Ignorance is bliss.

All good things come to those that wait.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Seeing is believing.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Each to their own.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The best things in life are free.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Practice makes perfect.

There's safety in numbers.

Charity begins at home.

It goes without saying.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's best to be on the safe side.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Bad money drives out good.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

Enough is enough.

Talk is cheap.

A fish always rots from the head.

Silence is golden.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Make haste slowly.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The truth will out.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's the singer not the song.

Wonders will never cease.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A watched pot never boils.

No news is good news.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Never tell tales out of school.

The exception which proves the rule.

Forgive and forget.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Live and let live.

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

Time will tell.

The show must go on.

Seek and you shall find.

A man is known by his friends.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Keep your chin up.

Go the extra mile.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

All publicity is good publicity.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's never too late to mend.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Virtue is its own reward.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Blood is thicker than water.

It never rains but it pours.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All good things must come to an end.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

While there is life, there is hope.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't rock the boat.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no time like the present.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no place like home.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

Fight fire with fire.

Learn to walk before you run.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Walls have ears.

Put your best foot forward.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You win some, you lose some.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

Truth will out.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't win them all.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Less is more.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Might is right.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's better to give than to receive.

Time is money.

Get out while the getting is good.

A bad penny always turns up.

Time flies.

Physician, heal thyself.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A house is not a home.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Moderation in all things.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Less said, soon mended.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Easy come, easy go.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A golden key can open any door.

There is honour among thieves.

Two heads are better than one.

It takes one to know one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Money isn't everything.

Actions speak louder than words.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Knowledge is power.

Love makes the world go round.

You can't take it with you.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Every picture tells a story.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Seize the day.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

What goes up must come down.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Every stick has two ends.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Every dog has its day.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

What goes around comes around.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You are never too old to learn.

Speak as you find.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Business before pleasure.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All's well that ends well.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

Love is blind.

You are what you eat.

A cat may look at a king.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A good man is hard to find.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Misery loves company.

Love will find a way.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

He who hesitates is lost.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Dead men tell no tales.

Money talks.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Great minds think alike.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Only fools and horses work.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Hide in plain sight.

Marriages are made in heaven.

East, west, home's best.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

There's no smoke without fire.

Even a worm will turn.

No man can serve two masters.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It takes two to tango.

An army marches on its stomach.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Still waters run deep.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Waste not, want not.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Better late than never.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Haste makes waste.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

If you build it, they will come.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Slow but sure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Any port in a storm.

Oil and water don't mix.

Bad news travels fast.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Give credit where credit is due.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The Devil is in the details.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Third time lucky.

Nine tailors make a man.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Life begins at forty.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Life is what you make it.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Fight the good fight.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All roads lead to Rome.

More haste, less speed.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

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

No man is an island.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Time is a great healer.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Silence construes consent.

Different strokes for different folks.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Make love not war.

Only the good die young.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You reap what you sow.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

To the victor go the spoils.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Revenge is sweet.

Another day, another dollar.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

To every thing there is a season.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

First come, first served.

The end justifies the means.

The customer is always right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Home is where the heart is.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The more the merrier.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Live and learn.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All things must pass.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Share and share alike.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

First things first.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Horses for courses.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't always get what you want.

One hand washes the other.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's one born every minute.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Look before you leap.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let well alone.

East is east, and west is west.