Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Everyone has their price.

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

Horses for courses.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A cat has nine lives.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Talk is cheap.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Opposites attract.

Let bygones be bygones.

Love makes the world go round.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The more the merrier.

Might is right.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Variety is the spice of life.

Seeing is believing.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

No news is good news.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

There are two sides to every question.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's one born every minute.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Misery loves company.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Love is blind.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

You are never too old to learn.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

What can't be cured must be endured.

East is east, and west is west.

Hope springs eternal.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

It's the singer not the song.

Enough is enough.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

For everything there is a season.

Wonders will never cease.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Cheats never prosper.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Even a worm will turn.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Like father, like son.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All's fair in love and war.

Less said, soon mended.

Share and share alike.

Physician, heal thyself.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

All publicity is good publicity.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

To every thing there is a season.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

East, west, home's best.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It's better to give than to receive.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Get out while the getting is good.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Good talk saves the food.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

God helps those who help themselves.

What goes around comes around.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Slow but sure.

Different strokes for different folks.

Business before pleasure.

Money talks.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Live and let live.

Only fools and horses work.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Good things come to those who wait.

Better safe than sorry.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Every stick has two ends.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The Devil is in the details.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't get mad, get even.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A word to the wise is enough.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Walls have ears.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

Time is money.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The show must go on.

Faith will move mountains.

Life is what you make it.

The age of miracles is past.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

No man is an island.

Quid pro quo.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't win them all.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Love will find a way.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Nothing new under the sun.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Oil and water don't mix.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Live and learn.

You can't take it with you.

Life begins at forty.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A house is not a home.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Let well alone.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It goes without saying.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes two to tango.

Every dog has its day.

Two heads are better than one.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

He who hesitates is lost.

Money isn't everything.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Make haste slowly.

A man is known by his friends.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Time is a great healer.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no place like home.

Home is where the heart is.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

No pain, no gain.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Keep your powder dry.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The wages of sin is death.

There's no smoke without fire.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Every picture tells a story.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All the world loves a lover.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The bigger, the better.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Knowledge is power.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Less is more.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A thing begun is half done.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A bad penny always turns up.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Charity begins at home.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

You reap what you sow.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

No rest for the wicked.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Crime doesn't pay.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Seize the day.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's all grist to the mill.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All good things must come to an end.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

An army marches on its stomach.

More haste, less speed.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Good fences make good neighbours.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil looks after his own.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

First come, first served.

A watched pot never boils.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A good man is hard to find.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

The end justifies the means.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Only the good die young.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Third time lucky.

It takes one to know one.

Make love not war.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

You win some, you lose some.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Hide in plain sight.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Beware the Ides of March.

No man can serve two masters.

Keep your chin up.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

The truth will out.

You are what you eat.

Truth will out.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Great minds think alike.

All you need is love.

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

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

The customer is always right.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Forgive and forget.

Look before you leap.

There's safety in numbers.

Count your blessings.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

One good deed deserves another.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Patience is a virtue.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Manners maketh the man.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's no time like the present.

There's an exception to every rule.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's never too late to mend.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Bad news travels fast.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Better late than never.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A fish always rots from the head.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Ignorance is bliss.

Time will tell.

Many hands make light work.

Give the Devil his due.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

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

Virtue is its own reward.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Paddle your own canoe.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't always get what you want.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All things must pass.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The best is the enemy of the good.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best things in life are free.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time flies.

Go the extra mile.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Silence is golden.

First things first.