not a home.

There's no time like the present.

Pearls of wisdom.

Love makes the world go round.

Every dog has its day.

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

Waste not, want not.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Practice what you preach.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

The end justifies the means.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Money talks.

All you need is love.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Every picture tells a story.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Variety is the spice of life.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It goes without saying.

No news is good news.

Let bygones be bygones.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There is honour among thieves.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The customer is always right.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

No rest for the wicked.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Slow but sure.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Opposites attract.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't rock the boat.

An army marches on its stomach.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Life begins at forty.

Walls have ears.

Let well alone.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

If you build it, they will come.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Charity begins at home.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Make love not war.

It takes two to tango.

Life is what you make it.

It's never too late to mend.

Beware the Ides of March.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tomorrow never comes.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You are never too old to learn.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't get mad, get even.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Look before you leap.

All the world loves a lover.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A man is known by his friends.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

For everything there is a season.

Fight fire with fire.

Live and learn.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Time and tide wait for no one.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Seize the day.

The show must go on.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All things must pass.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

You can't take it with you.

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

The more the merrier.

There's no smoke without fire.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Hope springs eternal.

East, west, home's best.

No man is an island.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Manners maketh the man.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

You reap what you sow.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Bad money drives out good.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Live and let live.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Horses for courses.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil looks after his own.

Silence is golden.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Actions speak louder than words.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A watched pot never boils.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Speak as you find.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's all grist to the mill.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Time flies.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money isn't everything.

Third time lucky.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

More haste, less speed.

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

Many hands make light work.

Love is blind.

It takes one to know one.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You are what you eat.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

No pain, no gain.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Better late than never.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Put your best foot forward.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Share and share alike.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Another day, another dollar.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Time is money.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Quid pro quo.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

He who hesitates is lost.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Make haste slowly.

Crime doesn't pay.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Physician, heal thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Seek and you shall find.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Patience is a virtue.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Accidents will happen.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

You can't win them all.

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

All's well that ends well.

You win some, you lose some.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Forgive and forget.

Better safe than sorry.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Less said, soon mended.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Big fish eat little fish.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Each to their own.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Oil and water don't mix.

Misery loves company.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Only the good die young.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Less is more.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Business before pleasure.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Go the extra mile.

The truth will out.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

A cat may look at a king.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Easy come, easy go.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Nothing new under the sun.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

It never rains but it pours.

One hand washes the other.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All roads lead to Rome.

The early bird gets the worm.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Persuasion is better than force.

God helps those who help themselves.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Good things come in small packages.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Great minds think alike.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Tomorrow is another day.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

To every thing there is a season.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Might is right.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hide in plain sight.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The wages of sin is death.

Two heads are better than one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All good things come to those that wait.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

East is east, and west is west.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Christmas comes but once a year.

All publicity is good publicity.