Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

For everything there is a season.

Let the buyer beware.

Home is where the heart is.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One hand washes the other.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Practice makes perfect.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

No news is good news.

Make love not war.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A thing begun is half done.

Nine tailors make a man.

There's no place like home.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Truth will out.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A fish always rots from the head.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Time will tell.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Look before you leap.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No man is an island.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes one to know one.

The bigger, the better.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fight fire with fire.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

History repeats itself.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Wonders will never cease.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It takes two to tango.

Clothes do not make the man.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Speak as you find.

It never rains but it pours.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The Devil is in the details.

Every picture tells a story.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All the world loves a lover.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Money talks.

Haste makes waste.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Revenge is sweet.

The customer is always right.

Different strokes for different folks.

Might is right.

Seize the day.

God helps those who help themselves.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Actions speak louder than words.

Horses for courses.

Money isn't everything.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The show must go on.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Youth is wasted on the young.

To the victor go the spoils.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Virtue is its own reward.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Big fish eat little fish.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

An man's home is his castle.

Every stick has two ends.

East is east, and west is west.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Waste not, want not.

You win some, you lose some.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A leopard can't change its spots.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't get mad, get even.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Make haste slowly.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Slow but sure.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Bad money drives out good.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Manners maketh the man.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Persuasion is better than force.

There are two sides to every question.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Give credit where credit is due.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The early bird gets the worm.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Life is what you make it.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Forgive and forget.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Practice what you preach.

A bad penny always turns up.

Let bygones be bygones.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

No pain, no gain.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A good man is hard to find.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All things must pass.

While there is life, there is hope.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Fortune favours the brave.

Live and let live.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Accidents will happen.

The more the merrier.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Get out while the getting is good.

Enough is enough.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

There's no time like the present.

You can have too much of a good thing.

More haste, less speed.

Third time lucky.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There is honour among thieves.

Charity begins at home.

Only fools and horses work.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Time is money.

Paddle your own canoe.

The end justifies the means.

Time flies.

You reap what you sow.

Cheats never prosper.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Good talk saves the food.

One good deed deserves another.

Easy come, easy go.

Everyone has their price.

Hide in plain sight.

All you need is love.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Each to their own.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Any port in a storm.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Opposites attract.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Count your blessings.

Silence construes consent.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Fight the good fight.

Misery loves company.

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

Silence is golden.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Still waters run deep.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Nothing new under the sun.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't rock the boat.

Dead men tell no tales.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Share and share alike.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Good things come to those who wait.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It goes without saying.

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

A house is not a home.

Live and learn.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't win them all.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Only the good die young.

Business before pleasure.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's an exception to every rule.

Talk is cheap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Great minds think alike.

Tomorrow is another day.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can't take it with you.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Knowledge is power.

What goes up must come down.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

A golden key can open any door.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The age of miracles is past.

Time is a great healer.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Walls have ears.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

All roads lead to Rome.

Moderation in all things.

The truth will out.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beware the Ides of March.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Less is more.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Every dog has its day.

Pearls of wisdom.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's no smoke without fire.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You are never too old to learn.

Even a worm will turn.

East, west, home's best.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The best things in life are free.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Love will find a way.

The wages of sin is death.

Quid pro quo.

Laughter is the best medicine.

What goes around comes around.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love is blind.

First come, first served.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

A word to the wise is enough.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Crime doesn't pay.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Seek and you shall find.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Two heads are better than one.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's one born every minute.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Better safe than sorry.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

First things first.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A cat has nine lives.

Physician, heal thyself.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Life begins at forty.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A cat may look at a king.

Grief divided is made lighter.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's the singer not the song.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.