Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't get mad, get even.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The more the merrier.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Different strokes for different folks.

Time is a great healer.

Keep your powder dry.

All good things come to those that wait.

You win some, you lose some.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Give the Devil his due.

Wonders will never cease.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money talks.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

All's well that ends well.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

More haste, less speed.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Give credit where credit is due.

Paddle your own canoe.

Still waters run deep.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Opposites attract.

There's one born every minute.

What goes up must come down.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

An army marches on its stomach.

Horses for courses.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Love makes the world go round.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

All you need is love.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Crime doesn't pay.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Money isn't everything.

Better late than never.

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

Go the extra mile.

Time is money.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The exception which proves the rule.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Manners maketh the man.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All things must pass.

There's safety in numbers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Strike while the iron is hot.

All's fair in love and war.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A cat may look at a king.

Live and learn.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There is honour among thieves.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Forgive and forget.

Learn to walk before you run.

There's no place like home.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Seeing is believing.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Tomorrow never comes.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A good man is hard to find.

You can't take it with you.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Pearls of wisdom.

The best things in life are free.

Like father, like son.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't win them all.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

God helps those who help themselves.

Truth will out.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The bigger, the better.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Misery loves company.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

No man can serve two masters.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Hide in plain sight.

All the world loves a lover.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Charity begins at home.

There are two sides to every question.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

One hand washes the other.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Share and share alike.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

No rest for the wicked.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Tomorrow is another day.

The age of miracles is past.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let well alone.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

No man is an island.

Time flies.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Physician, heal thyself.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Persuasion is better than force.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Fight fire with fire.

First things first.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Enough is enough.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Always put your best foot forward.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Every dog has its day.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Make haste slowly.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Great minds think alike.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Talk is cheap.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

An man's home is his castle.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Quid pro quo.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

While there is life, there is hope.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Seek and you shall find.

The truth will out.

Nothing new under the sun.

Slow but sure.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The early bird gets the worm.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Walls have ears.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The best defence is a good offence.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Life is what you make it.

A house is not a home.

Any port in a storm.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's no smoke without fire.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Clothes do not make the man.

What goes around comes around.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Seize the day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Speak as you find.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Practice what you preach.

Home is where the heart is.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A fish always rots from the head.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A cat has nine lives.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It never rains but it pours.

Fight the good fight.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Easy come, easy go.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Oil and water don't mix.

The show must go on.

To the victor go the spoils.

For everything there is a season.

It takes two to tango.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Make love not war.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Waste not, want not.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Small things amuse small minds.

Third time lucky.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Count your blessings.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't rock the boat.

It's never too late to mend.

Put your best foot forward.

It takes one to know one.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

All publicity is good publicity.

The customer is always right.

A thing begun is half done.

Better safe than sorry.

You are what you eat.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's no time like the present.

Less is more.

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

Silence is golden.

Good talk saves the food.

History repeats itself.

Pride comes before a fall.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Every picture tells a story.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Life begins at forty.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

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

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

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Knowledge is power.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

You can't always get what you want.

Practice makes perfect.

Never speak ill of the dead.

First come, first served.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Many hands make light work.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Moderation in all things.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Stupid is as stupid does.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let the buyer beware.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

To every thing there is a season.

When one door shuts, another opens.

East, west, home's best.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

Only the good die young.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fortune favours the brave.

You are never too old to learn.

The wages of sin is death.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Bad money drives out good.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

He who hesitates is lost.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Ignorance is bliss.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

East is east, and west is west.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Good things come in small packages.

Live and let live.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Each to their own.

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

Everyone has their price.

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

Even a worm will turn.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A bad penny always turns up.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Look before you leap.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Only fools and horses work.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

One good deed deserves another.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Accidents will happen.

Business before pleasure.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No pain, no gain.

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