Make love not war.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Time is a great healer.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Good things come in small packages.

Let well alone.

Don't get mad, get even.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Slow but sure.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Walls have ears.

Better safe than sorry.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No pain, no gain.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love is blind.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You are what you eat.

Big fish eat little fish.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The best things in life are free.

Life is what you make it.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Waste not, want not.

What goes around comes around.

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

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The bigger, the better.

Another day, another dollar.

Beware the Ides of March.

Bad money drives out good.

All that glitters is not gold.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's better to give than to receive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Different strokes for different folks.

Get out while the getting is good.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no smoke without fire.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

You can't win them all.

No man can serve two masters.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Time is money.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Silence is golden.

Count your blessings.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The more the merrier.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Physician, heal thyself.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Give the Devil his due.

First things first.

Variety is the spice of life.

Pearls of wisdom.

There are two sides to every question.

Make haste slowly.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Clothes do not make the man.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Haste makes waste.

There is honour among thieves.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No news is good news.

Charity begins at home.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Always put your best foot forward.

Actions speak louder than words.

A watched pot never boils.

Dead men tell no tales.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Many hands make light work.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

The end justifies the means.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

For everything there is a season.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Hide in plain sight.

The show must go on.

It's the singer not the song.

Ignorance is bliss.

Even a worm will turn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love will find a way.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Money isn't everything.

The age of miracles is past.

A thing begun is half done.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Only the good die young.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Accidents will happen.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good talk saves the food.

Two heads are better than one.

To the victor go the spoils.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

If you build it, they will come.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The early bird gets the worm.

Nothing new under the sun.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Live and let live.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Small things amuse small minds.

Speak as you find.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Only fools and horses work.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

All things must pass.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Still waters run deep.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Look before you leap.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nine tailors make a man.

A cat may look at a king.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Less said, soon mended.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

There's no place like home.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Let the buyer beware.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The wages of sin is death.

Misery loves company.

It takes one to know one.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Talk is cheap.

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

A house is not a home.

Crime doesn't pay.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A fish always rots from the head.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Hope springs eternal.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Seeing is believing.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A word to the wise is enough.

All you need is love.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Moderation in all things.

Seize the day.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

There's one born every minute.

More haste, less speed.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Enough is enough.

Honesty is the best policy.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't rock the boat.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

First impressions are the most lasting.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time will tell.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You win some, you lose some.

Like father, like son.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You reap what you sow.

Better late than never.

Live and learn.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All's well that ends well.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Practice makes perfect.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Any port in a storm.

Faith will move mountains.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let bygones be bygones.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Easy come, easy go.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's all grist to the mill.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time flies.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Great minds think alike.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Money talks.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Silence construes consent.

Truth will out.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

History repeats itself.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Third time lucky.

The truth will out.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

First come, first served.

Every dog has its day.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All good things come to those that wait.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Home is where the heart is.

Oil and water don't mix.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Knowledge is power.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Bad news travels fast.

The Devil is in the details.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

To every thing there is a season.

Quid pro quo.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It takes two to tango.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Revenge is sweet.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

What goes up must come down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

No man is an island.

Cheats never prosper.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

East, west, home's best.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Seek and you shall find.

Less is more.

Each to their own.

It goes without saying.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Life begins at forty.

You can't take it with you.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's never too late to mend.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A man is known by his friends.

Go the extra mile.

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

The customer is always right.

One good deed deserves another.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love is blind.

All good things must come to an end.

Everyone has their price.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.