Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You are what you eat.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Money makes the world go round.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The exception which proves the rule.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Give the Devil his due.

What goes around comes around.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It goes without saying.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Practice makes perfect.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Another day, another dollar.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never tell tales out of school.

Speak as you find.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Always put your best foot forward.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Misery loves company.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Get out while the getting is good.

An army marches on its stomach.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Time and tide wait for no one.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

First things first.

No news is good news.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You win some, you lose some.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A watched pot never boils.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time flies.

A golden key can open any door.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Like father, like son.

Any port in a storm.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

First come, first served.

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

Still waters run deep.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Virtue is its own reward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

He who hesitates is lost.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's no smoke without fire.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Go the extra mile.

The best things in life are free.

Beware the Ides of March.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

It takes one to know one.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

The show must go on.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

What goes up must come down.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Different strokes for different folks.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Hide in plain sight.

Seize the day.

Blood is thicker than water.

All the world loves a lover.

Better late than never.

Fight the good fight.

It's the singer not the song.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

The wages of sin is death.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Opposites attract.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Might is right.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Clothes do not make the man.

It's better to give than to receive.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

God helps those who help themselves.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Live and learn.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Crime doesn't pay.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Many hands make light work.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Tomorrow never comes.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All's fair in love and war.

Charity begins at home.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Money isn't everything.

Keep your powder dry.

Time is money.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Third time lucky.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The bigger, the better.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Once a thief, always a thief.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There are two sides to every question.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

The end justifies the means.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Life is what you make it.

Only the good die young.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Honesty is the best policy.

Everyone has their price.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

First impressions are the most lasting.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

For everything there is a season.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

Hope springs eternal.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

What can't be cured must be endured.

The customer is always right.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

To the victor go the spoils.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Talk is cheap.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Seeing is believing.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A cat may look at a king.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't get mad, get even.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Every dog has its day.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Make haste slowly.

Less said, soon mended.

You are never too old to learn.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Less is more.

You can't always get what you want.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's an exception to every rule.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you build it, they will come.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let well alone.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Nine tailors make a man.

All that glitters is not gold.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your chin up.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Oil and water don't mix.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A man is known by his friends.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Better safe than sorry.

The early bird gets the worm.

Put your best foot forward.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Quid pro quo.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Only fools and horses work.

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

More haste, less speed.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

All good things must come to an end.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Actions speak louder than words.

Cheats never prosper.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Manners maketh the man.

All things must pass.

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

All you need is love.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's no time like the present.

Life begins at forty.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The more the merrier.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love is blind.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Handsome is as handsome does.

No pain, no gain.

Slow but sure.

Moderation in all things.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't take it with you.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Waste not, want not.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't win them all.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Silence is golden.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's safety in numbers.

Seek and you shall find.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

History repeats itself.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A house is not a home.

The age of miracles is past.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Fight fire with fire.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Silence construes consent.

Look before you leap.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Tomorrow is another day.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Good talk saves the food.

Big fish eat little fish.

Money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Count your blessings.

Each to their own.

Love makes the world go round.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All's well that ends well.

Bad money drives out good.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Enough is enough.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Great minds think alike.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There's no place like home.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Time will tell.

Live and let live.

The truth will out.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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.

Business before pleasure.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A cat has nine lives.

Time is a great healer.

Fortune favours the brave.

Patience is a virtue.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nothing new under the sun.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Make love not war.

Practice what you preach.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Even a worm will turn.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.