Don't bite off more than you can chew.

To the victor go the spoils.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Silence construes consent.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Better late than never.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

What can't be cured must be endured.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

One good deed deserves another.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Enough is enough.

Don't get mad, get even.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Time is a great healer.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Go the extra mile.

The best things in life are free.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't win them all.

A poor worker blames the tools.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Third time lucky.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Talk is cheap.

More haste, less speed.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Bad news travels fast.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Love makes the world go round.

No pain, no gain.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The end justifies the means.

Keep your powder dry.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Count your blessings.

The customer is always right.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Live and learn.

What goes up must come down.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Silence is golden.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

History repeats itself.

Don't rock the boat.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The Devil looks after his own.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Life is what you make it.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A golden key can open any door.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

You can't always get what you want.

Put your best foot forward.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Look before you leap.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You are what you eat.

The wages of sin is death.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Easy come, easy go.

Walls have ears.

While there is life, there is hope.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Still waters run deep.

Money is the root of all evil.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The best-laid plans go astray.

It takes two to tango.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You reap what you sow.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Nine tailors make a man.

Life begins at forty.

Oil and water don't mix.

The early bird gets the worm.

Small things amuse small minds.

There is no accounting for tastes.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Manners maketh the man.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Let bygones be bygones.

A cat has nine lives.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Only the good die young.

The bigger, the better.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

The more the merrier.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

East is east, and west is west.

Misery loves company.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

Fight fire with fire.

The show must go on.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Tomorrow is another day.

Speak as you find.

It's never too late to mend.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Truth will out.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A house is not a home.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money isn't everything.

Cheats never prosper.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The Devil is in the details.

Great minds think alike.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no place like home.

Haste makes waste.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's the singer not the song.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Seeing is believing.

Money talks.

Like father, like son.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All good things must come to an end.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Pearls of wisdom.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Children should be seen and not heard.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

It goes without saying.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Accidents will happen.

Slow but sure.

Different strokes for different folks.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Every picture tells a story.

Forgive and forget.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

First come, first served.

Make haste slowly.

Moderation in all things.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

For everything there is a season.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Good things come in small packages.

Tomorrow never comes.

Give the Devil his due.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing new under the sun.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fight the good fight.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No news is good news.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Everyone has their price.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A man is known by his friends.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It never rains but it pours.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Another day, another dollar.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Hide in plain sight.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Hope springs eternal.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Money makes the world go round.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Might is right.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Practice what you preach.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The truth will out.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

There is honour among thieves.

No man is an island.

Any port in a storm.

A watched pot never boils.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Less is more.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You win some, you lose some.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You are never too old to learn.

Love will find a way.

There's one born every minute.

Business before pleasure.

To every thing there is a season.

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

You can't take it with you.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Home is where the heart is.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The best defence is a good offence.

Knowledge is power.

Keep your chin up.

All things must pass.

Time will tell.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A word to the wise is enough.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

An army marches on its stomach.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

All's fair in love and war.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A thing begun is half done.

A bad penny always turns up.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Every stick has two ends.

Never tell tales out of school.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

All the world loves a lover.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Let well alone.

Time flies.

Live and let live.

Love makes the world go round.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One hand washes the other.

First things first.

What goes around comes around.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A good man is hard to find.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Horses for courses.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Waste not, want not.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's safety in numbers.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love is blind.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Charity begins at home.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Ignorance is bliss.

Honesty is the best policy.

Crime doesn't pay.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Revenge is sweet.

Persuasion is better than force.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Quid pro quo.

All that glitters is not gold.

Many hands make light work.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't throw good money after bad.

East, west, home's best.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Each to their own.

Make love not war.

Blood is thicker than water.

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