No man is an island.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

He who hesitates is lost.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad news travels fast.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Slow but sure.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no place like home.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

There's no smoke without fire.

The wages of sin is death.

Life is what you make it.

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

Home is where the heart is.

The show must go on.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your chin up.

A man is known by his friends.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Love will find a way.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Let the buyer beware.

Let the dead bury the dead.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All's fair in love and war.

Forgive and forget.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The exception which proves the rule.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Better late than never.

Great minds think alike.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Money is the root of all evil.

Virtue is its own reward.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's the singer not the song.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All things must pass.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

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

You are what you eat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A bad penny always turns up.

Accidents will happen.

Keep your powder dry.

Walls have ears.

Nine tailors make a man.

First things first.

Bad money drives out good.

The end justifies the means.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You can't always get what you want.

Money talks.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There is honour among thieves.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

First come, first served.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Time will tell.

An army marches on its stomach.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Enough is enough.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Big fish eat little fish.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The truth will out.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

It takes two to tango.

It never rains but it pours.

There's one born every minute.

All publicity is good publicity.

Horses for courses.

It takes one to know one.

Don't rock the boat.

Truth will out.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Love makes the world go round.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

East, west, home's best.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

When one door shuts, another opens.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The more the merrier.

Everyone has their price.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

All you need is love.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Oil and water don't mix.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Time is a great healer.

Revenge is sweet.

You can't take it with you.

The Devil looks after his own.

Crime doesn't pay.

Misery loves company.

Even a worm will turn.

No news is good news.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Less is more.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Each to their own.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

What goes up must come down.

Never tell tales out of school.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A word to the wise is enough.

Time and tide wait for no one.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All the world loves a lover.

To the victor go the spoils.

You win some, you lose some.

Actions speak louder than words.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Money isn't everything.

Knowledge is power.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fight the good fight.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

What goes around comes around.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Manners maketh the man.

Life begins at forty.

Live and let live.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Silence is golden.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A thing begun is half done.

It's all grist to the mill.

The bigger, the better.

A cat may look at a king.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't get mad, get even.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

God helps those who help themselves.

Practice what you preach.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope springs eternal.

Patience is a virtue.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Good talk saves the food.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Seeing is believing.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You can't win them all.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It goes without saying.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Many hands make light work.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Live and learn.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Haste makes waste.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Opposites attract.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

More haste, less speed.

Waste not, want not.

Fight fire with fire.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Cheats never prosper.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Time flies.

One hand washes the other.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Only the good die young.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Learn to walk before you run.

Better safe than sorry.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It's never too late to mend.

Paddle your own canoe.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Make love not war.

The early bird gets the worm.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let well alone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Time is money.

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Any port in a storm.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

If you build it, they will come.

East is east, and west is west.

There's no time like the present.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every stick has two ends.

While there is life, there is hope.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Get out while the getting is good.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Might is right.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Like father, like son.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Wonders will never cease.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One good deed deserves another.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Make haste slowly.

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

Love is blind.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Fortune favours the brave.

All roads lead to Rome.

All good things must come to an end.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

You reap what you sow.

Seek and you shall find.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All's well that ends well.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Still waters run deep.

Two heads are better than one.

Seize the day.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Honesty is the best policy.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

No pain, no gain.

Faith will move mountains.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There is no accounting for tastes.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Good things come in small packages.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Good things come to those who wait.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Every dog has its day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The Devil is in the details.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

History repeats itself.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's better to give than to receive.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Moderation in all things.

Silence construes consent.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There are two sides to every question.

No rest for the wicked.

Count your blessings.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Another day, another dollar.