Never speak ill of the dead.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Truth will out.

Crime doesn't pay.

Misery loves company.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Dead men tell no tales.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's safety in numbers.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Accidents will happen.

Life begins at forty.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

The best things in life are free.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The wages of sin is death.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Every stick has two ends.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

What goes up must come down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Fight fire with fire.

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

You reap what you sow.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Keep your chin up.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Count your blessings.

Great minds think alike.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The show must go on.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Tomorrow is another day.

Give credit where credit is due.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

All roads lead to Rome.

Practice what you preach.

Time is money.

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

Live and learn.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All's well that ends well.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

An army marches on its stomach.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

What goes around comes around.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Put your best foot forward.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Home is where the heart is.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Beware the Ides of March.

To every thing there is a season.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's better to give than to receive.

The customer is always right.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Money makes the world go round.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The exception which proves the rule.

You win some, you lose some.

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

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Variety is the spice of life.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let well alone.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's never too late to mend.

Love is blind.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

No pain, no gain.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There is honour among thieves.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Opposites attract.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Business before pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

Money is the root of all evil.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Different strokes for different folks.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money isn't everything.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

There's no place like home.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forgive and forget.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Good things come in small packages.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Two heads are better than one.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A cat may look at a king.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Give the Devil his due.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The Devil is in the details.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Cheats never prosper.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's a time and a place for everything.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Time flies.

A thing begun is half done.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Manners maketh the man.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Patience is a virtue.

Fight the good fight.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Live and let live.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A bad penny always turns up.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The Devil looks after his own.

Clothes do not make the man.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

It takes one to know one.

Good talk saves the food.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Everyone has their price.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A house is not a home.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love makes the world go round.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Time is a great healer.

The truth will out.

Small things amuse small minds.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A good man is hard to find.

Go the extra mile.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A man is known by his friends.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Less is more.

You can't win them all.

Persuasion is better than force.

More haste, less speed.

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

There are two sides to every question.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't always get what you want.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

No man is an island.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

No news is good news.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

East, west, home's best.

Might is right.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Seeing is believing.

All you need is love.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Good things come to those who wait.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

An man's home is his castle.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Any port in a storm.

You are what you eat.

Share and share alike.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A miss is as good as a mile.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Big fish eat little fish.

Silence is golden.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Only the good die young.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Physician, heal thyself.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Enough is enough.

All publicity is good publicity.

First come, first served.

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

Make haste slowly.

One good deed deserves another.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It goes without saying.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

All things must pass.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Even a worm will turn.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Never give a sucker an even break.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Wonders will never cease.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Less said, soon mended.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's an exception to every rule.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Paddle your own canoe.

Third time lucky.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

There's one born every minute.

Virtue is its own reward.

Walls have ears.

No man can serve two masters.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

History repeats itself.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Keep your powder dry.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Time will tell.

A word to the wise is enough.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Each to their own.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Bad news travels fast.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Oil and water don't mix.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's all grist to the mill.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Moderation in all things.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

All's fair in love and war.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Bad money drives out good.

Make love not war.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

A golden key can open any door.

The more the merrier.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Better late than never.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Seize the day.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Blood is thicker than water.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Money talks.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't get mad, get even.

All the world loves a lover.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every dog has its day.

It takes two to tango.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Revenge is sweet.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The bigger, the better.

Hope springs eternal.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Nine tailors make a man.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Horses for courses.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Only fools and horses work.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Knowledge is power.

Pearls of wisdom.

East is east, and west is west.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All good things must come to an end.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Talk is cheap.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Speak as you find.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nothing new under the sun.

It never rains but it pours.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Still waters run deep.

Love will find a way.

Another day, another dollar.

One hand washes the other.