Appearances can be deceptive.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Keep your chin up.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The wages of sin is death.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Less said, soon mended.

Time is money.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Easy come, easy go.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Share and share alike.

There's safety in numbers.

Any port in a storm.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Pearls of wisdom.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Time flies.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

One good deed deserves another.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good things come to those who wait.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Blood is thicker than water.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Might is right.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

Opposites attract.

A house is not a home.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Man does not live by bread alone.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A word to the wise is enough.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Ignorance is bliss.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The exception which proves the rule.

First impressions are the most lasting.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Only fools and horses work.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

It takes one to know one.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Let well alone.

If you build it, they will come.

More haste, less speed.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't get mad, get even.

There's no time like the present.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Like father, like son.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

You can't win them all.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Keep your powder dry.

Practice what you preach.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Life begins at forty.

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

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

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

Everyone has their price.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Practice makes perfect.

Wonders will never cease.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A thing begun is half done.

Better late than never.

History repeats itself.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Tomorrow is another day.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many hands make light work.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Fortune favours the brave.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Learn to walk before you run.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Walls have ears.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Go the extra mile.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A cat may look at a king.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Every dog has its day.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Give the Devil his due.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

While there is life, there is hope.

You can have too much of a good thing.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The bigger, the better.

No news is good news.

No man is an island.

Third time lucky.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Live and learn.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Small things amuse small minds.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Misery loves company.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You are what you eat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

No man can serve two masters.

It takes two to tango.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Time will tell.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

One hand washes the other.

Good talk saves the food.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

The Devil is in the details.

All you need is love.

First things first.

Tomorrow never comes.

A watched pot never boils.

He who hesitates is lost.

Physician, heal thyself.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Paddle your own canoe.

All things must pass.

Hide in plain sight.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

The more the merrier.

Speak as you find.

Silence is golden.

Give credit where credit is due.

All publicity is good publicity.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

There's no place like home.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

East, west, home's best.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Virtue is its own reward.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All that glitters is not gold.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The early bird gets the worm.

Make love not war.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Each to their own.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't always get what you want.

Let the buyer beware.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Love will find a way.

There is honour among thieves.

Home is where the heart is.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

An man's home is his castle.

No pain, no gain.

An army marches on its stomach.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Bad news travels fast.

Talk is cheap.

No rest for the wicked.

Clothes do not make the man.

Business before pleasure.

Love is blind.

Money is the root of all evil.

Seek and you shall find.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Revenge is sweet.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The end justifies the means.

You can't make bricks without straw.

What goes around comes around.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

All good things must come to an end.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You reap what you sow.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The customer is always right.

There are two sides to every question.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Horses for courses.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Better safe than sorry.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Honesty is the best policy.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let bygones be bygones.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Truth will out.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Only the good die young.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

A bad penny always turns up.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Good things come in small packages.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Never go to bed on an argument.

You can't take it with you.

Knowledge is power.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It's all grist to the mill.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Manners maketh the man.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fight fire with fire.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All's well that ends well.

Another day, another dollar.

There's one born every minute.

Even a worm will turn.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Cheats never prosper.

Live and let live.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

To every thing there is a season.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Time is a great healer.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Forgive and forget.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Silence construes consent.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Slow but sure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Money talks.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Less is more.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Different strokes for different folks.

Charity begins at home.

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

Every stick has two ends.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All good things come to those that wait.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A cat has nine lives.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Still waters run deep.

Look before you leap.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Great minds think alike.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Patience is a virtue.

Waste not, want not.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Every picture tells a story.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The show must go on.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The Devil looks after his own.