There is no accounting for tastes.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's all grist to the mill.

Horses for courses.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

He who hesitates is lost.

Let the buyer beware.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

An army marches on its stomach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An man's home is his castle.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

No pain, no gain.

The Devil looks after his own.

Talk is cheap.

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

All's well that ends well.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Live and let live.

A house is not a home.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Clothes do not make the man.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Money talks.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Time will tell.

Never tell tales out of school.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There are two sides to every question.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's the singer not the song.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Patience is a virtue.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Seize the day.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Walls have ears.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A cat has nine lives.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

God helps those who help themselves.

Variety is the spice of life.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Better safe than sorry.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Truth will out.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The truth will out.

Opposites attract.

Quid pro quo.

The exception which proves the rule.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

What goes up must come down.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Charity begins at home.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Share and share alike.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Ignorance is bliss.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

To every thing there is a season.

Tomorrow never comes.

The more the merrier.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Pride comes before a fall.

Physician, heal thyself.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Two heads are better than one.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Live and learn.

There's one born every minute.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Home is where the heart is.

A cat may look at a king.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Seek and you shall find.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The best things in life are free.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

More haste, less speed.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Still waters run deep.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Misery loves company.

A good man is hard to find.

Actions speak louder than words.

Revenge is sweet.

There's an exception to every rule.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Crime doesn't pay.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All good things must come to an end.

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

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Tomorrow is another day.

Make haste slowly.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Persuasion is better than force.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Every stick has two ends.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

East, west, home's best.

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

Practice what you preach.

Paddle your own canoe.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Practice makes perfect.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Get out while the getting is good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Knowledge is power.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Less is more.

There's no time like the present.

Let bygones be bygones.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Keep your chin up.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Nothing new under the sun.

Count your blessings.

Everyone has their price.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Every picture tells a story.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Great minds think alike.

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

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

Like father, like son.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A poor worker blames the tools.

History repeats itself.

It's better to give than to receive.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Wonders will never cease.

Look before you leap.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You reap what you sow.

Make hay while the sun shines.

East is east, and west is west.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money is the root of all evil.

No news is good news.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Love will find a way.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Less said, soon mended.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Silence is golden.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It takes two to tango.

Fight the good fight.

You are what you eat.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

What goes around comes around.

The Devil is in the details.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Dead men tell no tales.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

All roads lead to Rome.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every dog has its day.

Beggars can't be choosers.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Oil and water don't mix.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Might is right.

Only the good die young.

Life is what you make it.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Seeing is believing.

Money makes the world go round.

A bad penny always turns up.

Business before pleasure.

All things must pass.

You can't win them all.

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

Time flies.

The end justifies the means.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It takes one to know one.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A man is known by his friends.

All good things come to those that wait.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Give the Devil his due.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Silence construes consent.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

To the victor go the spoils.

Time is a great healer.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Third time lucky.

Moderation in all things.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Love makes the world go round.

Blood is thicker than water.

Give credit where credit is due.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Only fools and horses work.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't rock the boat.

The customer is always right.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Bad money drives out good.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Money isn't everything.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fight fire with fire.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Small things amuse small minds.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You are never too old to learn.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Make love not war.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Big fish eat little fish.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The bigger, the better.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The early bird gets the worm.

A word to the wise is enough.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

All you need is love.

Waste not, want not.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The best-laid plans go astray.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Haste makes waste.

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

You can't take it with you.

It's never too late to mend.

Many hands make light work.

If you build it, they will come.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

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

Speak as you find.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can't always get what you want.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Life begins at forty.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A person is known by the company they keep.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's best to be on the safe side.