A bad penny always turns up.

Knowledge is power.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Children should be seen and not heard.

What goes up must come down.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes two to tango.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The end justifies the means.

Pearls of wisdom.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Never tell tales out of school.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Might is right.

What goes around comes around.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Learn to walk before you run.

All good things come to those that wait.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Money is the root of all evil.

Moderation in all things.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

First things first.

Everyone has their price.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

No pain, no gain.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A watched pot never boils.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A cat has nine lives.

It goes without saying.

Time will tell.

Put your best foot forward.

Misery loves company.

Don't change horses in midstream.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Hide in plain sight.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't take it with you.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

More haste, less speed.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A thing begun is half done.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Easy come, easy go.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Haste makes waste.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let well alone.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All the world loves a lover.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Fortune favours the brave.

You win some, you lose some.

Truth will out.

Bad news travels fast.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Patience is a virtue.

Horses for courses.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Business before pleasure.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Charity begins at home.

Practice what you preach.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Quid pro quo.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Less said, soon mended.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

A man is known by his friends.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

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

Like father, like son.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A word to the wise is enough.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

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

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Let bygones be bygones.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

No man is an island.

Seeing is believing.

Time is money.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A good man is hard to find.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Another day, another dollar.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Still waters run deep.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Physician, heal thyself.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Stupid is as stupid does.

To every thing there is a season.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

One good deed deserves another.

Every stick has two ends.

One hand washes the other.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Life is what you make it.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

East, west, home's best.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Third time lucky.

Nothing new under the sun.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Each to their own.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money isn't everything.

Good things come to those who wait.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Less is more.

All you need is love.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's no time like the present.

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

The wages of sin is death.

You reap what you sow.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fight the good fight.

Share and share alike.

A golden key can open any door.

A miss is as good as a mile.

No rest for the wicked.

Manners maketh the man.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Forgive and forget.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

No news is good news.

You are never too old to learn.

Nine tailors make a man.

It never rains but it pours.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

All roads lead to Rome.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Make love not war.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't rock the boat.

It takes one to know one.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Look before you leap.

It's the singer not the song.

History repeats itself.

Practice makes perfect.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

He who hesitates is lost.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The customer is always right.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You are what you eat.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

The bigger, the better.

An army marches on its stomach.

If you build it, they will come.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Accidents will happen.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The more the merrier.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Keep your chin up.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All things must pass.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

To the victor go the spoils.

Every picture tells a story.

Slow but sure.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Hope springs eternal.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Count your blessings.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Different strokes for different folks.

Enough is enough.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Every dog has its day.

The show must go on.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

There's no place like home.

The exception which proves the rule.

A fish always rots from the head.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's an exception to every rule.

Better safe than sorry.

Speak as you find.

A cat may look at a king.

Time flies.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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

Love is blind.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Ignorance is bliss.

Forewarned is forearmed.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The best things in life are free.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It's never too late to mend.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

Waste not, want not.

Virtue is its own reward.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Seize the day.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's all grist to the mill.

Walls have ears.

Live and learn.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Small things amuse small minds.

The Devil is in the details.

Talk is cheap.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fight fire with fire.

Handsome is as handsome does.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wonders will never cease.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Oil and water don't mix.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cheats never prosper.

Make haste slowly.

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

There's one born every minute.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Any port in a storm.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Good talk saves the food.

Tomorrow is another day.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Faith will move mountains.

Great minds think alike.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Crime doesn't pay.

Life begins at forty.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Paddle your own canoe.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All publicity is good publicity.

Beware the Ides of March.

Revenge is sweet.

Better late than never.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Clothes do not make the man.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Silence construes consent.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Variety is the spice of life.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beauty is only skin deep.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Bad money drives out good.

Time is a great healer.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Money talks.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A house is not a home.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Many hands make light work.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All good things must come to an end.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.