A fool and his money are soon parted.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

One hand washes the other.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Truth will out.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Wonders will never cease.

The customer is always right.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Live and let live.

Like father, like son.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A bad penny always turns up.

All roads lead to Rome.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An man's home is his castle.

Small things amuse small minds.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Keep your powder dry.

The end justifies the means.

All things must pass.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Knowledge is power.

Might is right.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Quid pro quo.

Slow but sure.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's an exception to every rule.

Everyone has their price.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Time is money.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Charity begins at home.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It takes one to know one.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You are what you eat.

A good man is hard to find.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The wages of sin is death.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The best defence is a good offence.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Slow and steady wins the race.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Speak as you find.

Hide in plain sight.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Waste not, want not.

Give the Devil his due.

The bigger, the better.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Learn to walk before you run.

First come, first served.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Clothes do not make the man.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Less is more.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Love is blind.

Seize the day.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Different strokes for different folks.

Practice makes perfect.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Let bygones be bygones.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Little pitchers have big ears.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

To the victor go the spoils.

Put your best foot forward.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Fortune favours the brave.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

What goes up must come down.

You reap what you sow.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Money isn't everything.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

All publicity is good publicity.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tomorrow never comes.

Seek and you shall find.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

For everything there is a season.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

You can't always get what you want.

Walls have ears.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Make love not war.

Virtue is its own reward.

Nothing succeeds like success.

No man is an island.

Less said, soon mended.

Great minds think alike.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's safety in numbers.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Children and fools tell the truth.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Love will find a way.

One good deed deserves another.

It goes without saying.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Every picture tells a story.

Look before you leap.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Better late than never.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's one born every minute.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no place like home.

All good things must come to an end.

Keep your chin up.

Never give a sucker an even break.

First things first.

All good things come to those that wait.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Misery loves company.

Nine tailors make a man.

Let well alone.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Horses for courses.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Faith will move mountains.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

An army marches on its stomach.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All's well that ends well.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad money drives out good.

Time will tell.

The show must go on.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

History repeats itself.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Fight fire with fire.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Opposites attract.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life begins at forty.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All's fair in love and war.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All the world loves a lover.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Get out while the getting is good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no time like the present.

Nothing new under the sun.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's all grist to the mill.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Always put your best foot forward.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Good things come to those who wait.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life is what you make it.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Every stick has two ends.

Business before pleasure.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You win some, you lose some.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It's better to give than to receive.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't take it with you.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Moderation in all things.

Don't get mad, get even.

The exception which proves the rule.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Love makes the world go round.

More haste, less speed.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Enough is enough.

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

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

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

No news is good news.

Many hands make light work.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Revenge is sweet.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Beware the Ides of March.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Time flies.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A house is not a home.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Time is a great healer.

Cheats never prosper.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Dead men tell no tales.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The truth will out.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

It never rains but it pours.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No pain, no gain.

Home is where the heart is.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Money is the root of all evil.

There is honour among thieves.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Haste makes waste.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Good things come in small packages.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

East, west, home's best.

Count your blessings.

It's the singer not the song.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Manners maketh the man.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

What goes around comes around.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All you need is love.

Let the buyer beware.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Share and share alike.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A man is known by his friends.

Talk is cheap.

Accidents will happen.

All that glitters is not gold.

You are never too old to learn.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Each to their own.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The Devil looks after his own.

Live and learn.

Go the extra mile.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

While there is life, there is hope.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Pride comes before a fall.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't shoot the messenger.

No man can serve two masters.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Hope springs eternal.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A cat may look at a king.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Any port in a storm.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Silence construes consent.

Money talks.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A thing begun is half done.