If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The truth will out.

Pearls of wisdom.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Every stick has two ends.

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

There's one born every minute.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A watched pot never boils.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Silence construes consent.

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

Make haste slowly.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

All good things must come to an end.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Business before pleasure.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Accidents will happen.

Good talk saves the food.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The best things in life are free.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Keep your chin up.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

One hand washes the other.

Fight the good fight.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love is blind.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Like father, like son.

Two heads are better than one.

A poor worker blames the tools.

First come, first served.

No man is an island.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Different strokes for different folks.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Manners maketh the man.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Moderation in all things.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Practice what you preach.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You are never too old to learn.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Horses for courses.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Truth will out.

More haste, less speed.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't take it with you.

East is east, and west is west.

There's an exception to every rule.

Count your blessings.

Tomorrow is another day.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All's fair in love and war.

Share and share alike.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It never rains but it pours.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A leopard can't change its spots.

To the victor go the spoils.

You reap what you sow.

Go the extra mile.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Charity begins at home.

To every thing there is a season.

Get out while the getting is good.

Money is the root of all evil.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money isn't everything.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

He who hesitates is lost.

Only fools and horses work.

Opposites attract.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Money talks.

Less is more.

The Devil looks after his own.

What goes up must come down.

Any port in a storm.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You win some, you lose some.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The Devil is in the details.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

Might is right.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's never too late to mend.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Actions speak louder than words.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Seize the day.

Let bygones be bygones.

No pain, no gain.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Waste not, want not.

It goes without saying.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

Let well alone.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A house is not a home.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Great minds think alike.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Walls have ears.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Knowledge is power.

Give the Devil his due.

Still waters run deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All things must pass.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Third time lucky.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Another day, another dollar.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nothing new under the sun.

You are what you eat.

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

The show must go on.

It takes two to tango.

It takes one to know one.

There's no place like home.

Time is a great healer.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Seeing is believing.

Don't get mad, get even.

Everyone has their price.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Pride comes before a fall.

Each to their own.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

What goes around comes around.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Beggars can't be choosers.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Speak as you find.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Time will tell.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

East, west, home's best.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Time is money.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Live and let live.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

If you build it, they will come.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The early bird gets the worm.

The best defence is a good offence.

All that glitters is not gold.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Quid pro quo.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Look before you leap.

Hope springs eternal.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Put your best foot forward.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Once bitten, twice shy.

An army marches on its stomach.

Even a worm will turn.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The end justifies the means.

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

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Better late than never.

Time flies.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Life begins at forty.

No man can serve two masters.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Enough is enough.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

History repeats itself.

Beware the Ides of March.

A good man is hard to find.

Bad money drives out good.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Every picture tells a story.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Blood is thicker than water.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Slow but sure.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Make love not war.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Less said, soon mended.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Love will find a way.

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

The bigger, the better.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't rock the boat.

A fish always rots from the head.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't always get what you want.

Patience is a virtue.

Once a thief, always a thief.

No news is good news.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Clothes do not make the man.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Every dog has its day.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All roads lead to Rome.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Physician, heal thyself.

An man's home is his castle.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

First things first.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good things come in small packages.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Life is what you make it.

Crime doesn't pay.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A bad penny always turns up.

Variety is the spice of life.

There's no smoke without fire.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One good deed deserves another.

There is honour among thieves.

Tomorrow never comes.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't win them all.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Wonders will never cease.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Revenge is sweet.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Let the buyer beware.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The more the merrier.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.