Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Each to their own.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Talk is cheap.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Always put your best foot forward.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The Devil looks after his own.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What goes up must come down.

Birds of a feather flock together.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Life begins at forty.

Pearls of wisdom.

Count your blessings.

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

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Time is money.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

No news is good news.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time flies.

Better safe than sorry.

Great minds think alike.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Paddle your own canoe.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Actions speak louder than words.

Ignorance is bliss.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Silence is golden.

A man is known by his friends.

Less is more.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The show must go on.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Get out while the getting is good.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A thing begun is half done.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

One good deed deserves another.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't get mad, get even.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Live and learn.

Honesty is the best policy.

Still waters run deep.

Hope springs eternal.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All roads lead to Rome.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One hand washes the other.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Any port in a storm.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Virtue is its own reward.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A cat has nine lives.

Make love not war.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

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

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

Forgive and forget.

There are two sides to every question.

All good things must come to an end.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A watched pot never boils.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Waste not, want not.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There's no time like the present.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The end justifies the means.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love will find a way.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Keep your chin up.

Let well alone.

Haste makes waste.

Third time lucky.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Seek and you shall find.

Handsome is as handsome does.

To the victor go the spoils.

Small things amuse small minds.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Bad news travels fast.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

All publicity is good publicity.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The bigger, the better.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Good things come to those who wait.

Give credit where credit is due.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Keep your powder dry.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Home is where the heart is.

Money talks.

First come, first served.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

There's one born every minute.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The best defence is a good offence.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Two heads are better than one.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Faith will move mountains.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Oil and water don't mix.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The customer is always right.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Like father, like son.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Seeing is believing.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

What goes around comes around.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The best things in life are free.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Cheats never prosper.

There's no place like home.

Go the extra mile.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Love is blind.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Love makes the world go round.

Nothing new under the sun.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You are what you eat.

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

Life is what you make it.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time is a great healer.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It's better to give than to receive.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Walls have ears.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The leopard does not change his spots.

It goes without saying.

It takes two to tango.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Time will tell.

Everyone has their price.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Horses for courses.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Make haste slowly.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Beware the Ides of March.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Wonders will never cease.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All that glitters is not gold.

Accidents will happen.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Every stick has two ends.

The more the merrier.

Learn to walk before you run.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Slow but sure.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You can't take it with you.

Live and let live.

Knowledge is power.

Less said, soon mended.

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

History repeats itself.

If the cap fits, wear it.

For everything there is a season.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Different strokes for different folks.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Might is right.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

You win some, you lose some.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The truth will out.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Practice what you preach.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Misery loves company.

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

East is east, and west is west.

All good things come to those that wait.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Blood is thicker than water.

Many hands make light work.

There is no accounting for tastes.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Physician, heal thyself.

There is honour among thieves.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Dead men tell no tales.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

No man is an island.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Seize the day.

It takes one to know one.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A bad penny always turns up.

While there is life, there is hope.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Business before pleasure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The age of miracles is past.

All's well that ends well.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Hide in plain sight.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money isn't everything.

Only the good die young.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Enough is enough.

Bad money drives out good.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

There's safety in numbers.

Money makes the world go round.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Share and share alike.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Fight the good fight.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Opposites attract.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Only fools and horses work.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

All things must pass.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A house is not a home.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The exception which proves the rule.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A good man is hard to find.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Practice makes perfect.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Truth will out.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Quid pro quo.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Make hay while the sun shines.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Speak as you find.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Better late than never.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Revenge is sweet.

Another day, another dollar.

Grief divided is made lighter.

No pain, no gain.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If you build it, they will come.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

First things first.

A cat may look at a king.

There's an exception to every rule.