It's easy to be wise after the event.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Pride comes before a fall.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

He who hesitates is lost.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There is honour among thieves.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

All things must pass.

The show must go on.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All's well that ends well.

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

Time is a great healer.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Seeing is believing.

It's all grist to the mill.

No pain, no gain.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Knowledge is power.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Easy come, easy go.

Always put your best foot forward.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A good man is hard to find.

All the world loves a lover.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

East, west, home's best.

You reap what you sow.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Still waters run deep.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't rock the boat.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A cat has nine lives.

Truth will out.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Practice what you preach.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It never rains but it pours.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't always get what you want.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Tomorrow never comes.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Even a worm will turn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money is the root of all evil.

History repeats itself.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

For everything there is a season.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Time will tell.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Misery loves company.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Horses for courses.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Share and share alike.

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

Life is what you make it.

The customer is always right.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Make haste slowly.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All good things come to those that wait.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Give credit where credit is due.

Learn to walk before you run.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The more the merrier.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Patience is a virtue.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Make hay while the sun shines.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Only fools and horses work.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Money makes the world go round.

Tomorrow is another day.

Faith will move mountains.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The end justifies the means.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The exception which proves the rule.

To the victor go the spoils.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Virtue is its own reward.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The truth will out.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A fish always rots from the head.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Revenge is sweet.

Get out while the getting is good.

Life begins at forty.

Hope springs eternal.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Every picture tells a story.

A person is known by the company they keep.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Money talks.

Go the extra mile.

A watched pot never boils.

You are never too old to learn.

Each to their own.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Everyone has their price.

Accidents will happen.

Love will find a way.

Big fish eat little fish.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Only the good die young.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Make love not war.

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

It goes without saying.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

There's one born every minute.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let well alone.

No rest for the wicked.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

First come, first served.

All publicity is good publicity.

It takes one to know one.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't take it with you.

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

A house is not a home.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's better to give than to receive.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Any port in a storm.

A word to the wise is enough.

Look before you leap.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Haste makes waste.

Like father, like son.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Fight fire with fire.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Hide in plain sight.

There's no time like the present.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Live and let live.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Pearls of wisdom.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Paddle your own canoe.

Money isn't everything.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Moderation in all things.

The Devil looks after his own.

Bad news travels fast.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The age of miracles is past.

Less is more.

Bad money drives out good.

Cheats never prosper.

You win some, you lose some.

Silence is golden.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Wonders will never cease.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

All you need is love.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

An man's home is his castle.

Give the Devil his due.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't win them all.

Time is money.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Nine tailors make a man.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

First things first.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Physician, heal thyself.

All that glitters is not gold.

No news is good news.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Oil and water don't mix.

A thing begun is half done.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Put your best foot forward.

The wages of sin is death.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Good things come in small packages.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Every dog has its day.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Home is where the heart is.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

It takes two to tango.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The best things in life are free.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you build it, they will come.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

There are two sides to every question.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Might is right.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

What goes around comes around.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Count your blessings.

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

Business before pleasure.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Let bygones be bygones.

Better late than never.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's no place like home.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

God helps those who help themselves.

Waste not, want not.

Practice makes perfect.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Speak as you find.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Once bitten, twice shy.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Half a loaf is better than none.

One hand washes the other.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Dead men tell no tales.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Silence construes consent.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Love is blind.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Never tell tales out of school.

You are what you eat.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

The bigger, the better.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Opposites attract.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Two heads are better than one.

Charity begins at home.

Grief divided is made lighter.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A golden key can open any door.

Live and learn.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It takes two to tango.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Enough is enough.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The Devil is in the details.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Walls have ears.

Actions speak louder than words.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.