It's better to give than to receive.

Moderation in all things.

No man is an island.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's no time like the present.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Blood is thicker than water.

Another day, another dollar.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Great minds think alike.

It takes one to know one.

Forgive and forget.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Bad money drives out good.

Always put your best foot forward.

Seize the day.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

East is east, and west is west.

It goes without saying.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love makes the world go round.

To every thing there is a season.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Accidents will happen.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Revenge is sweet.

All's fair in love and war.

To the victor go the spoils.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Let well alone.

The customer is always right.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Hide in plain sight.

The best things in life are free.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't always get what you want.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Good things come in small packages.

The truth will out.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Forewarned is forearmed.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's an exception to every rule.

Good talk saves the food.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Better late than never.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Silence is golden.

Look before you leap.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Less is more.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Practice what you preach.

God helps those who help themselves.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Seeing is believing.

Third time lucky.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The more the merrier.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's safety in numbers.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Time flies.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't rock the boat.

Live and let live.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Fight fire with fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All that glitters is not gold.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can't win them all.

Time will tell.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Children and fools tell the truth.

For everything there is a season.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Live and learn.

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

Money isn't everything.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Ignorance is bliss.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All's well that ends well.

The bigger, the better.

Like father, like son.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Good things come to those who wait.

Business before pleasure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

No news is good news.

What goes around comes around.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Only the good die young.

The end justifies the means.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Better safe than sorry.

East, west, home's best.

No man can serve two masters.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Opposites attract.

Easy come, easy go.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

A good man is hard to find.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

An army marches on its stomach.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fight the good fight.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Misery loves company.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A bad penny always turns up.

Haste makes waste.

It's the singer not the song.

Make haste slowly.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Put your best foot forward.

It's never too late to mend.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One swallow does not a summer make.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The leopard does not change his spots.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Truth will out.

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

Walls have ears.

What goes up must come down.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

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

Still waters run deep.

Hope springs eternal.

Tomorrow is another day.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let the dead bury the dead.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It takes two to tango.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Time is money.

Get out while the getting is good.

Clothes do not make the man.

All publicity is good publicity.

It never rains but it pours.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Enough is enough.

Two heads are better than one.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Speak as you find.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

All the world loves a lover.

Faith will move mountains.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Dead men tell no tales.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The wages of sin is death.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Let the buyer beware.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Everyone has their price.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The exception which proves the rule.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Tomorrow never comes.

Love is blind.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

All you need is love.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Every picture tells a story.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The age of miracles is past.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Talk is cheap.

Charity begins at home.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Honesty is the best policy.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Count your blessings.

Nine tailors make a man.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There are two sides to every question.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All things must pass.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Practice makes perfect.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Only fools and horses work.

Learn to walk before you run.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let bygones be bygones.

Life begins at forty.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Oil and water don't mix.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There is honour among thieves.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Slow but sure.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Crime doesn't pay.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

While there is life, there is hope.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Even a worm will turn.

The early bird gets the worm.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Money talks.

A watched pot never boils.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

History repeats itself.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You win some, you lose some.

Life is what you make it.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

There's one born every minute.

Patience is a virtue.

Might is right.

Paddle your own canoe.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Money makes the world go round.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

More haste, less speed.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Time is a great healer.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Each to their own.

Every stick has two ends.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

You can't take it with you.

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

No rest for the wicked.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

Many hands make light work.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

A house is not a home.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You reap what you sow.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The show must go on.

Small things amuse small minds.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

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

There's no place like home.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Any port in a storm.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Keep your powder dry.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Make love not war.

Don't change horses in midstream.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Pearls of wisdom.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Keep your chin up.

No pain, no gain.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Bad news travels fast.

Share and share alike.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Love will find a way.

One hand washes the other.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Give credit where credit is due.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Fortune favours the brave.

A cat has nine lives.

Never tell tales out of school.

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