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

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Ignorance is bliss.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Big fish eat little fish.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's no time like the present.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Count your blessings.

Love is blind.

Seek and you shall find.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Third time lucky.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The best things in life are free.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Business before pleasure.

Slow but sure.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Keep your chin up.

Tomorrow is another day.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Hope springs eternal.

Truth will out.

Let bygones be bygones.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All things must pass.

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

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Time is a great healer.

Money isn't everything.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All you need is love.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Actions speak louder than words.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Wonders will never cease.

Moderation in all things.

Life is what you make it.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Accidents will happen.

Pearls of wisdom.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Love makes the world go round.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It goes without saying.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

Time is money.

Look before you leap.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Oil and water don't mix.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

One good deed deserves another.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Share and share alike.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

It's never too late to mend.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Everyone has their price.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Paddle your own canoe.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't take it with you.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Shrouds have no pockets.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Less said, soon mended.

Revenge is sweet.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There are two sides to every question.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The exception which proves the rule.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

There's one born every minute.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Seize the day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Honesty is the best policy.

There's a time and a place for everything.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Every dog has its day.

Appearances can be deceptive.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Time will tell.

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Good talk saves the food.

There's an exception to every rule.

Opposites attract.

Only fools and horses work.

No man is an island.

Misery loves company.

Many hands make light work.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The end justifies the means.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Silence is golden.

Money makes the world go round.

Give credit where credit is due.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

More haste, less speed.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Good things come in small packages.

There's safety in numbers.

Horses for courses.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All roads lead to Rome.

Better safe than sorry.

It's all grist to the mill.

Bad news travels fast.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The more the merrier.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Silence construes consent.

If you build it, they will come.

Two heads are better than one.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

While there is life, there is hope.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

No news is good news.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

East, west, home's best.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

History repeats itself.

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

Live and let live.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The show must go on.

What goes around comes around.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Walls have ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No pain, no gain.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A good man is hard to find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Forgive and forget.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Practice what you preach.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

What goes up must come down.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Strike while the iron is hot.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Patience is a virtue.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It takes two to tango.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Enough is enough.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Seeing is believing.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Talk is cheap.

Charity begins at home.

Variety is the spice of life.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Keep your powder dry.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Make love not war.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

You are what you eat.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let the dead bury the dead.

An army marches on its stomach.

Make haste slowly.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Live and learn.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Beware the Ides of March.

A watched pot never boils.

You reap what you sow.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All's fair in love and war.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All the world loves a lover.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cheats never prosper.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Every picture tells a story.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It takes one to know one.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

First things first.

The customer is always right.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Like father, like son.

Still waters run deep.

There's no smoke without fire.

Nine tailors make a man.

Love will find a way.

Every stick has two ends.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Great minds think alike.

Pride comes before a fall.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Even a worm will turn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Always put your best foot forward.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

He who hesitates is lost.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Tomorrow never comes.

Haste makes waste.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The Devil is in the details.

No rest for the wicked.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't win them all.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Might is right.

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

Better late than never.

Time flies.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Money talks.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Quid pro quo.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fortune favours the brave.

First come, first served.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A man is known by his friends.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

All's well that ends well.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You are never too old to learn.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Don't rock the boat.

The best defence is a good offence.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fight the good fight.

Don't throw good money after bad.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Clothes do not make the man.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Persuasion is better than force.

Give the Devil his due.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

One swallow does not a summer make.

An man's home is his castle.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Dead men tell no tales.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Easy come, easy go.

Any port in a storm.

Let well alone.

Don't get mad, get even.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Knowledge is power.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A cat has nine lives.