Moderation in all things.

If you build it, they will come.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Life is what you make it.

Money isn't everything.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It's better to give than to receive.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Misery loves company.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Money makes the world go round.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Slow but sure.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blood is thicker than water.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Every picture tells a story.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Opposites attract.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Business before pleasure.

Paddle your own canoe.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Knowledge is power.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A cat has nine lives.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Pearls of wisdom.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Nine tailors make a man.

First come, first served.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The exception which proves the rule.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A watched pot never boils.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There's one born every minute.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The truth will out.

One good deed deserves another.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Great minds think alike.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The more the merrier.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Look before you leap.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes two to tango.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Third time lucky.

You are never too old to learn.

Everyone has their price.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Love is blind.

Seeing is believing.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Forgive and forget.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Many hands make light work.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It takes one to know one.

The best things in life are free.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Variety is the spice of life.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Practice makes perfect.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Bad money drives out good.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Virtue is its own reward.

Still waters run deep.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't rock the boat.

All you need is love.

Curiosity killed the cat.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You reap what you sow.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The show must go on.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All publicity is good publicity.

A good man is hard to find.

Seize the day.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

One hand washes the other.

Each to their own.

Learn to walk before you run.

Fight fire with fire.

Love will find a way.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Like father, like son.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Manners maketh the man.

An army marches on its stomach.

Charity begins at home.

It's never too late to mend.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Any port in a storm.

Count your blessings.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Fight the good fight.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A house is not a home.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A picture paints a thousand words.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Walls have ears.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Live and learn.

Patience is a virtue.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Less is more.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Enough is enough.

Time flies.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Let the buyer beware.

No man is an island.

The end justifies the means.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

Slow and steady wins the race.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

First things first.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't take it with you.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Another day, another dollar.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Waste not, want not.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Money is the root of all evil.

Physician, heal thyself.

Good talk saves the food.

It's all grist to the mill.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

While there is life, there is hope.

Every stick has two ends.

East is east, and west is west.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

All that glitters is not gold.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You are what you eat.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Give the Devil his due.

The pen is mightier than sword.

You can't always get what you want.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never tell tales out of school.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Time is a great healer.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Go the extra mile.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Two heads are better than one.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

Live and let live.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The customer is always right.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Share and share alike.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

What goes up must come down.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Money talks.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

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

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Silence is golden.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

An man's home is his castle.

Every dog has its day.

Make haste slowly.

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

No news is good news.

The Devil is in the details.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The bigger, the better.

Time is money.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All good things must come to an end.

To every thing there is a season.

History repeats itself.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Keep your chin up.

A thing begun is half done.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The wages of sin is death.

Crime doesn't pay.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

To the victor go the spoils.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't win them all.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Life begins at forty.

Put your best foot forward.

For everything there is a season.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Better late than never.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Make love not war.

A fish always rots from the head.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The early bird gets the worm.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Speak as you find.

Time will tell.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It goes without saying.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Quid pro quo.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Might is right.

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

A golden key can open any door.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no smoke without fire.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Home is where the heart is.

Children and fools tell the truth.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Honesty is the best policy.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Silence construes consent.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Big fish eat little fish.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Only the good die young.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Horses for courses.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Only fools and horses work.

Always put your best foot forward.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

East, west, home's best.

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

Accidents will happen.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Cheats never prosper.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Better safe than sorry.

No pain, no gain.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Practice what you preach.

Laughter is the best medicine.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There are two sides to every question.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Let well alone.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Christmas comes but once a year.

More haste, less speed.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.