Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Truth will out.

Good things come in small packages.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An man's home is his castle.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A fish always rots from the head.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It never rains but it pours.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Haste makes waste.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Money is the root of all evil.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A good man is hard to find.

Great minds think alike.

Beware the Ides of March.

No rest for the wicked.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Life is what you make it.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Faith will move mountains.

Clothes do not make the man.

East is east, and west is west.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If you build it, they will come.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You can't always get what you want.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Manners maketh the man.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Love is blind.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Oil and water don't mix.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Better late than never.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Speak as you find.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

To the victor go the spoils.

First things first.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The end justifies the means.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Let well alone.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Still waters run deep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Might is right.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

No man can serve two masters.

Horses for courses.

Another day, another dollar.

Learn to walk before you run.

Easy come, easy go.

Let bygones be bygones.

Business before pleasure.

Seize the day.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Each to their own.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Big fish eat little fish.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Talk is cheap.

Only fools and horses work.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Life begins at forty.

Silence is golden.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The more the merrier.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

God helps those who help themselves.

Persuasion is better than force.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Even a worm will turn.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Accidents will happen.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Charity begins at home.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The customer is always right.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You are never too old to learn.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't take it with you.

Practice what you preach.

Go the extra mile.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's the singer not the song.

The bigger, the better.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Opposites attract.

Bad money drives out good.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Walls have ears.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's no time like the present.

One good deed deserves another.

Live and let live.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A house is not a home.

All publicity is good publicity.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Give the Devil his due.

Home is where the heart is.

A cat has nine lives.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Tomorrow never comes.

Keep your chin up.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

It's never too late to mend.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Time is a great healer.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Wonders will never cease.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Slow but sure.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Nine tailors make a man.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Small things amuse small minds.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Ignorance is bliss.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Love makes the world go round.

Give credit where credit is due.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Possession is nine points of the law.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make love not war.

There's one born every minute.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Live and learn.

Misery loves company.

What goes up must come down.

More haste, less speed.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Like father, like son.

Less is more.

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

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

The best things in life are free.

A watched pot never boils.

All things must pass.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The age of miracles is past.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It takes one to know one.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

The Devil is in the details.

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

There are two sides to every question.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Tomorrow is another day.

One hand washes the other.

Time is money.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Appearances can be deceptive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Only the good die young.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Any port in a storm.

Silence construes consent.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Seek and you shall find.

To every thing there is a season.

You are what you eat.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Everyone has their price.

East, west, home's best.

For everything there is a season.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fortune favours the brave.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All good things come to those that wait.

The wages of sin is death.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Look before you leap.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Get out while the getting is good.

Enough is enough.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You reap what you sow.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Third time lucky.

Forgive and forget.

You can't win them all.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

What goes around comes around.

Bad news travels fast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's all grist to the mill.

An army marches on its stomach.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Hope springs eternal.

You win some, you lose some.

There is honour among thieves.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

No man is an island.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Time will tell.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Different strokes for different folks.

Time flies.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Quid pro quo.

Share and share alike.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Paddle your own canoe.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Love will find a way.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The truth will out.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Waste not, want not.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Money talks.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Less said, soon mended.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Pride comes before a fall.

All's well that ends well.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let the buyer beware.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Good things come to those who wait.

Every dog has its day.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

All you need is love.

Count your blessings.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Every stick has two ends.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It takes two to tango.

Always put your best foot forward.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

First come, first served.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The early bird gets the worm.

A golden key can open any door.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A man is known by his friends.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Better safe than sorry.

Pearls of wisdom.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fight the good fight.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Moderation in all things.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Revenge is sweet.

It goes without saying.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The show must go on.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't mix business with pleasure.