Nothing new under the sun.

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

The bigger, the better.

A cat may look at a king.

Still waters run deep.

Many hands make light work.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Wonders will never cease.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Crime doesn't pay.

The best is the enemy of the good.

All good things come to those that wait.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Life is what you make it.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Better late than never.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Another day, another dollar.

Patience is a virtue.

The customer is always right.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A cat has nine lives.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Go the extra mile.

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

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Big fish eat little fish.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Time is a great healer.

Only the good die young.

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

East, west, home's best.

Opposites attract.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't always get what you want.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Time flies.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Bad news travels fast.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Love makes the world go round.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Little pitchers have big ears.

Every picture tells a story.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

All's fair in love and war.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Two heads are better than one.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

For everything there is a season.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

The show must go on.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Quid pro quo.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You are what you eat.

Business before pleasure.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Truth will out.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Live and let live.

You are never too old to learn.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All the world loves a lover.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

The best things in life are free.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Count your blessings.

Speak as you find.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Paddle your own canoe.

There's no fool like an old fool.

No news is good news.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Hide in plain sight.

It goes without saying.

Only fools and horses work.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Knowledge is power.

Keep your powder dry.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no time like the present.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Marriages are made in heaven.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

You can't win them all.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

If you build it, they will come.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Fight the good fight.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Forgive and forget.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Hope springs eternal.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There are two sides to every question.

It's never too late to mend.

A golden key can open any door.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A watched pot never boils.

Strike while the iron is hot.

First things first.

There's an exception to every rule.

All's well that ends well.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time is money.

Money isn't everything.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Life begins at forty.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Bad money drives out good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

What goes around comes around.

Practice what you preach.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Live and learn.

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

Share and share alike.

The age of miracles is past.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It's the singer not the song.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Like father, like son.

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

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

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There's one born every minute.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't get mad, get even.

The end justifies the means.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil is in the details.

Manners maketh the man.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Love will find a way.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Learn to walk before you run.

History repeats itself.

Each to their own.

Actions speak louder than words.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

First come, first served.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

A thing begun is half done.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Ignorance is bliss.

The more the merrier.

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

Horses for courses.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Any port in a storm.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Better safe than sorry.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Less said, soon mended.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Great minds think alike.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Clothes do not make the man.

What goes up must come down.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's no place like home.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All roads lead to Rome.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Enough is enough.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

While there is life, there is hope.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Charity begins at home.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Shrouds have no pockets.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You reap what you sow.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Haste makes waste.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Slow and steady wins the race.

No man can serve two masters.

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

The wages of sin is death.

It's all grist to the mill.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Love is blind.

More haste, less speed.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Good fences make good neighbours.

One hand washes the other.

Money is the root of all evil.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Good things come to those who wait.

Everyone has their price.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's no smoke without fire.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Look before you leap.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Make love not war.

Home is where the heart is.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Every dog has its day.

Keep your chin up.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Waste not, want not.

Easy come, easy go.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

To the victor go the spoils.

Even a worm will turn.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes one to know one.

Different strokes for different folks.

All things must pass.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't rock the boat.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Dead men tell no tales.

All that glitters is not gold.

Moderation in all things.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Seize the day.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Misery loves company.

Pride comes before a fall.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

No man is an island.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Pearls of wisdom.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Practice makes perfect.

A word to the wise is enough.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The Devil looks after his own.

The best defence is a good offence.

The truth will out.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every stick has two ends.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

No pain, no gain.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Physician, heal thyself.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Seeing is believing.

Money makes the world go round.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Honesty is the best policy.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Faith will move mountains.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes two to tango.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Good things come in small packages.

Might is right.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fight fire with fire.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Accidents will happen.

Less is more.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A good man is hard to find.

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