Forewarned is forearmed.

Love makes the world go round.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Life is what you make it.

All's well that ends well.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If you build it, they will come.

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

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fortune favours the brave.

The exception which proves the rule.

Speak as you find.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't rock the boat.

You are what you eat.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Might is right.

All good things must come to an end.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to tango.

Time will tell.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

The bigger, the better.

An man's home is his castle.

One good deed deserves another.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

It never rains but it pours.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Go the extra mile.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Walls have ears.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The customer is always right.

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

Let well alone.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Business before pleasure.

A miss is as good as a mile.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Time is money.

Everyone has their price.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Charity begins at home.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You reap what you sow.

What goes up must come down.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Look before you leap.

Virtue is its own reward.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Money is the root of all evil.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Never tell tales out of school.

You win some, you lose some.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The wages of sin is death.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Practice what you preach.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Make love not war.

You can't always get what you want.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Dead men tell no tales.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Quid pro quo.

Less is more.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A person is known by the company they keep.

East is east, and west is west.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The best things in life are free.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Time flies.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A thing begun is half done.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Enough is enough.

First come, first served.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money talks.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Patience is a virtue.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes one to know one.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The Devil looks after his own.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Tomorrow never comes.

Fight fire with fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The end justifies the means.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Tomorrow is another day.

A golden key can open any door.

Pearls of wisdom.

Still waters run deep.

Any port in a storm.

No pain, no gain.

Third time lucky.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

While there is life, there is hope.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

One hand washes the other.

The truth will out.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

Money isn't everything.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

No news is good news.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't take it with you.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Even a worm will turn.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Give the Devil his due.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Silence is golden.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

First things first.

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

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Waste not, want not.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Get out while the getting is good.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Give credit where credit is due.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Better late than never.

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Life begins at forty.

You can't win them all.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Wonders will never cease.

There's safety in numbers.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's never too late to mend.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Different strokes for different folks.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Misery loves company.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Revenge is sweet.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

It goes without saying.

It's the singer not the song.

Slow but sure.

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

Opposites attract.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

Live and learn.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Crime doesn't pay.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Hide in plain sight.

To the victor go the spoils.

Paddle your own canoe.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Only the good die young.

The best defence is a good offence.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Accidents will happen.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

When one door shuts, another opens.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Good things come in small packages.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A house is not a home.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Live and let live.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Forgive and forget.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Horses for courses.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A fish always rots from the head.

Talk is cheap.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Beware the Ides of March.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Physician, heal thyself.

Make haste slowly.

Truth will out.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The early bird gets the worm.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Great minds think alike.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Birds of a feather flock together.

All the world loves a lover.

Pride comes before a fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

East, west, home's best.

What goes around comes around.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Faith will move mountains.

Let the buyer beware.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Big fish eat little fish.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All that glitters is not gold.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Each to their own.

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Knowledge is power.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Only fools and horses work.

Manners maketh the man.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Keep your powder dry.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

A watched pot never boils.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Better safe than sorry.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Time is a great healer.

A cat has nine lives.

The show must go on.

Let bygones be bygones.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

Seeing is believing.

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

Seize the day.

Oil and water don't mix.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't throw good money after bad.

No man can serve two masters.

Every dog has its day.

History repeats itself.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Fight the good fight.

A man is known by his friends.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Persuasion is better than force.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Two heads are better than one.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A bad penny always turns up.

Less said, soon mended.

Hope springs eternal.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Like father, like son.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's no time like the present.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Small things amuse small minds.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's better to give than to receive.

Haste makes waste.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Love is blind.

Share and share alike.

Silence construes consent.

Love will find a way.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Learn to walk before you run.