Time will tell.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

While there is life, there is hope.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Business before pleasure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Quid pro quo.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

East, west, home's best.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Many hands make light work.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There's no time like the present.

Look before you leap.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's all grist to the mill.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Third time lucky.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

To every thing there is a season.

Home is where the heart is.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

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

Time flies.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Charity begins at home.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Put your best foot forward.

Two heads are better than one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Live and let live.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Walls have ears.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

No rest for the wicked.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't rock the boat.

You are what you eat.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Little pitchers have big ears.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A man is known by his friends.

Great minds think alike.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Always put your best foot forward.

The show must go on.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The bigger, the better.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Paddle your own canoe.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Money makes the world go round.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

It goes without saying.

Dead men tell no tales.

All things must pass.

A bad penny always turns up.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Better safe than sorry.

Big fish eat little fish.

Better late than never.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Every stick has two ends.

A golden key can open any door.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Like father, like son.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Make haste slowly.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Misery loves company.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The more the merrier.

Moderation in all things.

A word to the wise is enough.

East is east, and west is west.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A house is not a home.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Physician, heal thyself.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The truth will out.

Love is blind.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Pearls of wisdom.

To the victor go the spoils.

Cheats never prosper.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Make love not war.

History repeats itself.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Another day, another dollar.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Knowledge is power.

Good things come in small packages.

Practice makes perfect.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Faith will move mountains.

All good things come to those that wait.

You are never too old to learn.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Hope springs eternal.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good things come to those who wait.

If you build it, they will come.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You reap what you sow.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Easy come, easy go.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Pride comes before a fall.

Stupid is as stupid does.

One hand washes the other.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Small things amuse small minds.

Practice what you preach.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The best defence is a good offence.

All the world loves a lover.

Tomorrow never comes.

Life is what you make it.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let well alone.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

The pen is mightier than sword.

All's fair in love and war.

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

No news is good news.

The customer is always right.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Give credit where credit is due.

Any port in a storm.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Forgive and forget.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

One good deed deserves another.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Youth is wasted on the young.

First things first.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All you need is love.

Virtue is its own reward.

Love makes the world go round.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Patience is a virtue.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A thing begun is half done.

Every dog has its day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Seeing is believing.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Time is money.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

More haste, less speed.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

There's one born every minute.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Haste makes waste.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Accidents will happen.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Let bygones be bygones.

It takes one to know one.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Truth will out.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The best-laid plans go astray.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

All publicity is good publicity.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Count your blessings.

Seek and you shall find.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

When one door shuts, another opens.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The best things in life are free.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Enough is as good as a feast.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Still waters run deep.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Share and share alike.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

He who hesitates is lost.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Seize the day.

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

Opposites attract.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The end justifies the means.

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

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You win some, you lose some.

There's no place like home.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

It takes two to tango.

An man's home is his castle.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Money isn't everything.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Slow but sure.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fight the good fight.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Wonders will never cease.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Less said, soon mended.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Only the good die young.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Each to their own.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It never rains but it pours.

For everything there is a season.

Life begins at forty.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Money is the root of all evil.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Horses for courses.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

You can't win them all.

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

Talk is cheap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Might is right.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Manners maketh the man.

Waste not, want not.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nine tailors make a man.

Live and learn.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Give the Devil his due.

It's never too late to mend.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Speak as you find.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

No pain, no gain.

There is honour among thieves.

Keep your chin up.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

Money talks.

Less is more.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

First come, first served.

Silence is golden.

Revenge is sweet.

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

No man is an island.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It's better to give than to receive.

The Devil is in the details.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All roads lead to Rome.

Ignorance is bliss.

Bad news travels fast.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Go the extra mile.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Different strokes for different folks.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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