Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Waste not, want not.

It never rains but it pours.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fight the good fight.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Put your best foot forward.

The age of miracles is past.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All publicity is good publicity.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All's fair in love and war.

Tomorrow is another day.

Nine tailors make a man.

All the world loves a lover.

Another day, another dollar.

A house is not a home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

One good deed deserves another.

Pride comes before a fall.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's safety in numbers.

The best things in life are free.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

For everything there is a season.

Let the dead bury the dead.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Physician, heal thyself.

Great minds think alike.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's never too late to mend.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The Devil is in the details.

It takes one to know one.

To every thing there is a season.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Accidents will happen.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Slow but sure.

Life is what you make it.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Practice what you preach.

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

Money isn't everything.

Charity begins at home.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Give the Devil his due.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

First things first.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Revenge is sweet.

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

A cat has nine lives.

A cat may look at a king.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't get mad, get even.

A golden key can open any door.

Pearls of wisdom.

Time is money.

Out of sight, out of mind.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

No news is good news.

Crime doesn't pay.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Still waters run deep.

Horses for courses.

Time and tide wait for no one.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Only fools and horses work.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All good things must come to an end.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Every dog has its day.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Make haste slowly.

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

The more the merrier.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A good man is hard to find.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time will tell.

Never tell tales out of school.

Misery loves company.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't take it with you.

Live and let live.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Easy come, easy go.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't win them all.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Quid pro quo.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Let well alone.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no place like home.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Many hands make light work.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There is honour among thieves.

It's all grist to the mill.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Give credit where credit is due.

Less said, soon mended.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

He who hesitates is lost.

You are never too old to learn.

All good things come to those that wait.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The end justifies the means.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Haste makes waste.

The bigger, the better.

No man is an island.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The show must go on.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Third time lucky.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Tomorrow never comes.

Different strokes for different folks.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Knowledge is power.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Money is the root of all evil.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Better late than never.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Keep your chin up.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

What goes up must come down.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

To the victor go the spoils.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Practice makes perfect.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Paddle your own canoe.

First come, first served.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You reap what you sow.

Enough is enough.

Each to their own.

Variety is the spice of life.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

History repeats itself.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A fish always rots from the head.

Ignorance is bliss.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Make love not war.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bad news travels fast.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

All you need is love.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A thing begun is half done.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

East is east, and west is west.

More haste, less speed.

Time flies.

The early bird gets the worm.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Seize the day.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

All roads lead to Rome.

There's no time like the present.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You win some, you lose some.

Count your blessings.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fight fire with fire.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Any port in a storm.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Big fish eat little fish.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

What goes around comes around.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Seeing is believing.

You are what you eat.

Good talk saves the food.

Nothing new under the sun.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love will find a way.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Moderation in all things.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Bad money drives out good.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

One hand washes the other.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No rest for the wicked.

Love makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The best defence is a good offence.

Better safe than sorry.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

All's well that ends well.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All things must pass.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Let bygones be bygones.

A man is known by his friends.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Beware the Ides of March.

The truth will out.

Money talks.

Good things come to those who wait.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Might is right.

A watched pot never boils.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Forgive and forget.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It takes two to tango.

Life begins at forty.

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

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Everyone has their price.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Small things amuse small minds.

Look before you leap.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

No pain, no gain.

Keep your powder dry.

Fortune favours the brave.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Two heads are better than one.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Home is where the heart is.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Opposites attract.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A miss is as good as a mile.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Less is more.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Learn to walk before you run.

Speak as you find.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Go the extra mile.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Like father, like son.

Live and learn.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Only the good die young.

Clothes do not make the man.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Hide in plain sight.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A new broom sweeps clean.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Walls have ears.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The customer is always right.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Share and share alike.

Love is blind.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Every picture tells a story.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Attack is the best form of defence.

While there is life, there is hope.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Handsome is as handsome does.