Keep your powder dry.

East is east, and west is west.

Less said, soon mended.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Waste not, want not.

All good things must come to an end.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Each to their own.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A good man is hard to find.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

What goes around comes around.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The show must go on.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Go the extra mile.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

Third time lucky.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Might is right.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Another day, another dollar.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

To the victor go the spoils.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

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

There's no place like home.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Get out while the getting is good.

A watched pot never boils.

Blood is thicker than water.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Any port in a storm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Moderation in all things.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Handsome is as handsome does.

While there is life, there is hope.

You can't win them all.

Let the buyer beware.

All the world loves a lover.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's never too late to mend.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Every dog has its day.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Practice what you preach.

Haste makes waste.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Physician, heal thyself.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Always put your best foot forward.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Beware the Ides of March.

Love makes the world go round.

A cat has nine lives.

First things first.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Silence construes consent.

There is honour among thieves.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The early bird gets the worm.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Misery loves company.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It takes two to tango.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Every picture tells a story.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The exception which proves the rule.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

East, west, home's best.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A house is not a home.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It's better to give than to receive.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

The more the merrier.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Two heads are better than one.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Tomorrow is another day.

Pearls of wisdom.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Share and share alike.

Give the Devil his due.

Quid pro quo.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fight the good fight.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Only the good die young.

Make love not war.

A thing begun is half done.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Look before you leap.

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

Time flies.

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

Better safe than sorry.

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

Knowledge is power.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Honesty is the best policy.

Easy come, easy go.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Home is where the heart is.

You are never too old to learn.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It goes without saying.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Forgive and forget.

Manners maketh the man.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Like father, like son.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing new under the sun.

Still waters run deep.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The best things in life are free.

Count your blessings.

Cheats never prosper.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Put your best foot forward.

There's an exception to every rule.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

You are what you eat.

All good things come to those that wait.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Bread always falls buttered side down.

There are two sides to every question.

There's one born every minute.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Give credit where credit is due.

Everyone has their price.

You can have too much of a good thing.

An man's home is his castle.

Let well alone.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Opposites attract.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Good things come in small packages.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Out of sight, out of mind.

History repeats itself.

No man is an island.

He who hesitates is lost.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Money talks.

It never rains but it pours.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't always get what you want.

Speak as you find.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Seize the day.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fortune favours the brave.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All's well that ends well.

Slow but sure.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You win some, you lose some.

Only fools and horses work.

Nine tailors make a man.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Live and let live.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Curiosity killed the cat.

If you build it, they will come.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can't take it with you.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

All you need is love.

Keep your chin up.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No news is good news.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Less is more.

The bigger, the better.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Business before pleasure.

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

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A cat may look at a king.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Money isn't everything.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

What goes up must come down.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Tomorrow never comes.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Great minds think alike.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Seek and you shall find.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

More haste, less speed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Wonders will never cease.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

You reap what you sow.

Better late than never.

Pride comes before a fall.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There is no accounting for tastes.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Make haste slowly.

Time is a great healer.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The age of miracles is past.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

No man can serve two masters.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

The wages of sin is death.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Variety is the spice of life.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Enough is enough.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

To every thing there is a season.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Dead men tell no tales.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A fish always rots from the head.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Truth will out.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Many hands make light work.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Seeing is believing.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The end justifies the means.

Accidents will happen.

Walls have ears.

The best defence is a good offence.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Beggars can't be choosers.

For everything there is a season.

Live and learn.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't throw good money after bad.

God helps those who help themselves.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One good deed deserves another.

The age of miracles is past.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Practice makes perfect.