In the midst of life we are in death.

Get out while the getting is good.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

There's no time like the present.

A bad penny always turns up.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Good talk saves the food.

You win some, you lose some.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Accidents will happen.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The exception which proves the rule.

All that glitters is not gold.

Third time lucky.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Two heads are better than one.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Money talks.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil is in the details.

The more the merrier.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

There's safety in numbers.

The best defence is a good offence.

One good deed deserves another.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

If you build it, they will come.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's one born every minute.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Practice what you preach.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Love is blind.

No rest for the wicked.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's never too late to mend.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Manners maketh the man.

Every stick has two ends.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No pain, no gain.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

All things must pass.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A house is not a home.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Silence is golden.

The customer is always right.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Oil and water don't mix.

You reap what you sow.

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's better to give than to receive.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Quid pro quo.

There's no place like home.

You are what you eat.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The early bird gets the worm.

Share and share alike.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Good things come in small packages.

The bigger, the better.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Live and let live.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Opposites attract.

Small things amuse small minds.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Business before pleasure.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Only fools and horses work.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Haste makes waste.

You are never too old to learn.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Make haste slowly.

Count your blessings.

Nothing new under the sun.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Good things come to those who wait.

Learn to walk before you run.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Only the good die young.

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

Horses for courses.

Seeing is believing.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Keep your powder dry.

Let well alone.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Money isn't everything.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time will tell.

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

Great minds think alike.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Make love not war.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All you need is love.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Live and learn.

You can't always get what you want.

Strike while the iron is hot.

No man can serve two masters.

What goes around comes around.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Revenge is sweet.

A good man is hard to find.

Beware the Ides of March.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Better safe than sorry.

Every picture tells a story.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It takes two to tango.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's all grist to the mill.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Misery loves company.

Time flies.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Give the Devil his due.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Tomorrow is another day.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All roads lead to Rome.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Practice makes perfect.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Physician, heal thyself.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A person is known by the company they keep.

First come, first served.

Big fish eat little fish.

Waste not, want not.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Virtue is its own reward.

The end justifies the means.

Put your best foot forward.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

First things first.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A new broom sweeps clean.

To the victor go the spoils.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Like father, like son.

Youth is wasted on the young.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Better late than never.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Life begins at forty.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Hide in plain sight.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Go the extra mile.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The age of miracles is past.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love makes the world go round.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Talk is cheap.

Look before you leap.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A thing begun is half done.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

History repeats itself.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All good things must come to an end.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Even a worm will turn.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Time is a great healer.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Pride comes before a fall.

Give credit where credit is due.

Wonders will never cease.

Walls have ears.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Hope springs eternal.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let bygones be bygones.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The show must go on.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Might is right.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

No man is an island.

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

It takes one to know one.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Knowledge is power.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A watched pot never boils.

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone has their price.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Enough is enough.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The wages of sin is death.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Speak as you find.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Charity begins at home.

Faith will move mountains.

East, west, home's best.

An man's home is his castle.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Silence construes consent.

Truth will out.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Less is more.

Different strokes for different folks.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Still waters run deep.

Every dog has its day.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

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

No news is good news.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nine tailors make a man.

Crime doesn't pay.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Honesty is the best policy.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Each to their own.

Forgive and forget.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The truth will out.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It goes without saying.

Easy come, easy go.

All's well that ends well.

Seize the day.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Any port in a storm.

A word to the wise is enough.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Love will find a way.

Life is what you make it.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It never rains but it pours.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.