One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Every picture tells a story.

For everything there is a season.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Speak as you find.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All good things must come to an end.

Get out while the getting is good.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The show must go on.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Horses for courses.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It never rains but it pours.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Every dog has its day.

Misery loves company.

Forewarned is forearmed.

What goes around comes around.

The Devil looks after his own.

If the cap fits, wear it.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Knowledge is power.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Like father, like son.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All you need is love.

No man is an island.

A house is not a home.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It goes without saying.

Good talk saves the food.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's the singer not the song.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let the buyer beware.

Look before you leap.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The more the merrier.

Money isn't everything.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Third time lucky.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Two heads are better than one.

To the victor go the spoils.

All the world loves a lover.

Easy come, easy go.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Many hands make light work.

Haste makes waste.

Cold hands, warm heart.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

An man's home is his castle.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Accidents will happen.

Everyone has their price.

Seeing is believing.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's one born every minute.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You are never too old to learn.

You can't take it with you.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A word to the wise is enough.

Manners maketh the man.

Give the Devil his due.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Wonders will never cease.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Hope springs eternal.

You can't always get what you want.

Learn to walk before you run.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The best defence is a good offence.

Go the extra mile.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The truth will out.

Each to their own.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Truth will out.

Might is right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Enough is enough.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes one to know one.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Opposites attract.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No man can serve two masters.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Crime doesn't pay.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You can't win them all.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Time flies.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Better late than never.

The age of miracles is past.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Another day, another dollar.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Paddle your own canoe.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Cheats never prosper.

All that glitters is not gold.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

First come, first served.

All things must pass.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Clothes do not make the man.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Share and share alike.

First things first.

Tomorrow is another day.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It's never too late to mend.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Moderation in all things.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

What goes up must come down.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's no place like home.

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

No pain, no gain.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Love is blind.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Pride comes before a fall.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

You are what you eat.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

God helps those who help themselves.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

Time is money.

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Any port in a storm.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Talk is cheap.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

More haste, less speed.

Blood is thicker than water.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A good man is hard to find.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Physician, heal thyself.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beware the Ides of March.

A bad penny always turns up.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's an exception to every rule.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money talks.

Life begins at forty.

Make love not war.

Let well alone.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A cat has nine lives.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There are two sides to every question.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

Seize the day.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Live and let live.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time is a great healer.

Great minds think alike.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The exception which proves the rule.

The best things in life are free.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

One hand washes the other.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

It takes two to tango.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Count your blessings.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Less said, soon mended.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

You reap what you sow.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's all grist to the mill.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

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

Charity begins at home.

Time will tell.

Love will find a way.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Still waters run deep.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Quid pro quo.

It's better to give than to receive.

Always put your best foot forward.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Seek and you shall find.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All's well that ends well.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The end justifies the means.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Practice what you preach.

Live and learn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

An army marches on its stomach.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Persuasion is better than force.

Marriages are made in heaven.

All publicity is good publicity.

No rest for the wicked.

Ignorance is bliss.

Waste not, want not.

There's no time like the present.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Bad news travels fast.

Silence is golden.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Hide in plain sight.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Different strokes for different folks.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A watched pot never boils.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Patience is a virtue.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The customer is always right.

Virtue is its own reward.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

The wages of sin is death.

A golden key can open any door.

The bigger, the better.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Keep your chin up.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.