One hand washes the other.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The truth will out.

Life begins at forty.

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Go the extra mile.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fight fire with fire.

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

You can't take it with you.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It never rains but it pours.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't get mad, get even.

Only the good die young.

You win some, you lose some.

God helps those who help themselves.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Money makes the world go round.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Nine tailors make a man.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Love will find a way.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The early bird gets the worm.

A watched pot never boils.

All roads lead to Rome.

Time is money.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

For everything there is a season.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

An man's home is his castle.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time flies.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Love makes the world go round.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't always get what you want.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Less is more.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Keep your chin up.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Put your best foot forward.

Many hands make light work.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One good deed deserves another.

Give credit where credit is due.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Knowledge is power.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's all grist to the mill.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Charity begins at home.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

No rest for the wicked.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A word to the wise is enough.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The Devil looks after his own.

No news is good news.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You reap what you sow.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes one to know one.

Walls have ears.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Like father, like son.

There's one born every minute.

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

To every thing there is a season.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Faith will move mountains.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Seeing is believing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's an exception to every rule.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Crime doesn't pay.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Enough is enough.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Opposites attract.

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

History repeats itself.

The show must go on.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You are what you eat.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

All good things must come to an end.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Time is a great healer.

Variety is the spice of life.

What goes around comes around.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Great minds think alike.

Good talk saves the food.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Truth will out.

It's the singer not the song.

The best defence is a good offence.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Revenge is sweet.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Every picture tells a story.

Practice what you preach.

Seize the day.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Everyone has their price.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The Devil is in the details.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Third time lucky.

There's no smoke without fire.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Accidents will happen.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

It takes two to tango.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The best things in life are free.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Two heads are better than one.

An army marches on its stomach.

Nothing new under the sun.

First things first.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Manners maketh the man.

Beware the Ides of March.

There's no place like home.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Good things come in small packages.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Make haste slowly.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

No man can serve two masters.

Better late than never.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Let well alone.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Practice makes perfect.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

If you build it, they will come.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Easy come, easy go.

Wonders will never cease.

Less said, soon mended.

Oil and water don't mix.

East, west, home's best.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Tomorrow never comes.

East is east, and west is west.

Look before you leap.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Big fish eat little fish.

Bad news travels fast.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Money talks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Hide in plain sight.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Live and let live.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

First come, first served.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The end justifies the means.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Fortune favours the brave.

No man is an island.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The customer is always right.

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

Silence construes consent.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Every stick has two ends.

The exception which proves the rule.

Life is what you make it.

Misery loves company.

Live and learn.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

There's safety in numbers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Count your blessings.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't win them all.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Moderation in all things.

All you need is love.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Silence is golden.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

To the victor go the spoils.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All that glitters is not gold.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Speak as you find.

A thing begun is half done.

There's no time like the present.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Fight the good fight.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Every dog has its day.

A cat has nine lives.

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

A house is not a home.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bigger, the better.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Physician, heal thyself.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Clothes do not make the man.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Only fools and horses work.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Blood is thicker than water.

Another day, another dollar.

A golden key can open any door.

All things must pass.

Time will tell.

Love is blind.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Slow but sure.

Might is right.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Pride comes before a fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Waste not, want not.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Always put your best foot forward.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Haste makes waste.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

No pain, no gain.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Quid pro quo.

A man is known by his friends.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Even a worm will turn.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The wages of sin is death.

Good things come to those who wait.

Money isn't everything.