Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Live and let live.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Talk is cheap.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Hope springs eternal.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Speak as you find.

A miss is as good as a mile.

No news is good news.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Big fish eat little fish.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The bigger, the better.

A house is not a home.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It's better to give than to receive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Nothing new under the sun.

Charity begins at home.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Many hands make light work.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Money talks.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It takes one to know one.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A golden key can open any door.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

First come, first served.

Honesty is the best policy.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

You reap what you sow.

Forgive and forget.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

The age of miracles is past.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Might is right.

The Devil is in the details.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

East, west, home's best.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All you need is love.

Easy come, easy go.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The Devil looks after his own.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Everyone has their price.

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

The wages of sin is death.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Learn to walk before you run.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Only the good die young.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't rock the boat.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Love makes the world go round.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's one born every minute.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's the singer not the song.

Persuasion is better than force.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The truth will out.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Less is more.

Dead men tell no tales.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Keep your chin up.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The early bird gets the worm.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Give the Devil his due.

For everything there is a season.

Haste makes waste.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Practice what you preach.

Third time lucky.

Love is blind.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Tomorrow is another day.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Pearls of wisdom.

Let the buyer beware.

Cheats never prosper.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Money isn't everything.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Get out while the getting is good.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Pride comes before a fall.

Oil and water don't mix.

You are what you eat.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Bad money drives out good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The more the merrier.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Wonders will never cease.

Each to their own.

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

Life begins at forty.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Time is a great healer.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Share and share alike.

What goes up must come down.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Enough is enough.

Different strokes for different folks.

Only fools and horses work.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Silence is golden.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

One hand washes the other.

Let bygones be bygones.

Virtue is its own reward.

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't always get what you want.

All things must pass.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Still waters run deep.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Crime doesn't pay.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Better late than never.

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

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

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

No rest for the wicked.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

He who hesitates is lost.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Misery loves company.

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

Bad news travels fast.

To every thing there is a season.

What goes around comes around.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Live and learn.

God helps those who help themselves.

The end justifies the means.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It goes without saying.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Less said, soon mended.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It takes two to tango.

Like father, like son.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Manners maketh the man.

You are never too old to learn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

More haste, less speed.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Slow but sure.

The customer is always right.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let well alone.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

East is east, and west is west.

A dog is a man's best friend.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A thing begun is half done.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never tell tales out of school.

Moderation in all things.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Opposites attract.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The best things in life are free.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All good things must come to an end.

Time will tell.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Actions speak louder than words.

Business before pleasure.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

No man is an island.

Hide in plain sight.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Small things amuse small minds.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't take it with you.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Seek and you shall find.

Clothes do not make the man.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There's no place like home.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

While there is life, there is hope.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Love will find a way.

You can't win them all.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fight fire with fire.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Great minds think alike.

Every picture tells a story.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Time is money.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It's never too late to mend.

Go the extra mile.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All good things come to those that wait.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Even a worm will turn.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Time flies.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

First things first.

A word to the wise is enough.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Seize the day.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's no fool like an old fool.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Every dog has its day.

Always put your best foot forward.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Good things come in small packages.

No man can serve two masters.

Another day, another dollar.

If you build it, they will come.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Accidents will happen.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Walls have ears.

The show must go on.

Look before you leap.

There's an exception to every rule.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A fish always rots from the head.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A watched pot never boils.

Knowledge is power.

Make love not war.

Man does not live by bread alone.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Revenge is sweet.

Any port in a storm.

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