Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time is money.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Once bitten, twice shy.

An army marches on its stomach.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Nine tailors make a man.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The show must go on.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All things must pass.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Misery loves company.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Put your best foot forward.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Practice makes perfect.

Walls have ears.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All's fair in love and war.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Truth will out.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Easy come, easy go.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never go to bed on an argument.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's the singer not the song.

Business before pleasure.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Love makes the world go round.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

A man is known by his friends.

There's no smoke without fire.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There is honour among thieves.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

No pain, no gain.

The bigger, the better.

Quid pro quo.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Enough is enough.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Many hands make light work.

Better late than never.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Speak as you find.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You are what you eat.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

Third time lucky.

Time will tell.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Every dog has its day.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Money makes the world go round.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't rock the boat.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Home is where the heart is.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Honesty is the best policy.

A good man is hard to find.

While there is life, there is hope.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Look before you leap.

The best things in life are free.

Might is right.

Love will find a way.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Make love not war.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You are never too old to learn.

Accidents will happen.

Good things come to those who wait.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Silence is golden.

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

Slow but sure.

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

There's safety in numbers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Go the extra mile.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

No man is an island.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Let well alone.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Live and let live.

Give the Devil his due.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The more the merrier.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It takes two to tango.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Opposites attract.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beware the Ides of March.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

The customer is always right.

All's well that ends well.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No news is good news.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Nothing new under the sun.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All publicity is good publicity.

Laughter is the best medicine.

No man can serve two masters.

He who hesitates is lost.

Good talk saves the food.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Always put your best foot forward.

Live and learn.

Persuasion is better than force.

The best defence is a good offence.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You reap what you sow.

More haste, less speed.

Any port in a storm.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Each to their own.

East, west, home's best.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

First things first.

Curiosity killed the cat.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A golden key can open any door.

The truth will out.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Fight the good fight.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Still waters run deep.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Count your blessings.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Time flies.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

All the world loves a lover.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

For everything there is a season.

Every stick has two ends.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Patience is a virtue.

It's never too late to mend.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All good things must come to an end.

First come, first served.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Money isn't everything.

It never rains but it pours.

Time and tide wait for no one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Waste not, want not.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Ignorance is bliss.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Silence construes consent.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Only fools and horses work.

Revenge is sweet.

Love is blind.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Get out while the getting is good.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life is what you make it.

There are two sides to every question.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Another day, another dollar.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Great minds think alike.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A stitch in time saves nine.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cheats never prosper.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Give credit where credit is due.

Seeing is believing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The leopard does not change his spots.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

East is east, and west is west.

Life begins at forty.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's no time like the present.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Less said, soon mended.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Everyone has their price.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Dead men tell no tales.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Only the good die young.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A cat may look at a king.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The Devil is in the details.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

An man's home is his castle.

Bad money drives out good.

History repeats itself.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Hide in plain sight.

Talk is cheap.

Knowledge is power.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Paddle your own canoe.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A bad penny always turns up.

The end justifies the means.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

A cat has nine lives.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Wonders will never cease.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A fish always rots from the head.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Clothes do not make the man.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A word to the wise is enough.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Horses for courses.

Make haste slowly.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The exception which proves the rule.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

What goes around comes around.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A house is not a home.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's all grist to the mill.

Practice what you preach.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fight fire with fire.

Virtue is its own reward.

Two heads are better than one.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Money talks.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Moderation in all things.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.