If anything can go wrong, it will.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Hope springs eternal.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

What goes up must come down.

To the victor go the spoils.

It never rains but it pours.

Practice makes perfect.

All roads lead to Rome.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Each to their own.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No rest for the wicked.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Better safe than sorry.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

No news is good news.

You win some, you lose some.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Big fish eat little fish.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It's the singer not the song.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A leopard can't change its spots.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no time like the present.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Opposites attract.

You are never too old to learn.

Many hands make light work.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

All you need is love.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The age of miracles is past.

The truth will out.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A man is known by his friends.

Ignorance is bliss.

Every dog has its day.

Count your blessings.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Talk is cheap.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Truth will out.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Great minds think alike.

In the midst of life we are in death.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No man can serve two masters.

What goes around comes around.

There's one born every minute.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Go the extra mile.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Might is right.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Silence is golden.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Good talk saves the food.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A good man is hard to find.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Charity begins at home.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Pride comes before a fall.

The best things in life are free.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Time is a great healer.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Accidents will happen.

Love is blind.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Even a worm will turn.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Learn to walk before you run.

A house is not a home.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Everyone has their price.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Slow but sure.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

History repeats itself.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Do as I say, not as I do.

What can't be cured must be endured.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Live and learn.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Seek and you shall find.

There's a time and a place for everything.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

The customer is always right.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't always get what you want.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Always put your best foot forward.

God helps those who help themselves.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no place like home.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

East, west, home's best.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's an exception to every rule.

Money isn't everything.

More haste, less speed.

Slow and steady wins the race.

While there is life, there is hope.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Look before you leap.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Easy come, easy go.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

No man is an island.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Misery loves company.

It goes without saying.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Crime doesn't pay.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Good fences make good neighbours.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Dead men tell no tales.

Any port in a storm.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

One hand washes the other.

Get out while the getting is good.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Life is what you make it.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Knowledge is power.

Time flies.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Practice what you preach.

A golden key can open any door.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Horses for courses.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Let the buyer beware.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The show must go on.

Give credit where credit is due.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Fortune favours the brave.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Never give a sucker an even break.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Wonders will never cease.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Paddle your own canoe.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Stupid is as stupid does.

An man's home is his castle.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't get mad, get even.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Make haste slowly.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Better late than never.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It takes two to tango.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The wages of sin is death.

Never tell tales out of school.

Like father, like son.

Third time lucky.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

A cat may look at a king.

Waste not, want not.

Moderation in all things.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money is the root of all evil.

Bad money drives out good.

Blood is thicker than water.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things must come to an end.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Revenge is sweet.

Nine tailors make a man.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's better to give than to receive.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Small things amuse small minds.

The Devil looks after his own.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Business before pleasure.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There is honour among thieves.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Let well alone.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Two heads are better than one.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It takes one to know one.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's never too late to mend.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Silence construes consent.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

For everything there is a season.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Pearls of wisdom.

Money talks.

Less said, soon mended.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The exception which proves the rule.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

No pain, no gain.

Out of sight, out of mind.

If you can't be good, be careful.

An army marches on its stomach.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The end justifies the means.

Honesty is the best policy.

A watched pot never boils.

All things must pass.

You can't take it with you.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

First things first.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Faith will move mountains.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A bad penny always turns up.

East is east, and west is west.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All good things come to those that wait.

Time will tell.

Life begins at forty.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Keep your chin up.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

First come, first served.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Time is money.

Every stick has two ends.

The bigger, the better.

Hide in plain sight.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Seize the day.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Less is more.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Let bygones be bygones.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Only the good die young.

Variety is the spice of life.

All publicity is good publicity.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Walls have ears.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

The best defence is a good offence.

You are what you eat.

Another day, another dollar.

Oil and water don't mix.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fight the good fight.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Speak as you find.

Fight fire with fire.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

All's well that ends well.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You reap what you sow.

There's no smoke without fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Put your best foot forward.

Enough is enough.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Haste makes waste.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Seeing is believing.

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

The more the merrier.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Live and let live.

Still waters run deep.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

All that glitters is not gold.