Don't shoot the messenger.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Patience is a virtue.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Small things amuse small minds.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

An army marches on its stomach.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Hide in plain sight.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

He who hesitates is lost.

No rest for the wicked.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Never speak ill of the dead.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't rock the boat.

Life begins at forty.

Seeing is believing.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Look before you leap.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A good man is hard to find.

For everything there is a season.

Quid pro quo.

What goes up must come down.

Don't get mad, get even.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Ignorance is bliss.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Accidents will happen.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There is honour among thieves.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Give the Devil his due.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Bad money drives out good.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

History repeats itself.

Practice what you preach.

The end justifies the means.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A bad penny always turns up.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Easy come, easy go.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's best to be on the safe side.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A fish always rots from the head.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Strike while the iron is hot.

You are what you eat.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Like father, like son.

Clothes do not make the man.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

There's no place like home.

Get out while the getting is good.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A cat may look at a king.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Less is more.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Forgive and forget.

Opposites attract.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It never rains but it pours.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

What goes around comes around.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Crime doesn't pay.

Waste not, want not.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money isn't everything.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

No man can serve two masters.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't win them all.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Bad news travels fast.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Count your blessings.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Paddle your own canoe.

It's never too late to mend.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's the singer not the song.

Oil and water don't mix.

Charity begins at home.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Money is the root of all evil.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Knowledge is power.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Cheats never prosper.

Variety is the spice of life.

Enough is enough.

If you build it, they will come.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love is blind.

All good things must come to an end.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Good talk saves the food.

It's better to give than to receive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

First things first.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bigger, the better.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time is a great healer.

In the midst of life we are in death.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Moderation in all things.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The Devil looks after his own.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Every dog has its day.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A cat has nine lives.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It takes two to tango.

Less said, soon mended.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Share and share alike.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never tell tales out of school.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best defence is a good offence.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

No news is good news.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All things must pass.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

East, west, home's best.

You can't take it with you.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Two heads are better than one.

Time flies.

A dog is a man's best friend.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

All you need is love.

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

The truth will out.

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

Everyone has their price.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Actions speak louder than words.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Any port in a storm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

No man is an island.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The customer is always right.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The Devil is in the details.

Fight fire with fire.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You win some, you lose some.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Still waters run deep.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Great minds think alike.

There's no smoke without fire.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Let the buyer beware.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

First come, first served.

Persuasion is better than force.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Every picture tells a story.

Misery loves company.

It goes without saying.

Keep your powder dry.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Better safe than sorry.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

No pain, no gain.

One hand washes the other.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You reap what you sow.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All that glitters is not gold.

Time is money.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Tomorrow never comes.

Business before pleasure.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Keep your chin up.

All's well that ends well.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Walls have ears.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live and learn.

Revenge is sweet.

God helps those who help themselves.

A house is not a home.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The best things in life are free.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Dead men tell no tales.

Make love not war.

Truth will out.

Talk is cheap.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

East is east, and west is west.

Only the good die young.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Silence construes consent.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Each to their own.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

To the victor go the spoils.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Home is where the heart is.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Haste makes waste.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It takes one to know one.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

One good deed deserves another.

Make haste slowly.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Let bygones be bygones.

Virtue is its own reward.

All roads lead to Rome.

Live and let live.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A man is known by his friends.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Beware the Ides of March.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Better late than never.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The age of miracles is past.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Seize the day.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Seek and you shall find.

Time will tell.

The show must go on.

Silence is golden.

The early bird gets the worm.

Good things come to those who wait.

Always put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Life is what you make it.

While there is life, there is hope.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A word to the wise is enough.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Love will find a way.

Money talks.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Let well alone.

The wages of sin is death.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Big fish eat little fish.

The more the merrier.

Let well alone.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

One good deed deserves another.