The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

More haste, less speed.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Any port in a storm.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let the buyer beware.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Good talk saves the food.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cheats never prosper.

If you can't be good, be careful.

No man can serve two masters.

An army marches on its stomach.

Oil and water don't mix.

A bad penny always turns up.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Different strokes for different folks.

There is honour among thieves.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Seize the day.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Beauty is only skin deep.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Honesty is the best policy.

Faith will move mountains.

The more the merrier.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The customer is always right.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All's well that ends well.

Bad news travels fast.

Love makes the world go round.

The show must go on.

First things first.

Virtue is its own reward.

A thing begun is half done.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't take it with you.

Great minds think alike.

Time is a great healer.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Small things amuse small minds.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A fish always rots from the head.

Time will tell.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't throw good money after bad.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Always put your best foot forward.

Life begins at forty.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A cat may look at a king.

What goes up must come down.

To the victor go the spoils.

Good things come to those who wait.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Count your blessings.

There's no time like the present.

Life is what you make it.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bad money drives out good.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No rest for the wicked.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The age of miracles is past.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Home is where the heart is.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All the world loves a lover.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Moderation in all things.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All good things come to those that wait.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

History repeats itself.

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

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Another day, another dollar.

Only fools and horses work.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Slow but sure.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Put your best foot forward.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Opposites attract.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

What goes around comes around.

Easy come, easy go.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Forgive and forget.

Time is money.

Hope springs eternal.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

There are two sides to every question.

Many hands make light work.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Like father, like son.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Walls have ears.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All things must pass.

First come, first served.

Paddle your own canoe.

Every dog has its day.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Let well alone.

No man is an island.

Give the Devil his due.

A man is known by his friends.

Knowledge is power.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

All you need is love.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Look before you leap.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You are never too old to learn.

Speak as you find.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An man's home is his castle.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Never tell tales out of school.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Enough is enough.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One hand washes the other.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Charity begins at home.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Time flies.

Don't rock the boat.

The Devil is in the details.

It never rains but it pours.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Seeing is believing.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The best is the enemy of the good.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's an exception to every rule.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

You can't win them all.

A good man is hard to find.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ignorance is bliss.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Accidents will happen.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A word to the wise is enough.

Practice what you preach.

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

Less said, soon mended.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

It's never too late to mend.

It's the singer not the song.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Make haste slowly.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Only the good die young.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A golden key can open any door.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Hide in plain sight.

The Devil looks after his own.

Share and share alike.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Revenge is sweet.

Variety is the spice of life.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Tomorrow never comes.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Love will find a way.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It takes one to know one.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

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

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The wages of sin is death.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

A house is not a home.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

All roads lead to Rome.

Every picture tells a story.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Haste makes waste.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't get mad, get even.

Talk is cheap.

You reap what you sow.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It goes without saying.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All's fair in love and war.

There's one born every minute.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Money isn't everything.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You win some, you lose some.

Clothes do not make the man.

Every stick has two ends.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Better safe than sorry.

Less is more.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Third time lucky.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A cat has nine lives.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Go the extra mile.

Live and learn.

Better late than never.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Might is right.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Business before pleasure.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Stupid is as stupid does.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Fortune favours the brave.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Wonders will never cease.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Each to their own.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

Practice makes perfect.

No news is good news.

Money talks.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Horses for courses.

Silence is golden.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let bygones be bygones.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

East, west, home's best.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fight the good fight.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The truth will out.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

You are what you eat.

Misery loves company.

It takes two to tango.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Tomorrow is another day.