You can have too much of a good thing.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Give credit where credit is due.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Accidents will happen.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It takes one to know one.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Money isn't everything.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

A word to the wise is enough.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Bad news travels fast.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's never too late to mend.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

A thing begun is half done.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every dog has its day.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's one born every minute.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Better late than never.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

One hand washes the other.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Knowledge is power.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Share and share alike.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your chin up.

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

You can't take it with you.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Life begins at forty.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Faith will move mountains.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The Devil is in the details.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

For everything there is a season.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Nothing new under the sun.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The best things in life are free.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Charity begins at home.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's no place like home.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Put your best foot forward.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Live and learn.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Fight the good fight.

All's fair in love and war.

A man is known by his friends.

Great minds think alike.

Love makes the world go round.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time flies.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Seeing is believing.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Good things come in small packages.

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

The truth will out.

Appearances can be deceptive.

All you need is love.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Quid pro quo.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

No man is an island.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Misery loves company.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Make haste slowly.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All publicity is good publicity.

If you can't be good, be careful.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Silence construes consent.

Seek and you shall find.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's the singer not the song.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Needs must when the devil drives.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Bad money drives out good.

Like father, like son.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It goes without saying.

Never speak ill of the dead.

The early bird gets the worm.

An army marches on its stomach.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't get mad, get even.

Cheats never prosper.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Ignorance is bliss.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never tell tales out of school.

Tomorrow never comes.

No man can serve two masters.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Paddle your own canoe.

Money talks.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Give the Devil his due.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Physician, heal thyself.

Speak as you find.

Don't rock the boat.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The show must go on.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A house is not a home.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

You reap what you sow.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

No pain, no gain.

Let well alone.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

There's safety in numbers.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The bigger, the better.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Big fish eat little fish.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A watched pot never boils.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A golden key can open any door.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

First things first.

Less is more.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Even a worm will turn.

A good man is hard to find.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A cat may look at a king.

Love is blind.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Look before you leap.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Beware the Ides of March.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Honesty is the best policy.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

God helps those who help themselves.

All good things come to those that wait.

Everyone has their price.

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

You can't win them all.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It never rains but it pours.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Count your blessings.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Talk is cheap.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes two to tango.

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

An man's home is his castle.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Any port in a storm.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

No news is good news.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

What goes up must come down.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Slow and steady wins the race.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Time is a great healer.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only the good die young.

The customer is always right.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Money is the root of all evil.

While there is life, there is hope.

You win some, you lose some.

The age of miracles is past.

Make love not war.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Dead men tell no tales.

There's no time like the present.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

History repeats itself.

Waste not, want not.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

First come, first served.

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

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

Walls have ears.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Practice what you preach.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Pride comes before a fall.

Hope springs eternal.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Better safe than sorry.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

More haste, less speed.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love will find a way.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fight fire with fire.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Blood is thicker than water.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Never go to bed on an argument.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Two heads are better than one.

A fish always rots from the head.

Every picture tells a story.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A bad penny always turns up.

Third time lucky.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All things must pass.

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

Seize the day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Another day, another dollar.

Business before pleasure.

You are never too old to learn.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Enough is enough.

Fortune favours the brave.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In the midst of life we are in death.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Time will tell.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Get out while the getting is good.

Truth will out.

Every stick has two ends.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Horses for courses.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's no smoke without fire.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Keep your powder dry.

The end justifies the means.

Moderation in all things.

It's better to give than to receive.

The more the merrier.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Slow but sure.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

One good deed deserves another.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Each to their own.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Hide in plain sight.

Easy come, easy go.

Time is money.

Opposites attract.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Many hands make light work.

Always put your best foot forward.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

If the cap fits, wear it.

What goes around comes around.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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