Never tell tales out of school.

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

The truth will out.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Home is where the heart is.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

No man can serve two masters.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Let the buyer beware.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

Bad money drives out good.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cheats never prosper.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's best to be on the safe side.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't rock the boat.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A golden key can open any door.

Make love not war.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Less is more.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Nine tailors make a man.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't get mad, get even.

Curiosity killed the cat.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

All roads lead to Rome.

A bad penny always turns up.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There are two sides to every question.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Keep your chin up.

Talk is cheap.

Every picture tells a story.

Hope springs eternal.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

It's better to give than to receive.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fight fire with fire.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Better safe than sorry.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Everyone has their price.

Each to their own.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A house is not a home.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Speak as you find.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Silence is golden.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Look before you leap.

Good talk saves the food.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Even a worm will turn.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Pearls of wisdom.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All things must pass.

Crime doesn't pay.

Charity begins at home.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No pain, no gain.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

All's well that ends well.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Slow but sure.

Like father, like son.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Only the good die young.

Clothes do not make the man.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Tomorrow is another day.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Wonders will never cease.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Waste not, want not.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

No man is an island.

It takes one to know one.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Big fish eat little fish.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Life is what you make it.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Many hands make light work.

Misery loves company.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To the victor go the spoils.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Live and learn.

Small things amuse small minds.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Good things come in small packages.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Give the Devil his due.

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

You are never too old to learn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Another day, another dollar.

Forgive and forget.

Truth will out.

Love makes the world go round.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

A cat may look at a king.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

First come, first served.

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

You reap what you sow.

Get out while the getting is good.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Horses for courses.

Business before pleasure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All's fair in love and war.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't always get what you want.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Time will tell.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Knowledge is power.

A person is known by the company they keep.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Blood is thicker than water.

Make haste slowly.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Learn to walk before you run.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's no place like home.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's safety in numbers.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's never too late to mend.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's one born every minute.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Might is right.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

No news is good news.

Accidents will happen.

Love is blind.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Walls have ears.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A watched pot never boils.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Seize the day.

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

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

Seeing is believing.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Still waters run deep.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Revenge is sweet.

All you need is love.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Count your blessings.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A thing begun is half done.

There's no time like the present.

It's all grist to the mill.

First things first.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best things in life are free.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A fish always rots from the head.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Haste makes waste.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Go the extra mile.

It goes without saying.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

One good deed deserves another.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Money makes the world go round.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

For everything there is a season.

Money is the root of all evil.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Silence construes consent.

Manners maketh the man.

What goes up must come down.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The wages of sin is death.

The customer is always right.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Great minds think alike.

The show must go on.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A cat has nine lives.

Enough is enough.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hide in plain sight.

Only fools and horses work.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The bigger, the better.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Time flies.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fight the good fight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Money isn't everything.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

One hand washes the other.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Two heads are better than one.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Oil and water don't mix.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't shoot the messenger.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Pride comes before a fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no smoke without fire.

Easy come, easy go.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All good things must come to an end.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Moderation in all things.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All good things come to those that wait.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

What goes around comes around.

Dead men tell no tales.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good things come to those who wait.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time is a great healer.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Life begins at forty.

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

Keep your powder dry.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

If the cap fits, wear it.

History repeats itself.

Share and share alike.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

You can't take it with you.

It takes two to tango.

You can't win them all.

Let well alone.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Live and let live.

All publicity is good publicity.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You are what you eat.

The best defence is a good offence.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

To every thing there is a season.

Different strokes for different folks.

Put your best foot forward.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Charity begins at home.

Every dog has its day.