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

No rest for the wicked.

All you need is love.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Go the extra mile.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Everyone has their price.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can't always get what you want.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Misery loves company.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The best is the enemy of the good.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Forgive and forget.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A man is known by his friends.

There's safety in numbers.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Time will tell.

Accidents will happen.

A picture paints a thousand words.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Seeing is believing.

Better late than never.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

Blood is thicker than water.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No pain, no gain.

The more the merrier.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Less is more.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Charity begins at home.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

Better safe than sorry.

East is east, and west is west.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Live and learn.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Speak as you find.

Small things amuse small minds.

A new broom sweeps clean.

One hand washes the other.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Opposites attract.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Make haste slowly.

Crime doesn't pay.

Pearls of wisdom.

Easy come, easy go.

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

What goes around comes around.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't get mad, get even.

The exception which proves the rule.

Attack is the best form of defence.

First things first.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You win some, you lose some.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All good things must come to an end.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Every dog has its day.

You can't take it with you.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The bigger, the better.

Dead men tell no tales.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The best things in life are free.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

You can't win them all.

Little pitchers have big ears.

First come, first served.

You reap what you sow.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

You are never too old to learn.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Count your blessings.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Silence is golden.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Virtue is its own reward.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Talk is cheap.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Only fools and horses work.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A cat may look at a king.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The customer is always right.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It takes one to know one.

Good talk saves the food.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Enough is enough.

There's one born every minute.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Bad money drives out good.

Physician, heal thyself.

Get out while the getting is good.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Home is where the heart is.

Give the Devil his due.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no place like home.

Live and let live.

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

Haste makes waste.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A thing begun is half done.

Keep your powder dry.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Only the good die young.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

All's well that ends well.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Less said, soon mended.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Truth will out.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Love will find a way.

Business before pleasure.

All good things come to those that wait.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Love makes the world go round.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

East, west, home's best.

To every thing there is a season.

Third time lucky.

All the world loves a lover.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Time is a great healer.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Clothes do not make the man.

To the victor go the spoils.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The best defence is a good offence.

Horses for courses.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Manners maketh the man.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

The truth will out.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Tomorrow is another day.

Slow but sure.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good things come to those who wait.

Still waters run deep.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you build it, they will come.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Silence construes consent.

The show must go on.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Share and share alike.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A golden key can open any door.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Like father, like son.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

God helps those who help themselves.

Time flies.

Each to their own.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fight fire with fire.

Give credit where credit is due.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Oil and water don't mix.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No man is an island.

Two heads are better than 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.

It's all grist to the mill.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Hope springs eternal.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The wages of sin is death.

Even a worm will turn.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Seek and you shall find.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Every picture tells a story.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Bad news travels fast.

A house is not a home.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Waste not, want not.

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

Money makes the world go round.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It goes without saying.

Walls have ears.

Ignorance is bliss.

Seize the day.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

There's no time like the present.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Money talks.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Big fish eat little fish.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

He who hesitates is lost.

It's never too late to mend.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The end justifies the means.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

It takes two to tango.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's the singer not the song.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

All things must pass.

Great minds think alike.

History repeats itself.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No news is good news.

Keep your chin up.

A good man is hard to find.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Paddle your own canoe.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Moderation in all things.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fight the good fight.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't make bricks without straw.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A miss is as good as a mile.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Practice what you preach.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's better to give than to receive.

Look before you leap.

The Devil is in the details.

Love is blind.

Life begins at forty.

Don't blow your own trumpet.