The best is the enemy of the good.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

An man's home is his castle.

Hide in plain sight.

Needs must when the devil drives.

You can't win them all.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Go the extra mile.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Make haste slowly.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Charity begins at home.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

Put your best foot forward.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Shrouds have no pockets.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no place like home.

Half a loaf is better than none.

There are two sides to every question.

Hope springs eternal.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Horses for courses.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All good things come to those that wait.

Fight fire with fire.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

No man is an island.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Time flies.

The best defence is a good offence.

Honesty is the best policy.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The best-laid plans go astray.

East, west, home's best.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Keep your chin up.

East is east, and west is west.

Opposites attract.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The end justifies the means.

Ignorance is bliss.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A watched pot never boils.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Manners maketh the man.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All's well that ends well.

There is honour among thieves.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Pride comes before a fall.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Live and let live.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nothing new under the sun.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Fight the good fight.

Don't throw good money after bad.

For everything there is a season.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Grief divided is made lighter.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Small things amuse small minds.

Cheats never prosper.

One hand washes the other.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A cat has nine lives.

Business before pleasure.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Love will find a way.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A good man is hard to find.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Accidents will happen.

Live and learn.

Everyone has their price.

Better late than never.

Home is where the heart is.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Let bygones be bygones.

There's one born every minute.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Another day, another dollar.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Only fools and horses work.

A cat may look at a king.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Get out while the getting is good.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Haste makes waste.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blood is thicker than water.

Slow but sure.

Faith will move mountains.

More haste, less speed.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

All the world loves a lover.

A thing begun is half done.

It's the singer not the song.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's never too late to mend.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Clothes do not make the man.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't take it with you.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You reap what you sow.

Give credit where credit is due.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All things must pass.

It takes one to know one.

The show must go on.

Always put your best foot forward.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

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

Every picture tells a story.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The age of miracles is past.

Good talk saves the food.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Let well alone.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

An army marches on its stomach.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's better to give than to receive.

Less is more.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes two to tango.

The Devil is in the details.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There's no fool like an old fool.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Virtue is its own reward.

Only the good die young.

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

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

Two heads are better than one.

Walls have ears.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Speak as you find.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A house is not a home.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

No news is good news.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Seek and you shall find.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Like father, like son.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Don't get mad, get even.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The bigger, the better.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It never rains but it pours.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

To every thing there is a season.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Better safe than sorry.

Dead men tell no tales.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Bad news travels fast.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't always get what you want.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The truth will out.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

The more the merrier.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Make love not war.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fortune favours the brave.

Crime doesn't pay.

Money isn't everything.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

All good things must come to an end.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Seize the day.

There's no time like the present.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A golden key can open any door.

While there is life, there is hope.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Life is what you make it.

What goes around comes around.

God helps those who help themselves.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The Devil looks after his own.

First things first.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Wonders will never cease.

Silence is golden.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Great minds think alike.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Learn to walk before you run.

Revenge is sweet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

What goes up must come down.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The customer is always right.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The early bird gets the worm.

Forgive and forget.

Persuasion is better than force.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time will tell.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Each to their own.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Quid pro quo.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Money is the root of all evil.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't rock the boat.

Still waters run deep.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Practice makes perfect.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Many hands make light work.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

All you need is love.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Time is money.

Waste not, want not.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Love is blind.

Seeing is believing.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Talk is cheap.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Cold hands, warm heart.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth will out.

No pain, no gain.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Enough is enough.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Share and share alike.

Third time lucky.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Misery loves company.

Look before you leap.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

You are what you eat.

Every dog has its day.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Might is right.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Silence construes consent.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

History repeats itself.

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

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

It goes without saying.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Time is a great healer.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Moderation in all things.

Money talks.