Talk is cheap.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Always put your best foot forward.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Everyone has their price.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A man is known by his friends.

Little pitchers have big ears.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Share and share alike.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You win some, you lose some.

A good man is hard to find.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Quid pro quo.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Time is a great healer.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Only the good die young.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

To every thing there is a season.

Money makes the world go round.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Ignorance is bliss.

Count your blessings.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your chin up.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If you build it, they will come.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's never too late to mend.

Less said, soon mended.

The wages of sin is death.

Slow but sure.

Bad money drives out good.

Make haste slowly.

The truth will out.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Cheats never prosper.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

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

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

Business before pleasure.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A cat has nine lives.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The end justifies the means.

It's better to give than to receive.

While there is life, there is hope.

More haste, less speed.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

It's the singer not the song.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Still waters run deep.

No pain, no gain.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

God helps those who help themselves.

Practice makes perfect.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Bad news travels fast.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Only fools and horses work.

Better late than never.

The bigger, the better.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Faith will move mountains.

A thing begun is half done.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Time will tell.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A miss is as good as a mile.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Revenge is sweet.

Fortune favours the brave.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All that glitters is not gold.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Two heads are better than one.

Even a worm will turn.

Dead men tell no tales.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Opposites attract.

Wonders will never cease.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The show must go on.

Attack is the best form of defence.

He who hesitates is lost.

Big fish eat little fish.

Persuasion is better than force.

Patience is a virtue.

Life begins at forty.

History repeats itself.

Every picture tells a story.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Good things come to those who wait.

What goes around comes around.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Forgive and forget.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There are two sides to every question.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A house is not a home.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Less is more.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Seize the day.

Good things come in small packages.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No man can serve two masters.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't take it with you.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Look before you leap.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Silence is golden.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

It takes two to tango.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Fight the good fight.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Live and let live.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Nine tailors make a man.

There's no smoke without fire.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All roads lead to Rome.

Better safe than sorry.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Pride comes before a fall.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Money talks.

A watched pot never boils.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One good deed deserves another.

There's no place like home.

The customer is always right.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no time like the present.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Accidents will happen.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Enough is enough.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Might is right.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Practice what you preach.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Every dog has its day.

Honesty is the best policy.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't always get what you want.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

First things first.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hope springs eternal.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Each to their own.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Many hands make light work.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Learn to walk before you run.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

No man is an island.

All's fair in love and war.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All good things must come to an end.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The best things in life are free.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Needs must when the devil drives.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Time flies.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's an exception to every rule.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Waste not, want not.

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

Misery loves company.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

One hand washes the other.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Money isn't everything.

There is honour among thieves.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Actions speak louder than words.

Speak as you find.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The best defence is a good offence.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

It takes one to know one.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Oil and water don't mix.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Small things amuse small minds.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Hide in plain sight.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Put your best foot forward.

Seeing is believing.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Give credit where credit is due.

All things must pass.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Good talk saves the food.

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

You reap what you sow.

Live and learn.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It goes without saying.

Life is what you make it.

Charity begins at home.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The age of miracles is past.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

You can't win them all.

East, west, home's best.

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

Love is blind.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

No news is good news.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

Horses for courses.

All publicity is good publicity.

The Devil is in the details.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Any port in a storm.

You are what you eat.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Home is where the heart is.

Great minds think alike.

Time is money.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's no fool like an old fool.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Different strokes for different folks.

Silence construes consent.

Manners maketh the man.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A new broom sweeps clean.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

For everything there is a season.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Keep your powder dry.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's one born every minute.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The more the merrier.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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