No man can serve two masters.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time is a great healer.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Blood is thicker than water.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Keep your powder dry.

All's fair in love and war.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Talk is cheap.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Love makes the world go round.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Walls have ears.

The leopard does not change his spots.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All good things must come to an end.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

East, west, home's best.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A thing begun is half done.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There is honour among thieves.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let the buyer beware.

Go the extra mile.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Christmas comes but once a year.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every stick has two ends.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's safety in numbers.

All the world loves a lover.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Put your best foot forward.

The age of miracles is past.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Silence construes consent.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Better safe than sorry.

Faith will move mountains.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Virtue is its own reward.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Haste makes waste.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Every dog has its day.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The best is the enemy of the good.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It's never too late to mend.

Look before you leap.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Money is the root of all evil.

Less said, soon mended.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Time will tell.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Each to their own.

Ignorance is bliss.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Like father, like son.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Pearls of wisdom.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Horses for courses.

Give credit where credit is due.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Forgive and forget.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Honesty is the best policy.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

First come, first served.

It takes one to know one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Better late than never.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

While there is life, there is hope.

Love will find a way.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

History repeats itself.

You are what you eat.

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

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

Live and learn.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Man does not live by bread alone.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

What goes around comes around.

All's well that ends well.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The Devil looks after his own.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Moderation in all things.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All roads lead to Rome.

All things must pass.

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

East is east, and west is west.

It's better to give than to receive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You are never too old to learn.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nine tailors make a man.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fortune favours the brave.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Any port in a storm.

You can't take it with you.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Great minds think alike.

He who hesitates is lost.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Every picture tells a story.

It takes two to tango.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Learn to walk before you run.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The customer is always right.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Money isn't everything.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Paddle your own canoe.

Count your blessings.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

More haste, less speed.

Give the Devil his due.

Keep your chin up.

You can't win them all.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never tell tales out of school.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A house is not a home.

Life begins at forty.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Might is right.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Misery loves company.

Speak as you find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Variety is the spice of life.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Accidents will happen.

Less is more.

First things first.

No rest for the wicked.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Slow and steady wins the race.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time flies.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fight fire with fire.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

If you build it, they will come.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All you need is love.

Wonders will never cease.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Charity begins at home.

Good things come in small packages.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Share and share alike.

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

What goes up must come down.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Another day, another dollar.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A man is known by his friends.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

No pain, no gain.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Time and tide wait for no one.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Nothing new under the sun.

Never give a sucker an even break.

An army marches on its stomach.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Money talks.

There are two sides to every question.

Practice what you preach.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Business before pleasure.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Tomorrow never comes.

Still waters run deep.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The wages of sin is death.

The bigger, the better.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Only the good die young.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The more the merrier.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

No man is an island.

Opposites attract.

Truth will out.

You win some, you lose some.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A golden key can open any door.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The end justifies the means.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Bad news travels fast.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beware the Ides of March.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Practice makes perfect.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Knowledge is power.

Easy come, easy go.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Live and let live.

A cat may look at a king.

Quid pro quo.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Revenge is sweet.

Bad money drives out good.

It's the singer not the song.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Make love not war.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There's no smoke without fire.

Laughter is the best medicine.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't rock the boat.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It never rains but it pours.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

An man's home is his castle.

You reap what you sow.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Make haste slowly.

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

The best things in life are free.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

There's one born every minute.

There's no time like the present.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

For everything there is a season.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A cat has nine lives.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Even a worm will turn.

Time is money.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Slow but sure.

The show must go on.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

One hand washes the other.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Two heads are better than one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The truth will out.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't get mad, get even.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Dead men tell no tales.

All that glitters is not gold.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

To every thing there is a season.

Silence is golden.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Love of money is the root of all evil.