It's best to be on the safe side.

Walls have ears.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The early bird gets the worm.

Only the good die young.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

All roads lead to Rome.

It's all grist to the mill.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Home is where the heart is.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fight the good fight.

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

The Devil is in the details.

There's one born every minute.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Time is money.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A house is not a home.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You are what you eat.

Every picture tells a story.

Horses for courses.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Everyone has their price.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Forewarned is forearmed.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Money isn't everything.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Each to their own.

Needs must when the devil drives.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Fortune favours the brave.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no smoke without fire.

Make haste slowly.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The customer is always right.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Silence is golden.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

All the world loves a lover.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

First things first.

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

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Haste makes waste.

Slow but sure.

A good man is hard to find.

Clothes do not make the man.

Good things come in small packages.

Count your blessings.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

It goes without saying.

Might is right.

No man can serve two masters.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

What goes around comes around.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life begins at forty.

Any port in a storm.

Dead men tell no tales.

Tomorrow is another day.

Oil and water don't mix.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Like father, like son.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The more the merrier.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Bad news travels fast.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

He who hesitates is lost.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

While there is life, there is hope.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Silence construes consent.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

First come, first served.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Share and share alike.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

An man's home is his castle.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Give credit where credit is due.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Seeing is believing.

Practice makes perfect.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Put your best foot forward.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak as you find.

Opposites attract.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Accidents will happen.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Faith will move mountains.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All's fair in love and war.

Life is what you make it.

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

Love is blind.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's an exception to every rule.

Revenge is sweet.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Love will find a way.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes one to know one.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Live and learn.

No man is an island.

Nothing new under the sun.

Crime doesn't pay.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A fish always rots from the head.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Less said, soon mended.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

All that glitters is not gold.

Go the extra mile.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You are never too old to learn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A word to the wise is enough.

The show must go on.

Time flies.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Christmas comes but once a year.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Enough is enough.

A golden key can open any door.

Pride comes before a fall.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Small things amuse small minds.

There is honour among thieves.

All you need is love.

Cheats never prosper.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Practice what you preach.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Keep your chin up.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Another day, another dollar.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Truth will out.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Love makes the world go round.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Business before pleasure.

Even a worm will turn.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

No news is good news.

There's no time like the present.

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

Let well alone.

Pearls of wisdom.

The wages of sin is death.

Tomorrow never comes.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Charity begins at home.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Give the Devil his due.

Misery loves company.

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

Easy come, easy go.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your powder dry.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Blood is thicker than water.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The best things in life are free.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A bad penny always turns up.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Many hands make light work.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Every stick has two ends.

Look before you leap.

Strike while the iron is hot.

No rest for the wicked.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Learn to walk before you run.

A watched pot never boils.

Ignorance is bliss.

What goes up must come down.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Less is more.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't win them all.

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

All things must pass.

Seek and you shall find.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The exception which proves the rule.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Better safe than sorry.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Talk is cheap.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The age of miracles is past.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

The end justifies the means.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Great minds think alike.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Never tell tales out of school.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't always get what you want.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Knowledge is power.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The truth will out.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Time will tell.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Actions speak louder than words.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's safety in numbers.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

History repeats itself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Forgive and forget.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The bigger, the better.

God helps those who help themselves.

More haste, less speed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Always put your best foot forward.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Still waters run deep.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The Devil looks after his own.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Honesty is the best policy.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

No pain, no gain.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money talks.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A thing begun is half done.

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

East, west, home's best.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't rock the boat.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Third time lucky.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Better late than never.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hope springs eternal.

Time and tide wait for no one.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.