When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Home is where the heart is.

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

The show must go on.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Still waters run deep.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Make love not war.

Hope springs eternal.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It takes one to know one.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

No news is good news.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

For everything there is a season.

Forgive and forget.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Less is more.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Love will find a way.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

There's no time like the present.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Easy come, easy go.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Keep your powder dry.

More haste, less speed.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Cheats never prosper.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good talk saves the food.

Revenge is sweet.

There's no smoke without fire.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Live and let live.

Make haste slowly.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Fight fire with fire.

All the world loves a lover.

Practice what you preach.

Better late than never.

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

Everyone has their price.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All you need is love.

Misery loves company.

Time will tell.

Slow but sure.

History repeats itself.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A cat may look at a king.

The wages of sin is death.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't rock the boat.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Time is a great healer.

There are two sides to every question.

You win some, you lose some.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Waste not, want not.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Good fences make good neighbours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money talks.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

To every thing there is a season.

A man is known by his friends.

Accidents will happen.

The bigger, the better.

Only the good die young.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Any port in a storm.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Never tell tales out of school.

Only fools and horses work.

Actions speak louder than words.

You are what you eat.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

There's no place like home.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Put your best foot forward.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't get mad, get even.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A house is not a home.

Beggars can't be choosers.

First things first.

Charity begins at home.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

What goes around comes around.

Go the extra mile.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

He who hesitates is lost.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

You are never too old to learn.

A thing begun is half done.

Talk is cheap.

It goes without saying.

Dead men tell no tales.

Share and share alike.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Enough is enough.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A watched pot never boils.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Pride comes before a fall.

All's well that ends well.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Knowledge is power.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

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

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Seeing is believing.

A golden key can open any door.

Let well alone.

Great minds think alike.

East, west, home's best.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

One good deed deserves another.

What goes up must come down.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Hide in plain sight.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Honesty is the best policy.

Look before you leap.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A cat has nine lives.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's safety in numbers.

Silence is golden.

Paddle your own canoe.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Bad money drives out good.

Give credit where credit is due.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't win them all.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Count your blessings.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Good things come to those who wait.

Love is blind.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Third time lucky.

Money isn't everything.

The early bird gets the worm.

Ignorance is bliss.

The best things in life are free.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Seize the day.

It's never too late to mend.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

One hand washes the other.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time flies.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Moderation in all things.

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

You can't take it with you.

A bad penny always turns up.

Small things amuse small minds.

Two heads are better than one.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

There's one born every minute.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Seek and you shall find.

There's an exception to every rule.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Cold hands, warm heart.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

It never rains but it pours.

If you build it, they will come.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Big fish eat little fish.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It's better to give than to receive.

Life is what you make it.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Fight the good fight.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Truth will out.

The age of miracles is past.

All's fair in love and war.

Less said, soon mended.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Needs must when the devil drives.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The leopard does not change his spots.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Like father, like son.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Virtue is its own reward.

Variety is the spice of life.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Time is money.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Many hands make light work.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The truth will out.

Blood is thicker than water.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The customer is always right.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The Devil is in the details.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The end justifies the means.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's all grist to the mill.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

No man is an island.

Handsome is as handsome does.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tomorrow is another day.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All publicity is good publicity.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Life begins at forty.

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

Haste makes waste.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

To the victor go the spoils.

Let bygones be bygones.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No man can serve two masters.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Horses for courses.

God helps those who help themselves.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Live and learn.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

No pain, no gain.

First come, first served.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Keep your chin up.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Money makes the world go round.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Pearls of wisdom.