More haste, less speed.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Manners maketh the man.

Patience is a virtue.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He who hesitates is lost.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing new under the sun.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Fight fire with fire.

What goes up must come down.

There's no place like home.

Great minds think alike.

Only fools and horses work.

Cheats never prosper.

Many hands make light work.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Only the good die young.

East, west, home's best.

The customer is always right.

Don't get mad, get even.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Good things come in small packages.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't take it with you.

Accidents will happen.

Everyone has their price.

The early bird gets the worm.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Bad news travels fast.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Let the buyer beware.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A house is not a home.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A bad penny always turns up.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

One good deed deserves another.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Money talks.

You are never too old to learn.

Tomorrow is another day.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If you build it, they will come.

For everything there is a season.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All the world loves a lover.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There are two sides to every question.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The bigger, the better.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Haste makes waste.

Enough is enough.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

No pain, no gain.

You can't always get what you want.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Put your best foot forward.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Love makes the world go round.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Less is more.

Any port in a storm.

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

No man is an island.

Crime doesn't pay.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Count your blessings.

Hope springs eternal.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't change horses in midstream.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Virtue is its own reward.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Look before you leap.

Seize the day.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Seek and you shall find.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Fight the good fight.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Time will tell.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

What goes around comes around.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A dog is a man's best friend.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Walls have ears.

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

Love will find a way.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Slow and steady wins the race.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Hide in plain sight.

No news is good news.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Two heads are better than one.

A fish always rots from the head.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The end justifies the means.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Misery loves company.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Forgive and forget.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

It takes one to know one.

There's an exception to every rule.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A watched pot never boils.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Always put your best foot forward.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

All roads lead to Rome.

God helps those who help themselves.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Opposites attract.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Make love not war.

Silence is golden.

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

Share and share alike.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There is honour among thieves.

You can't win them all.

Big fish eat little fish.

Horses for courses.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The more the merrier.

Business before pleasure.

Keep your chin up.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Make haste slowly.

Each to their own.

It takes two to tango.

Persuasion is better than force.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You reap what you sow.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Practice what you preach.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A cat may look at a king.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Bread always falls buttered side down.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All that glitters is not gold.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Physician, heal thyself.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Home is where the heart is.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Blood is thicker than water.

The Devil looks after his own.

An army marches on its stomach.

A man is known by his friends.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Better safe than sorry.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Different strokes for different folks.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Charity begins at home.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Pride comes before a fall.

All you need is love.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Might is right.

While there is life, there is hope.

Time is money.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Time is a great healer.

The best things in life are free.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Silence construes consent.

History repeats itself.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

You are what you eat.

Seeing is believing.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Money isn't everything.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Waste not, want not.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The exception which proves the rule.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's one born every minute.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Time flies.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

There's no smoke without fire.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Ignorance is bliss.

Stupid is as stupid does.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Moderation in all things.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's the singer not the song.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You win some, you lose some.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

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

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

It goes without saying.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

A thing begun is half done.

First come, first served.

To the victor go the spoils.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A golden key can open any door.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All things must pass.

Speak as you find.

Learn to walk before you run.

The show must go on.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

All's well that ends well.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Let well alone.

Variety is the spice of life.

Talk is cheap.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil is in the details.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

There's no time like the present.

Go the extra mile.

Live and let live.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Revenge is sweet.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Every dog has its day.

Life is what you make it.

In the midst of life we are in death.

An man's home is his castle.

Slow but sure.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Even a worm will turn.

Nine tailors make a man.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

Still waters run deep.

Needs must when the devil drives.