Never speak ill of the dead.

All roads lead to Rome.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Pride comes before a fall.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Give the Devil his due.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Slow but sure.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

Accidents will happen.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

First come, first served.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Like father, like son.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Love will find a way.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Every picture tells a story.

Always put your best foot forward.

An man's home is his castle.

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

There's one born every minute.

What goes around comes around.

Time flies.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A good man is hard to find.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The truth will out.

Cheats never prosper.

An army marches on its stomach.

Seize the day.

Good talk saves the food.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Better late than never.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't win them all.

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

Forgive and forget.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Silence construes consent.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Less is more.

The bigger, the better.

All good things must come to an end.

Charity begins at home.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing succeeds like success.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Forewarned is forearmed.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A poor worker blames the tools.

No man is an island.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

East is east, and west is west.

Time is a great healer.

There's no time like the present.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Many hands make light work.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes two to tango.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All's well that ends well.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A golden key can open any door.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Money isn't everything.

It takes one to know one.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The best things in life are free.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The Devil looks after his own.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Let well alone.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

History repeats itself.

The customer is always right.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

One good deed deserves another.

First things first.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Every dog has its day.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Practice what you preach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The wages of sin is death.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All publicity is good publicity.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Never tell tales out of school.

More haste, less speed.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All that glitters is not gold.

Live and learn.

Get out while the getting is good.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Look before you leap.

Fight fire with fire.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nine tailors make a man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Easy come, easy go.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Each to their own.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All the world loves a lover.

A word to the wise is enough.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let the buyer beware.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Beware the Ides of March.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't rock the boat.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No man can serve two masters.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Every stick has two ends.

Seeing is believing.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Money talks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All's fair in love and war.

Count your blessings.

He who hesitates is lost.

Truth will out.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Tomorrow is another day.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

A man is known by his friends.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Another day, another dollar.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

The Devil is in the details.

All you need is love.

Money makes the world go round.

A watched pot never boils.

Live and let live.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Only the good die young.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Haste makes waste.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's all grist to the mill.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love makes the world go round.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

You win some, you lose some.

Quid pro quo.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Horses for courses.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The best defence is a good offence.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

It's never too late to mend.

For everything there is a season.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Less said, soon mended.

Revenge is sweet.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Misery loves company.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Time will tell.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Talk is cheap.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

All things must pass.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You reap what you sow.

Go the extra mile.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Life is what you make it.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Speak as you find.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

To the victor go the spoils.

There's no place like home.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Time is money.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Make haste slowly.

Hope springs eternal.

Variety is the spice of life.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Walls have ears.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fight the good fight.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

One hand washes the other.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The more the merrier.

Even a worm will turn.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Any port in a storm.

The show must go on.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No rest for the wicked.

It goes without saying.

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

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A house is not a home.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's an exception to every rule.

Everyone has their price.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Still waters run deep.

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

Share and share alike.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A cat has nine lives.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can't take it with you.

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

Keep your chin up.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Enough is enough.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A cat may look at a king.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Opposites attract.

Silence is golden.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Third time lucky.

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

Put your best foot forward.

It's the singer not the song.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Blood is thicker than water.

Bad news travels fast.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't get mad, get even.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The end justifies the means.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Honesty is the best policy.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Home is where the heart is.

There's no smoke without fire.

What goes up must come down.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Ignorance is bliss.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Actions speak louder than words.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bad money drives out good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Waste not, want not.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Dead men tell no tales.

The exception which proves the rule.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Paddle your own canoe.

There is honour among thieves.

Patience is a virtue.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Seek and you shall find.