A cat has nine lives.

Speak as you find.

You are never too old to learn.

A man is known by his friends.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Two heads are better than one.

Haste makes waste.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love makes the world go round.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

No man is an island.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

What goes up must come down.

It's the singer not the song.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Make haste slowly.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Blood is thicker than water.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nine tailors make a man.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A good man is hard to find.

There's no time like the present.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Virtue is its own reward.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The best is the enemy of the good.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Wonders will never cease.

No pain, no gain.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Seize the day.

Fight fire with fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give credit where credit is due.

History repeats itself.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Knowledge is power.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money makes the world go round.

There are two sides to every question.

The bigger, the better.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's never too late to mend.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Walls have ears.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

All's fair in love and war.

East is east, and west is west.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Waste not, want not.

Money talks.

Don't rock the boat.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Like father, like son.

Only the good die young.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Make love not war.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Money isn't everything.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

More haste, less speed.

Money is the root of all evil.

Silence construes consent.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

For everything there is a season.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nothing new under the sun.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

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

The show must go on.

A word to the wise is enough.

Truth will out.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Good things come in small packages.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Bad money drives out good.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A fish always rots from the head.

If you build it, they will come.

The end justifies the means.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let the buyer beware.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You are what you eat.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Everyone has their price.

There's one born every minute.

Might is right.

Needs must when the devil drives.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Charity begins at home.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A golden key can open any door.

Life begins at forty.

There's safety in numbers.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Put your best foot forward.

Let well alone.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Faith will move mountains.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There is honour among thieves.

First things first.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Revenge is sweet.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

First come, first served.

The early bird gets the worm.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Different strokes for different folks.

The truth will out.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The customer is always right.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Life is what you make it.

Cheats never prosper.

Seek and you shall find.

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

The best things in life are free.

An army marches on its stomach.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Physician, heal thyself.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Home is where the heart is.

One hand washes the other.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice makes perfect.

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

East, west, home's best.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You can't make bricks without straw.

To every thing there is a season.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A cat may look at a king.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love is blind.

Actions speak louder than words.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A house is not a home.

Tomorrow never comes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Still waters run deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Slow but sure.

It takes two to tango.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It goes without saying.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

No man can serve two masters.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The age of miracles is past.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All you need is love.

Crime doesn't pay.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Fight the good fight.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Any port in a storm.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Less is more.

Manners maketh the man.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Seeing is believing.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

All's well that ends well.

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

What goes around comes around.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Look before you leap.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fortune favours the brave.

Pearls of wisdom.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes one to know one.

There's no smoke without fire.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every stick has two ends.

He who hesitates is lost.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Ignorance is bliss.

Accidents will happen.

If the cap fits, wear it.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

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

Live and let live.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The Devil is in the details.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It never rains but it pours.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Time is a great healer.

All that glitters is not gold.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

No news is good news.

Practice what you preach.

Love will find a way.

Forgive and forget.

Clothes do not make the man.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

All good things must come to an end.

Pride comes before a fall.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Moderation in all things.

The more the merrier.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Silence is golden.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Give the Devil his due.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's an exception to every rule.

Get out while the getting is good.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Better safe than sorry.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Never tell tales out of school.

Good talk saves the food.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Time is money.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Keep your powder dry.

Great minds think alike.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Time will tell.

Every dog has its day.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

You reap what you sow.

Third time lucky.

Talk is cheap.

Quid pro quo.

Opposites attract.

All things must pass.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Keep your chin up.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no place like home.

Better late than never.

You can't win them all.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Share and share alike.