Only fools and horses work.

Revenge is sweet.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Make love not war.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

To the victor go the spoils.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Always put your best foot forward.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Physician, heal thyself.

You win some, you lose some.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

History repeats itself.

No rest for the wicked.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Two heads are better than one.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Every dog has its day.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One hand washes the other.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Horses for courses.

All things must pass.

An man's home is his castle.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The show must go on.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Misery loves company.

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

What goes up must come down.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There is honour among thieves.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Practice makes perfect.

The customer is always right.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Opposites attract.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Enough is enough.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The age of miracles is past.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Seeing is believing.

Walls have ears.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Still waters run deep.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

East is east, and west is west.

Love makes the world go round.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Variety is the spice of life.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cheats never prosper.

Nothing new under the sun.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Devil is in the details.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Give the Devil his due.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

All's fair in love and war.

A watched pot never boils.

Faith will move mountains.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's the singer not the song.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Might is right.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

There are two sides to every question.

No man is an island.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Knowledge is power.

Patience is a virtue.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The early bird gets the worm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

A good man is hard to find.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

First come, first served.

Live and let live.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Each to their own.

All's well that ends well.

It takes one to know one.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A house is not a home.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Everyone has their price.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Pride comes before a fall.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Only the good die young.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Love is blind.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never give a sucker an even break.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Ignorance is bliss.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

One good deed deserves another.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Count your blessings.

Look before you leap.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Love will find a way.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All roads lead to Rome.

You can't always get what you want.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Time will tell.

Make haste slowly.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

An army marches on its stomach.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Quid pro quo.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Bad news travels fast.

No news is good news.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Many hands make light work.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The more the merrier.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You are what you eat.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

While there is life, there is hope.

The bigger, the better.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Actions speak louder than words.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Manners maketh the man.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Moderation in all things.

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

Better late than never.

Let bygones be bygones.

Business before pleasure.

Good things come in small packages.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's safety in numbers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Good talk saves the food.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Keep your powder dry.

All the world loves a lover.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Hide in plain sight.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The truth will out.

Home is where the heart is.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't rock the boat.

Easy come, easy go.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Life begins at forty.

Live and learn.

Good things come to those who wait.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Like father, like son.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A thing begun is half done.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Seize the day.

The best things in life are free.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Charity begins at home.

There's no time like the present.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The exception which proves the rule.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Tomorrow never comes.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

For everything there is a season.

Great minds think alike.

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

Forgive and forget.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Practice what you preach.

The wages of sin is death.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Bad money drives out good.

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

A man is known by his friends.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

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

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

Let well alone.

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Less said, soon mended.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Talk is cheap.

Speak as you find.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

What goes around comes around.

Third time lucky.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Money talks.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Fight the good fight.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is money.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every stick has two ends.

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Go the extra mile.

Let the buyer beware.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Keep your chin up.

Life is what you make it.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's one born every minute.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't take it with you.

You reap what you sow.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All you need is love.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money isn't everything.

It goes without saying.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Enough is as good as a feast.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Haste makes waste.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Put your best foot forward.

Never tell tales out of school.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Another day, another dollar.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The end justifies the means.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fortune favours the brave.

Less is more.

Any port in a storm.

Different strokes for different folks.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Clothes do not make the man.

You are never too old to learn.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It's best to be on the safe side.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Wonders will never cease.

Blood is thicker than water.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Slow but sure.

Children and fools tell the truth.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.