The leopard does not change his spots.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

No man is an island.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let the buyer beware.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't get mad, get even.

Ignorance is bliss.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Third time lucky.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Speak as you find.

The wages of sin is death.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Every dog has its day.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Seeing is believing.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Practice what you preach.

Haste makes waste.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Silence construes consent.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Time flies.

Let bygones be bygones.

Put your best foot forward.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Less said, soon mended.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's no fool like an old fool.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Each to their own.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Live and learn.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't throw good money after bad.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Seize the day.

Manners maketh the man.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

While there is life, there is hope.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A thing begun is half done.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Walls have ears.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To every thing there is a season.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

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

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

All you need is love.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't win them all.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

All publicity is good publicity.

It never rains but it pours.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Truth will out.

Slow but sure.

You are what you eat.

All things must pass.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Let well alone.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Time will tell.

Better safe than sorry.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The best things in life are free.

Everyone has their price.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Pride comes before a fall.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hide in plain sight.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It's all grist to the mill.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Keep your chin up.

Love makes the world go round.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Love is blind.

The Devil is in the details.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Tomorrow is another day.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Only fools and horses work.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Good things come in small packages.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Money isn't everything.

Revenge is sweet.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Out of sight, out of mind.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Talk is cheap.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The exception which proves the rule.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Charity begins at home.

Any port in a storm.

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

Horses for courses.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

More haste, less speed.

The best defence is a good offence.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

You are never too old to learn.

Nine tailors make a man.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Silence is golden.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's never too late to mend.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Even a worm will turn.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A house is not a home.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

It's best to be on the safe side.

What goes up must come down.

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

Misery loves company.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Virtue is its own reward.

There's no time like the present.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you build it, they will come.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Look before you leap.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The show must go on.

Another day, another dollar.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A bad penny always turns up.

Great minds think alike.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

It goes without saying.

One good deed deserves another.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There's safety in numbers.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Learn to walk before you run.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

For everything there is a season.

Dead men tell no tales.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Faith will move mountains.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no smoke without fire.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't rock the boat.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Different strokes for different folks.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Always put your best foot forward.

Less is more.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Practice makes perfect.

Count your blessings.

There's no place like home.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's better to give than to receive.

East is east, and west is west.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The end justifies the means.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The age of miracles is past.

A stitch in time saves nine.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A watched pot never boils.

Still waters run deep.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Forgive and forget.

Business before pleasure.

You reap what you sow.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Life begins at forty.

Love will find a way.

Make haste slowly.

Oil and water don't mix.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Go the extra mile.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

No pain, no gain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There's one born every minute.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time and tide wait for no one.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It takes one to know one.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fight fire with fire.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

First things first.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All's fair in love and war.

A good man is hard to find.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Moderation in all things.

Fight the good fight.

A golden key can open any door.

All good things come to those that wait.

Opposites attract.

Big fish eat little fish.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Quid pro quo.

Live and let live.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Good talk saves the food.

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

East, west, home's best.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You can't take it with you.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Might is right.

First come, first served.

The Devil looks after his own.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Like father, like son.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Keep your powder dry.

Time is a great healer.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Time will tell.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

A fish always rots from the head.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Knowledge is power.

Cheats never prosper.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Clothes do not make the man.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Life is what you make it.

It takes two to tango.

All's well that ends well.

Hope springs eternal.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Accidents will happen.

Time is money.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The more the merrier.

You can't make bricks without straw.

No news is good news.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Patience is a virtue.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Man does not live by bread alone.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Make love not war.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

He who hesitates is lost.