The Devil looks after his own.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Less is more.

Live and learn.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It goes without saying.

The customer is always right.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time is money.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You reap what you sow.

Let the buyer beware.

Every stick has two ends.

There is honour among thieves.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

All things must pass.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No rest for the wicked.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't get mad, get even.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No man can serve two masters.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Love is blind.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hope springs eternal.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Moderation in all things.

Truth will out.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A good man is hard to find.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Less said, soon mended.

All you need is love.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It takes one to know one.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The wages of sin is death.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It takes two to tango.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

The truth will out.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

Silence is golden.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Walls have ears.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Physician, heal thyself.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It's never too late to mend.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

To every thing there is a season.

Accidents will happen.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't make bricks without straw.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Beware the Ides of March.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Better late than never.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An army marches on its stomach.

The age of miracles is past.

Let well alone.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Money isn't everything.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tomorrow is another day.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The more the merrier.

A word to the wise is enough.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

There's an exception to every rule.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Money talks.

The show must go on.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Look before you leap.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Slow but sure.

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

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

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

Wonders will never cease.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Oil and water don't mix.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Practice what you preach.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Practice makes perfect.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Patience is a virtue.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To the victor go the spoils.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A house is not a home.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A bad penny always turns up.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Speak as you find.

The early bird gets the worm.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Marriages are made in heaven.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's better to give than to receive.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Even a worm will turn.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

If you build it, they will come.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Home is where the heart is.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Small things amuse small minds.

Time will tell.

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

More haste, less speed.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The best things in life are free.

Pearls of wisdom.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

All's fair in love and war.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Every dog has its day.

First come, first served.

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

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Seeing is believing.

There's no smoke without fire.

Go the extra mile.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't throw good money after bad.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The best defence is a good offence.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All good things must come to an end.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Quid pro quo.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Only the good die young.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Live and let live.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Everyone has their price.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Blood is thicker than water.

Forgive and forget.

Make love not war.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

East, west, home's best.

What goes up must come down.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

First things first.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Make haste slowly.

No pain, no gain.

History repeats itself.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

He who hesitates is lost.

Any port in a storm.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Enough is as good as a feast.

East is east, and west is west.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't always get what you want.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Knowledge is power.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Share and share alike.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Persuasion is better than force.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A golden key can open any door.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Great minds think alike.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A fish always rots from the head.

You are what you eat.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Third time lucky.

Every picture tells a story.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't win them all.

It never rains but it pours.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Each to their own.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Love will find a way.

Two heads are better than one.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Love makes the world go round.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Business before pleasure.

It's all grist to the mill.

A thing begun is half done.

An man's home is his castle.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's no time like the present.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fight the good fight.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Keep your chin up.

While there is life, there is hope.

There are two sides to every question.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Actions speak louder than words.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Crime doesn't pay.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Give the Devil his due.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Let bygones be bygones.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

No man is an island.

Life begins at forty.

You are never too old to learn.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nine tailors make a man.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All's well that ends well.

The exception which proves the rule.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Still waters run deep.

Opposites attract.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Time is a great healer.

There's one born every minute.

What goes around comes around.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No news is good news.

Faith will move mountains.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Enough is enough.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Get out while the getting is good.

Paddle your own canoe.

Give credit where credit is due.

Grief divided is made lighter.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time flies.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cheats never prosper.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Bad news travels fast.

One hand washes the other.

You can't take it with you.

Count your blessings.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The bigger, the better.

Only fools and horses work.