Truth is stranger than fiction.

Seek and you shall find.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A man is known by his friends.

The truth will out.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Third time lucky.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Pearls of wisdom.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Haste makes waste.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

If you build it, they will come.

You can't always get what you want.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

A thing begun is half done.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Cheats never prosper.

Seeing is believing.

Good things come in small packages.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Walls have ears.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Waste not, want not.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Live and learn.

A cat may look at a king.

There's no place like home.

Every picture tells a story.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Moderation in all things.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

The best-laid plans go astray.

No news is good news.

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

All you need is love.

Share and share alike.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Go the extra mile.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A golden key can open any door.

East, west, home's best.

You are what you eat.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

He who hesitates is lost.

One good deed deserves another.

Business before pleasure.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Everyone has their price.

You are never too old to learn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Faith will move mountains.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Many hands make light work.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Physician, heal thyself.

Time flies.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Silence construes consent.

An army marches on its stomach.

Practice what you preach.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

All things must pass.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Make love not war.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Life begins at forty.

It takes one to know one.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

Better late than never.

The end justifies the means.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Love is blind.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Practice makes perfect.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Small things amuse small minds.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Let the buyer beware.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Life is what you make it.

Variety is the spice of life.

Count your blessings.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Less is more.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Hope springs eternal.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Forgive and forget.

Live and let live.

All's fair in love and war.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Every dog has its day.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There is honour among thieves.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All good things must come to an end.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

History repeats itself.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Give the Devil his due.

First things first.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

Bad money drives out good.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Slow but sure.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All good things come to those that wait.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The Devil is in the details.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't take it with you.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Time is money.

Beggars can't be choosers.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Speak as you find.

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

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All's well that ends well.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A fish always rots from the head.

Each to their own.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Even a worm will turn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

First come, first served.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Any port in a storm.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You win some, you lose some.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

No pain, no gain.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

A watched pot never boils.

No rest for the wicked.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Tomorrow never comes.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Dead men tell no tales.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Patience is a virtue.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You reap what you sow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A cat has nine lives.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The show must go on.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Might is right.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Give credit where credit is due.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Opposites attract.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Always put your best foot forward.

Horses for courses.

A word to the wise is enough.

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't win them all.

Put your best foot forward.

Clothes do not make the man.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The age of miracles is past.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money talks.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Only the good die young.

Revenge is sweet.

Talk is cheap.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Still waters run deep.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Like father, like son.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Enough is enough.

Actions speak louder than words.

The best things in life are free.

Good things come to those who wait.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Virtue is its own reward.

The customer is always right.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Love will find a way.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Learn to walk before you run.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

It's the singer not the song.

No man is an island.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time will tell.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Look before you leap.

A bad penny always turns up.

Pride comes before a fall.

There's no smoke without fire.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes two to tango.

Truth will out.

It's better to give than to receive.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

The bigger, the better.

Make haste slowly.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Persuasion is better than force.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never tell tales out of school.

Money isn't everything.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It goes without saying.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Misery loves company.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Quid pro quo.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

What goes up must come down.

Wonders will never cease.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The early bird gets the worm.

Let well alone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

There's no time like the present.

Attack is the best form of defence.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Money is the root of all evil.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The best defence is a good offence.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Charity begins at home.

It's all grist to the mill.

Time is a great healer.

Love makes the world go round.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't rock the boat.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Great minds think alike.

Never give a sucker an even break.

There's one born every minute.

Seize the day.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Easy come, easy go.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Better safe than sorry.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

There's an exception to every rule.

The more the merrier.

No man can serve two masters.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

The Devil is in the details.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Manners maketh the man.

All that glitters is not gold.

Blood is thicker than water.

What goes around comes around.