There's no time like the present.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

He who hesitates is lost.

No pain, no gain.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't win them all.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Horses for courses.

Better late than never.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Love makes the world go round.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Virtue is its own reward.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

God helps those who help themselves.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

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

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Put your best foot forward.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Haste makes waste.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Time is money.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Life begins at forty.

All the world loves a lover.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Time will tell.

Beware the Ides of March.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Great minds think alike.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Speak as you find.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

To every thing there is a season.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

A word to the wise is enough.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Might is right.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Make love not war.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Everyone has their price.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A cat has nine lives.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The customer is always right.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Bad money drives out good.

Faith will move mountains.

Nine tailors make a man.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You can't take it with you.

The exception which proves the rule.

Quid pro quo.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Appearances can be deceptive.

No man can serve two masters.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's one born every minute.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

No rest for the wicked.

Oil and water don't mix.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A house is not a home.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Silence is golden.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You reap what you sow.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Look before you leap.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Honesty is the best policy.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

First come, first served.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Slow but sure.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Less is more.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Only the good die young.

Physician, heal thyself.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Different strokes for different folks.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

The truth will out.

Fight the good fight.

Variety is the spice of life.

Love is blind.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Persuasion is better than force.

You are what you eat.

Waste not, want not.

A man is known by his friends.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Each to their own.

Never tell tales out of school.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Charity begins at home.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Actions speak louder than words.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Money isn't everything.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Pride comes before a fall.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Practice what you preach.

Cheats never prosper.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Live and let live.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

East is east, and west is west.

You are never too old to learn.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Seize the day.

An man's home is his castle.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Only fools and horses work.

The Devil is in the details.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

All good things must come to an end.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Even a worm will turn.

Time flies.

Every stick has two ends.

It goes without saying.

If you build it, they will come.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Moderation in all things.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Shrouds have no pockets.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

No man is an island.

Less said, soon mended.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

What goes around comes around.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Practice makes perfect.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Every dog has its day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes two to tango.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Enough is enough.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let the buyer beware.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't always get what you want.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fortune favours the brave.

Misery loves company.

It's the singer not the song.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Opposites attract.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Good things come to those who wait.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

A thing begun is half done.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Seeing is believing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't rock the boat.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The best things in life are free.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Talk is cheap.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It takes one to know one.

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

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money talks.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Wonders will never cease.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The bigger, the better.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Good things come in small packages.

All's fair in love and war.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The early bird gets the worm.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Keep your chin up.

Make haste slowly.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Third time lucky.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can have too much of a good thing.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All good things come to those that wait.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Good talk saves the food.

A bad penny always turns up.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The more the merrier.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Still waters run deep.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Go the extra mile.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First things first.

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

There are two sides to every question.

You win some, you lose some.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Life is what you make it.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There is honour among thieves.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Every picture tells a story.

An army marches on its stomach.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

East, west, home's best.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Pearls of wisdom.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

No news is good news.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All you need is love.

Small things amuse small minds.

The end justifies the means.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Live and learn.

A golden key can open any door.

While there is life, there is hope.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Dead men tell no tales.

Like father, like son.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Business before pleasure.

The show must go on.

Knowledge is power.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fight fire with fire.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love will find a way.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

For everything there is a season.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A new broom sweeps clean.

History repeats itself.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Still waters run deep.

Seek and you shall find.

One good deed deserves another.

There's safety in numbers.