Time and tide wait for no one.

Nothing new under the sun.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Another day, another dollar.

You can't take it with you.

There's safety in numbers.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's no smoke without fire.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Everyone has their price.

Live and let live.

Go the extra mile.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Practice makes perfect.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Silence is golden.

The exception which proves the rule.

Misery loves company.

The wages of sin is death.

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

The customer is always right.

Share and share alike.

Clothes do not make the man.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

No pain, no gain.

Seize the day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

An man's home is his castle.

Silence construes consent.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Beware the Ides of March.

Big fish eat little fish.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It takes one to know one.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It goes without saying.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It takes two to tango.

Dead men tell no tales.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you build it, they will come.

All good things must come to an end.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never tell tales out of school.

The more the merrier.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Charity begins at home.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Manners maketh the man.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Bad money drives out good.

Speak as you find.

One hand washes the other.

Count your blessings.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Truth will out.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There is no accounting for tastes.

All publicity is good publicity.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All you need is love.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Enough is enough.

First impressions are the most lasting.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Virtue is its own reward.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Small things amuse small minds.

Pride comes before a fall.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The truth will out.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's no time like the present.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Each to their own.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A bad penny always turns up.

East is east, and west is west.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Less is more.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Faith will move mountains.

For everything there is a season.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

Money talks.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Haste makes waste.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Might is right.

Give the Devil his due.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The early bird gets the worm.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Learn to walk before you run.

Physician, heal thyself.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Look before you leap.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Practice what you preach.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

God helps those who help themselves.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Seeing is believing.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Third time lucky.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nine tailors make a man.

Actions speak louder than words.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Every dog has its day.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

To every thing there is a season.

Every stick has two ends.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't change horses in midstream.

All things must pass.

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

Love is blind.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Moderation in all things.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Two heads are better than one.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The best things in life are free.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't rock the boat.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

East, west, home's best.

Opposites attract.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

No man is an island.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time is money.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Life begins at forty.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Even a worm will turn.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Get out while the getting is good.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

It never rains but it pours.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Money makes the world go round.

Keep your powder dry.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Forgive and forget.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

Love makes the world go round.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Children should be seen and not heard.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Talk is cheap.

Quid pro quo.

Still waters run deep.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A miss is as good as a mile.

An army marches on its stomach.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

First things first.

Life is what you make it.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

More haste, less speed.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Only the good die young.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Waste not, want not.

Pearls of wisdom.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Wonders will never cease.

Time will tell.

Give credit where credit is due.

He who hesitates is lost.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't get mad, get even.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All's fair in love and war.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You are never too old to learn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

Accidents will happen.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Money isn't everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Crime doesn't pay.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No rest for the wicked.

A thing begun is half done.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You reap what you sow.

Easy come, easy go.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Live and learn.

Great minds think alike.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

There are two sides to every question.

The Devil looks after his own.

The bigger, the better.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Variety is the spice of life.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Better safe than sorry.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Money is the root of all evil.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

A watched pot never boils.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your chin up.

What goes around comes around.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

It's never too late to mend.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A cat has nine lives.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A fish always rots from the head.

The best defence is a good offence.

Love will find a way.

There's no place like home.

Only fools and horses work.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Patience is a virtue.

You are what you eat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Ignorance is bliss.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bad news travels fast.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The end justifies the means.

There's one born every minute.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

Let well alone.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't always get what you want.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Fight the good fight.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

No news is good news.

Time flies.

Always put your best foot forward.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's an exception to every rule.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Better late than never.

The show must go on.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Many hands make light work.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Less said, soon mended.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A person is known by the company they keep.

One good deed deserves another.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's best to be on the safe side.

All roads lead to Rome.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Good talk saves the food.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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