If the cap fits, wear it.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Needs must when the devil drives.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Waste not, want not.

One hand washes the other.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Time flies.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

All's well that ends well.

Money isn't everything.

Money makes the world go round.

Love is blind.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The show must go on.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No pain, no gain.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Oil and water don't mix.

One good deed deserves another.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Moderation in all things.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Always put your best foot forward.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Forewarned is forearmed.

First things first.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Still waters run deep.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Good things come to those who wait.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Third time lucky.

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

Might is right.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Curiosity killed the cat.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Practice what you preach.

Better late than never.

Two heads are better than one.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Dead men tell no tales.

If you build it, they will come.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Life is what you make it.

Never go to bed on an argument.

First come, first served.

Look before you leap.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Time will tell.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Time is money.

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

It takes two to tango.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Everyone has their price.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Every dog has its day.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The truth will out.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Knowledge is power.

Love makes the world go round.

No man can serve two masters.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Business before pleasure.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Only fools and horses work.

Live and learn.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A fish always rots from the head.

A house is not a home.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Wonders will never cease.

Variety is the spice of life.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't get mad, get even.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hope springs eternal.

Seeing is believing.

Tomorrow never comes.

Never tell tales out of school.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You are what you eat.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The wages of sin is death.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Get out while the getting is good.

Every stick has two ends.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Only the good die young.

Many hands make light work.

Seek and you shall find.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's the singer not the song.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Share and share alike.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A picture paints a thousand words.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

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

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A watched pot never boils.

Nothing new under the sun.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes one to know one.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A bad penny always turns up.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Good talk saves the food.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Make love not war.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The customer is always right.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Go the extra mile.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's better to give than to receive.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Stupid is as stupid does.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

No rest for the wicked.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A word to the wise is enough.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Pearls of wisdom.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Hide in plain sight.

Even a worm will turn.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Any port in a storm.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There's one born every minute.

An army marches on its stomach.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Give credit where credit is due.

Easy come, easy go.

Different strokes for different folks.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Fight fire with fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The exception which proves the rule.

To the victor go the spoils.

Nine tailors make a man.

Crime doesn't pay.

Virtue is its own reward.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Speak as you find.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forgive and forget.

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

Enough is enough.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Great minds think alike.

It never rains but it pours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Faith will move mountains.

Count your blessings.

Silence is golden.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Big fish eat little fish.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Clothes do not make the man.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money talks.

Opposites attract.

All's fair in love and war.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Manners maketh the man.

More haste, less speed.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Revenge is sweet.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Walls have ears.

Let well alone.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

All good things come to those that wait.

A cat may look at a king.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Patience is a virtue.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

No man is an island.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Small things amuse small minds.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Quid pro quo.

There's no time like the present.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Bad money drives out good.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The bigger, the better.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

East, west, home's best.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Charity begins at home.

To every thing there is a season.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Seize the day.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Truth will out.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All that glitters is not gold.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Ignorance is bliss.

Beware the Ides of March.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Talk is cheap.

You reap what you sow.

There's safety in numbers.

No news is good news.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't always get what you want.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live and let live.

There is honour among thieves.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Pride comes before a fall.

Make haste slowly.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

You can't take it with you.

It goes without saying.

What goes around comes around.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Put your best foot forward.

Fortune favours the brave.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Paddle your own canoe.

The age of miracles is past.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A golden key can open any door.

The best defence is a good offence.

History repeats itself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Love will find a way.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All roads lead to Rome.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

For everything there is a season.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Cheats never prosper.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Let bygones be bygones.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

All things must pass.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your powder dry.

The best is the enemy of the good.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Like father, like son.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A good man is hard to find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Accidents will happen.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A cat has nine lives.

Learn to walk before you run.

Silence construes consent.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Blood is thicker than water.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time is a great healer.

Slow but sure.

Two wrongs don't make a right.