Empty bags cannot stand upright.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Life is what you make it.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

It takes one to know one.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Less is more.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The Devil is in the details.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fortune favours the brave.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

No rest for the wicked.

Seize the day.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Everyone has their price.

The wages of sin is death.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All you need is love.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love is blind.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

No man is an island.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's no fool like an old fool.

More haste, less speed.

Every picture tells a story.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Truth will out.

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

The best things in life are free.

A cat may look at a king.

It's the singer not the song.

All the world loves a lover.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

There is honour among thieves.

Opposites attract.

Money makes the world go round.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Life begins at forty.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Big fish eat little fish.

Every dog has its day.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Crime doesn't pay.

Small things amuse small minds.

Look before you leap.

Cheats never prosper.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The more the merrier.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Practice makes perfect.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The Devil looks after his own.

Enough is enough.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Money talks.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

First things first.

Horses for courses.

Go the extra mile.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Talk is cheap.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Walls have ears.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make haste slowly.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A house is not a home.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Count your blessings.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't rock the boat.

Money is the root of all evil.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The truth will out.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

An army marches on its stomach.

Bad news travels fast.

Waste not, want not.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All's well that ends well.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It never rains but it pours.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

There are two sides to every question.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A person is known by the company they keep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All good things must come to an end.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A fish always rots from the head.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A good man is hard to find.

Only the good die young.

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

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

All that glitters is not gold.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Slow but sure.

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

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

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

What goes around comes around.

The bigger, the better.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You can't take it with you.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Another day, another dollar.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Physician, heal thyself.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Accidents will happen.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Good talk saves the food.

It's all grist to the mill.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Always put your best foot forward.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't get mad, get even.

The show must go on.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

It goes without saying.

Seek and you shall find.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Better safe than sorry.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Good fences make good neighbours.

An man's home is his castle.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

God helps those who help themselves.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Virtue is its own reward.

Keep your powder dry.

For everything there is a season.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Bad money drives out good.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Better late than never.

Live and learn.

Fight fire with fire.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Love will find a way.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beggars can't be choosers.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fight the good fight.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Good things come in small packages.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

No news is good news.

Share and share alike.

There's safety in numbers.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One good deed deserves another.

Might is right.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Less said, soon mended.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

You reap what you sow.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Many hands make light work.

Time is a great healer.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The early bird gets the worm.

Moderation in all things.

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

Quid pro quo.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

History repeats itself.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

No pain, no gain.

First come, first served.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Do as I say, not as I do.

There's no place like home.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Pearls of wisdom.

Hope springs eternal.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

You are what you eat.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

What goes up must come down.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Get out while the getting is good.

Different strokes for different folks.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Put your best foot forward.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

There's no time like the present.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

Seeing is believing.

Knowledge is power.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Each to their own.

Manners maketh the man.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Third time lucky.

All things must pass.

Actions speak louder than words.

Business before pleasure.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Misery loves company.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Time flies.

Easy come, easy go.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

To every thing there is a season.

One hand washes the other.

Paddle your own canoe.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A man is known by his friends.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't win them all.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Beware the Ides of March.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Money isn't everything.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A bad penny always turns up.

Speak as you find.

Patience is a virtue.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Live and let live.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

To the victor go the spoils.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Never tell tales out of school.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You win some, you lose some.

A cat has nine lives.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It takes two to tango.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Silence is golden.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Silence construes consent.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Still waters run deep.

Great minds think alike.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let bygones be bygones.

The customer is always right.

All good things come to those that wait.

You are never too old to learn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The end justifies the means.

While there is life, there is hope.