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

The show must go on.

Don't rock the boat.

Less said, soon mended.

Seize the day.

Let bygones be bygones.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Speak as you find.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

It takes one to know one.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fight fire with fire.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Dead men tell no tales.

Everyone has their price.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fight the good fight.

Honesty is the best policy.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

All roads lead to Rome.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

More haste, less speed.

Practice what you preach.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Money is the root of all evil.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Seeing is believing.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Let the buyer beware.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Bad news travels fast.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Physician, heal thyself.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You win some, you lose some.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Might is right.

Horses for courses.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Keep your chin up.

A fish always rots from the head.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

No pain, no gain.

There's no place like home.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Waste not, want not.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Silence is golden.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Still waters run deep.

All that glitters is not gold.

All the world loves a lover.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's all grist to the mill.

All you need is love.

Make love not war.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

While there is life, there is hope.

Truth will out.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Paddle your own canoe.

Charity begins at home.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Each to their own.

There's an exception to every rule.

Business before pleasure.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Cheats never prosper.

A bad penny always turns up.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A house is not a home.

Forgive and forget.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The more the merrier.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There's safety in numbers.

Hope springs eternal.

Put your best foot forward.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

First come, first served.

You are what you eat.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Always put your best foot forward.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Let well alone.

A cat has nine lives.

For everything there is a season.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live and let live.

Less is more.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Keep your powder dry.

Crime doesn't pay.

Beware the Ides of March.

You can't win them all.

Actions speak louder than words.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All good things must come to an end.

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Count your blessings.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

East, west, home's best.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Never tell tales out of school.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Faith will move mountains.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Another day, another dollar.

Great minds think alike.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no time like the present.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The customer is always right.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Hide in plain sight.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The Devil looks after his own.

Better late than never.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Love will find a way.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

East is east, and west is west.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's the singer not the song.

A miss is as good as a mile.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

What goes up must come down.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A cat may look at a king.

Good talk saves the food.

Time is a great healer.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You reap what you sow.

History repeats itself.

You can't always get what you want.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Share and share alike.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

God helps those who help themselves.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Silence construes consent.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Knowledge is power.

Nothing new under the sun.

Money talks.

Two heads are better than one.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Never speak ill of the dead.

What goes around comes around.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Love is blind.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Talk is cheap.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Blood is thicker than water.

Walls have ears.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Tomorrow never comes.

Like father, like son.

Every picture tells a story.

Even a worm will turn.

Only the good die young.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Many hands make light work.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Pearls of wisdom.

Every stick has two ends.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Live and learn.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A watched pot never boils.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't get mad, get even.

There is honour among thieves.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Easy come, easy go.

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Life is what you make it.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Love makes the world go round.

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

The bigger, the better.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Slow but sure.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

All's well that ends well.

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

Opposites attract.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Go the extra mile.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No man is an island.

It goes without saying.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The best things in life are free.

Pride comes before a fall.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's one born every minute.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money isn't everything.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Any port in a storm.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Every dog has its day.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Home is where the heart is.

Life begins at forty.

A thing begun is half done.

Time will tell.

Give the Devil his due.

Misery loves company.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Patience is a virtue.

One hand washes the other.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Money makes the world go round.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Variety is the spice of life.

All's fair in love and war.

Oil and water don't mix.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Beauty is only skin deep.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All things must pass.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

No man can serve two masters.

Tomorrow is another day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.