A fish always rots from the head.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A cat may look at a king.

Home is where the heart is.

Every dog has its day.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Time flies.

Tomorrow never comes.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

There's no smoke without fire.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't win them all.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Persuasion is better than force.

Keep your powder dry.

A thing begun is half done.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Accidents will happen.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Talk is cheap.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Give credit where credit is due.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

East is east, and west is west.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Still waters run deep.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

First things first.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Love is blind.

Time is money.

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

Silence is golden.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A house is not a home.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Virtue is its own reward.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Quid pro quo.

Never tell tales out of school.

Good talk saves the food.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's better to give than to receive.

Horses for courses.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Waste not, want not.

Hide in plain sight.

Practice makes perfect.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The early bird gets the worm.

No news is good news.

Let the buyer beware.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

There's no place like home.

Live and let live.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

He who hesitates is lost.

An army marches on its stomach.

It takes one to know one.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Each to their own.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

The customer is always right.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The age of miracles is past.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Love will find a way.

Two heads are better than one.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Love makes the world go round.

You win some, you lose some.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Business before pleasure.

Make haste slowly.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A man is known by his friends.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The truth will out.

Patience is a virtue.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Enough is enough.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best defence is a good offence.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bigger, the better.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Count your blessings.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's all grist to the mill.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

You are what you eat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A bad penny always turns up.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

The more the merrier.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't rock the boat.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

First come, first served.

One hand washes the other.

God helps those who help themselves.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Share and share alike.

Life is what you make it.

It never rains but it pours.

Easy come, easy go.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There is honour among thieves.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

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

Might is right.

Knowledge is power.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Children should be seen and not heard.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All things must pass.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

There's one born every minute.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Hope springs eternal.

Crime doesn't pay.

Seeing is believing.

Moderation in all things.

Physician, heal thyself.

Another day, another dollar.

Variety is the spice of life.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let well alone.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No rest for the wicked.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Opposites attract.

Silence construes consent.

Good things come to those who wait.

Blood is thicker than water.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All roads lead to Rome.

Pride comes before a fall.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

History repeats itself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Any port in a storm.

Slow but sure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's the singer not the song.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cheats never prosper.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All publicity is good publicity.

A good man is hard to find.

Misery loves company.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Ignorance is bliss.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All good things come to those that wait.

Fortune favours the brave.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Money talks.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Slow and steady wins the race.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Forgive and forget.

You can't take it with you.

No man is an island.

There's safety in numbers.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Even a worm will turn.

Life begins at forty.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

You reap what you sow.

There are two sides to every question.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

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

It goes without saying.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The end justifies the means.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Truth will out.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Bad money drives out good.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't change horses in midstream.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Like father, like son.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It takes two to tango.

Time will tell.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All's fair in love and war.

An man's home is his castle.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Third time lucky.

What goes around comes around.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many hands make light work.

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

The best things in life are free.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Make love not war.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time is a great healer.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Always put your best foot forward.

To every thing there is a season.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Keep your chin up.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Practice what you preach.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Only fools and horses work.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Less is more.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

For everything there is a season.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One swallow does not a summer make.

No pain, no gain.

Go the extra mile.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No man can serve two masters.

Live and learn.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Money is the root of all evil.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Only the good die young.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Seek and you shall find.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Look before you leap.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wonders will never cease.

All good things must come to an end.

Fight the good fight.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Beware the Ides of March.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Put your best foot forward.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Better late than never.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Better safe than sorry.

All the world loves a lover.

Every stick has two ends.

Charity begins at home.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Better late than never.

Give the Devil his due.