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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

All publicity is good publicity.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Only fools and horses work.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

There's no place like home.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

All things must pass.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Truth will out.

While there is life, there is hope.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

No news is good news.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Silence construes consent.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A cat has nine lives.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Misery loves company.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's an exception to every rule.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

Share and share alike.

The customer is always right.

Each to their own.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

More haste, less speed.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Time will tell.

Less said, soon mended.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Better safe than sorry.

Everyone has their price.

He who hesitates is lost.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Moderation in all things.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Knowledge is power.

The more the merrier.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

No man is an island.

The truth will out.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

A house is not a home.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can't always get what you want.

Clothes do not make the man.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Put your best foot forward.

Needs must when the devil drives.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Money makes the world go round.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

First come, first served.

Good things come in small packages.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Blood is thicker than water.

Different strokes for different folks.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Money isn't everything.

First things first.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Business before pleasure.

You reap what you sow.

Variety is the spice of life.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Count your blessings.

Only the good die young.

Give the Devil his due.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

You are what you eat.

A watched pot never boils.

It never rains but it pours.

All's fair in love and war.

Quid pro quo.

Horses for courses.

Home is where the heart is.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Actions speak louder than words.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Walls have ears.

It takes two to tango.

To the victor go the spoils.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Patience is a virtue.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

It goes without saying.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

There's safety in numbers.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Life is what you make it.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Bad news travels fast.

There's no time like the present.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Easy come, easy go.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Any port in a storm.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The show must go on.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Go the extra mile.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Pearls of wisdom.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't rock the boat.

Let bygones be bygones.

All good things come to those that wait.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Give credit where credit is due.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

A man is known by his friends.

Honesty is the best policy.

Every stick has two ends.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Learn to walk before you run.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Practice what you preach.

Money talks.

Look before you leap.

Marriages are made in heaven.

One good deed deserves another.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Many hands make light work.

Great minds think alike.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There's no fool like an old fool.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Time is money.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Seize the day.

Let the dead bury the dead.

No rest for the wicked.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Might is right.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Seeing is believing.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Love will find a way.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Keep your chin up.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The wages of sin is death.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Talk is cheap.

A good man is hard to find.

Less is more.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Seek and you shall find.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Speak as you find.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

One hand washes the other.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Nine tailors make a man.

The Devil is in the details.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Make haste slowly.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The end justifies the means.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Like father, like son.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There are two sides to every question.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It's never too late to mend.

Let well alone.

God helps those who help themselves.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Slow but sure.

What goes up must come down.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't get mad, get even.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All's well that ends well.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Make hay while the sun shines.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love makes the world go round.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

It's the singer not the song.

An man's home is his castle.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Cheats never prosper.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Time is a great healer.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

The early bird gets the worm.

A thing begun is half done.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The best things in life are free.

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

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

You win some, you lose some.

Still waters run deep.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Every dog has its day.

All good things must come to an end.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Live and let live.

Small things amuse small minds.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

In the midst of life we are in death.

To every thing there is a season.

You can't take it with you.

It takes one to know one.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Accidents will happen.

Good talk saves the food.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Another day, another dollar.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Enough is enough.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Get out while the getting is good.

Good things come to those who wait.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love is blind.

Crime doesn't pay.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The bigger, the better.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Tomorrow never comes.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Forgive and forget.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Charity begins at home.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Fight fire with fire.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Third time lucky.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Silence is golden.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The best is the enemy of the good.

East is east, and west is west.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't win them all.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

No pain, no gain.

A fish always rots from the head.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

History repeats itself.

East, west, home's best.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Time flies.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Beware the Ides of March.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

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

All you need is love.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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