Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

The age of miracles is past.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Virtue is its own reward.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Talk is cheap.

A watched pot never boils.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't get mad, get even.

Faith will move mountains.

Get out while the getting is good.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's the singer not the song.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Home is where the heart is.

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To every thing there is a season.

First things first.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Good things come to those who wait.

No pain, no gain.

Seeing is believing.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

While there is life, there is hope.

You can't win them all.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Money is the root of all evil.

Share and share alike.

There is no accounting for tastes.

All good things come to those that wait.

Paddle your own canoe.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Enough is enough.

Let well alone.

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

Put your best foot forward.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Honesty is the best policy.

The more the merrier.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Misery loves company.

More haste, less speed.

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

Like father, like son.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Silence is golden.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It goes without saying.

Dead men tell no tales.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The end justifies the means.

Learn to walk before you run.

Pearls of wisdom.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Patience is a virtue.

One hand washes the other.

A golden key can open any door.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If you build it, they will come.

Keep your powder dry.

Blood is thicker than water.

There's a time and a place for everything.

No news is good news.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cold hands, warm heart.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Better late than never.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All's fair in love and war.

The Devil looks after his own.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't rock the boat.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

It's all grist to the mill.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Live and learn.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Different strokes for different folks.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Small things amuse small minds.

There's no smoke without fire.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Beggars can't be choosers.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Time is a great healer.

Practice what you preach.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

Tomorrow never comes.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Charity begins at home.

It never rains but it pours.

Pride comes before a fall.

Accidents will happen.

Make love not war.

Good things come in small packages.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A man is known by his friends.

No man can serve two masters.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Love will find a way.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

A cat may look at a king.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beware the Ides of March.

Less said, soon mended.

Waste not, want not.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

For everything there is a season.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Keep your chin up.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Time will tell.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cheats never prosper.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Look before you leap.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Truth will out.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Big fish eat little fish.

A bad penny always turns up.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Another day, another dollar.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Live and let live.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Two heads are better than one.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's an exception to every rule.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Crime doesn't pay.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The leopard does not change his spots.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Quid pro quo.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

What goes up must come down.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

There's no place like home.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Appearances can be deceptive.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't take it with you.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Revenge is sweet.

Great minds think alike.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes two to tango.

Life begins at forty.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You win some, you lose some.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't always get what you want.

Time is money.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Knowledge is power.

One good deed deserves another.

Love makes the world go round.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Less is more.

Any port in a storm.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let bygones be bygones.

A house is not a home.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You are never too old to learn.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Forgive and forget.

Everyone has their price.

No man is an island.

History repeats itself.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

You reap what you sow.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Still waters run deep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Make haste slowly.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Time flies.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Business before pleasure.

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

All's well that ends well.

Every dog has its day.

Moderation in all things.

The best things in life are free.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Seize the day.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Speak as you find.

All things must pass.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fight fire with fire.

There are two sides to every question.

East, west, home's best.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A thing begun is half done.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

All you need is love.

Always put your best foot forward.

It's never too late to mend.

All publicity is good publicity.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Nothing new under the sun.

Only fools and horses work.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Manners maketh the man.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

There's no time like the present.

Tomorrow is another day.

Only the good die young.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Silence construes consent.

The bigger, the better.

Good talk saves the food.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Walls have ears.

Might is right.

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

East is east, and west is west.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Give the Devil his due.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Third time lucky.

Love is blind.

Horses for courses.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Less said, soon mended.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Money makes the world go round.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Money talks.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.