A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The more the merrier.

While there is life, there is hope.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Love is blind.

Fight the good fight.

There's no place like home.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Good talk saves the food.

The early bird gets the worm.

Actions speak louder than words.

Many hands make light work.

Knowledge is power.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Opposites attract.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Silence is golden.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

What goes around comes around.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

History repeats itself.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Learn to walk before you run.

Put your best foot forward.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It takes two to tango.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The truth will out.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There are two sides to every question.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Time is a great healer.

You win some, you lose some.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let the buyer beware.

All good things come to those that wait.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Walls have ears.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Needs must when the devil drives.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

What goes up must come down.

East, west, home's best.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Misery loves company.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes one to know one.

A cat has nine lives.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Let well alone.

Grief divided is made lighter.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A dog is a man's best friend.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Speak as you find.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The customer is always right.

Life begins at forty.

Better late than never.

Practice makes perfect.

Live and let live.

An man's home is his castle.

It never rains but it pours.

Only the good die young.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Accidents will happen.

Good things come to those who wait.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Keep your powder dry.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Practice what you preach.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Oil and water don't mix.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No pain, no gain.

Quid pro quo.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All publicity is good publicity.

Everyone has their price.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Two heads are better than one.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Physician, heal thyself.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Another day, another dollar.

A cat may look at a king.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An army marches on its stomach.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The best things in life are free.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Blood is thicker than water.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

You can't win them all.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

It goes without saying.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't shoot the messenger.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Get out while the getting is good.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fight fire with fire.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The best defence is a good offence.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Time is money.

Never tell tales out of school.

Haste makes waste.

Give the Devil his due.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One hand washes the other.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A man is known by his friends.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

No rest for the wicked.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All roads lead to Rome.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Third time lucky.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

One good deed deserves another.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Silence construes consent.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Every dog has its day.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

First things first.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's no time like the present.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Horses for courses.

A golden key can open any door.

Make love not war.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All that glitters is not gold.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

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

Might is right.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Faith will move mountains.

The bigger, the better.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Different strokes for different folks.

Even a worm will turn.

Seeing is believing.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Seize the day.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't always get what you want.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Truth will out.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Charity begins at home.

He who hesitates is lost.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't take it with you.

Big fish eat little fish.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Hope springs eternal.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You are what you eat.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Count your blessings.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

The show must go on.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

The end justifies the means.

Money talks.

A house is not a home.

To the victor go the spoils.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Business before pleasure.

Any port in a storm.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Enough is enough.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Each to their own.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Moderation in all things.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

All's well that ends well.

No man can serve two masters.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Live and learn.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Small things amuse small minds.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Make haste slowly.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Hide in plain sight.

Pride comes before a fall.

Revenge is sweet.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no smoke without fire.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You are never too old to learn.

You reap what you sow.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Bad news travels fast.

Beware the Ides of March.

Look before you leap.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's safety in numbers.

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

First come, first served.

More haste, less speed.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Nothing new under the sun.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Still waters run deep.

Time will tell.

Love will find a way.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't change horses in midstream.

No man is an island.

Forgive and forget.

Good things come in small packages.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A good man is hard to find.

All things must pass.

Waste not, want not.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Ignorance is bliss.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Less said, soon mended.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Life is what you make it.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's one born every minute.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Share and share alike.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Easy come, easy go.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

A word to the wise is enough.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

All you need is love.