What goes up must come down.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes two to tango.

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

You can't win them all.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

You are what you eat.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

History repeats itself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

No news is good news.

Make haste slowly.

Enough is enough.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Never tell tales out of school.

Opposites attract.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Persuasion is better than force.

Time is a great healer.

Each to their own.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Wonders will never cease.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Seeing is believing.

Fight fire with fire.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

First things first.

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

Practice makes perfect.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Tomorrow never comes.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Let well alone.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All's well that ends well.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You win some, you lose some.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

East, west, home's best.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Great minds think alike.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Keep your chin up.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Any port in a storm.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

A good man is hard to find.

Beggars can't be choosers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Love makes the world go round.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Paddle your own canoe.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

To every thing there is a season.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A house is not a home.

All the world loves a lover.

Slow but sure.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

All things must pass.

Give credit where credit is due.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Pride comes before a fall.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Everyone has their price.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Money makes the world go round.

It's never too late to mend.

Walls have ears.

There is honour among thieves.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Love is blind.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fortune favours the brave.

The Devil is in the details.

Silence is golden.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

Quid pro quo.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There's no time like the present.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The bigger, the better.

All's fair in love and war.

Only fools and horses work.

Many hands make light work.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The best things in life are free.

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

Easy come, easy go.

The truth will out.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't get mad, get even.

Ignorance is bliss.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Clothes do not make the man.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Still waters run deep.

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time flies.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Look before you leap.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Knowledge is power.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Might is right.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A cat has nine lives.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A dog is a man's best friend.

It's all grist to the mill.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Physician, heal thyself.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Every stick has two ends.

Haste makes waste.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Revenge is sweet.

First come, first served.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Practice what you preach.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Horses for courses.

Better late than never.

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

Good things come in small packages.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

No man is an island.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Manners maketh the man.

Variety is the spice of life.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The age of miracles is past.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

There's no place like home.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Count your blessings.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Blood is thicker than water.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Live and let live.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Fight the good fight.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Beware the Ides of March.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Honesty is the best policy.

It never rains but it pours.

It's the singer not the song.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Misery loves company.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

One good deed deserves another.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

To the victor go the spoils.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You reap what you sow.

Share and share alike.

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

If you build it, they will come.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A fish always rots from the head.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Speak as you find.

Less said, soon mended.

Crime doesn't pay.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Dead men tell no tales.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Curiosity killed the cat.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Pearls of wisdom.

Silence construes consent.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's a time and a place for everything.

No pain, no gain.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Accidents will happen.

Big fish eat little fish.

While there is life, there is hope.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's better to give than to receive.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't take it with you.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Truth will out.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The best defence is a good offence.

The wages of sin is death.

A bad penny always turns up.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Love will find a way.

Faith will move mountains.

The customer is always right.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All good things must come to an end.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Only the good die young.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Handsome is as handsome does.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Life begins at forty.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

One hand washes the other.

Even a worm will turn.

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

The end justifies the means.

What goes around comes around.

Time is money.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Talk is cheap.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Forgive and forget.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Virtue is its own reward.

It takes one to know one.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Like father, like son.

Business before pleasure.

Let bygones be bygones.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Money talks.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The exception which proves the rule.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

God helps those who help themselves.

A golden key can open any door.

Less is more.

All you need is love.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let the buyer beware.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Live and learn.

You are never too old to learn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Make love not war.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

He who hesitates is lost.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Another day, another dollar.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Waste not, want not.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Third time lucky.

There's safety in numbers.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Time will tell.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There is no accounting for tastes.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

An man's home is his castle.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A cat may look at a king.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There's no fool like an old fool.