Virtue is its own reward.

It's never too late to mend.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Big fish eat little fish.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Truth will out.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Better late than never.

Talk is cheap.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't win them all.

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

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

No man can serve two masters.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Dead men tell no tales.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the buyer beware.

Like father, like son.

First things first.

Moderation in all things.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

What goes up must come down.

It's all grist to the mill.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Life begins at forty.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fortune favours the brave.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A cat may look at a king.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Put your best foot forward.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A cat has nine lives.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All the world loves a lover.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Love will find a way.

The Devil is in the details.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Look before you leap.

Might is right.

Ignorance is bliss.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It's better to give than to receive.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Go the extra mile.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Hope springs eternal.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Haste makes waste.

Keep your chin up.

Seek and you shall find.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Share and share alike.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every picture tells a story.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hide in plain sight.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Everyone has their price.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blood is thicker than water.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Still waters run deep.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Love is blind.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Beggars can't be choosers.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Tomorrow is another day.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

When one door shuts, another opens.

A man is known by his friends.

First come, first served.

Let bygones be bygones.

No news is good news.

Make haste slowly.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Bad money drives out good.

Money makes the world go round.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Once bitten, twice shy.

East is east, and west is west.

It takes two to tango.

There's no smoke without fire.

The age of miracles is past.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't take it with you.

Pride comes before a fall.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Make love not war.

Children and fools tell the truth.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A golden key can open any door.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's safety in numbers.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The customer is always right.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nothing new under the sun.

All publicity is good publicity.

Another day, another dollar.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The end justifies the means.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Silence construes consent.

Walls have ears.

Physician, heal thyself.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The early bird gets the worm.

One good deed deserves another.

The truth will out.

All things must pass.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Seize the day.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Cheats never prosper.

To every thing there is a season.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

For everything there is a season.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

Great minds think alike.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Charity begins at home.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A fish always rots from the head.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

There's no place like home.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Live and let live.

While there is life, there is hope.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Good things come to those who wait.

Only fools and horses work.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A bad penny always turns up.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The bigger, the better.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's one born every minute.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Horses for courses.

You are what you eat.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Opposites attract.

Forgive and forget.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Manners maketh the man.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Enough is enough.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

More haste, less speed.

Money talks.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Slow but sure.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Practice what you preach.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It never rains but it pours.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Faith will move mountains.

Life is what you make it.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Less is more.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

To the victor go the spoils.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You win some, you lose some.

No pain, no gain.

Bad news travels fast.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Speak as you find.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Honesty is the best policy.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no time like the present.

Every stick has two ends.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An man's home is his castle.

Always put your best foot forward.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The best things in life are free.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Time is a great healer.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time is money.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

All you need is love.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Variety is the spice of life.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Count your blessings.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never tell tales out of school.

There are two sides to every question.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't get mad, get even.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

It goes without saying.

Many hands make light work.

Give the Devil his due.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Live and learn.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The wages of sin is death.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The exception which proves the rule.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Each to their own.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Quid pro quo.

Time will tell.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beware the Ides of March.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You reap what you sow.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Fight the good fight.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let well alone.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Silence is golden.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Third time lucky.

Love makes the world go round.

Two heads are better than one.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Easy come, easy go.

If the cap fits, wear it.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Pearls of wisdom.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's the singer not the song.

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

East, west, home's best.

Knowledge is power.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Any port in a storm.