Time is a great healer.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The best defence is a good offence.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

It goes without saying.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It takes one to know one.

All good things come to those that wait.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Only fools and horses work.

Look before you leap.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Money talks.

The customer is always right.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

The wages of sin is death.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Give credit where credit is due.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There's no time like the present.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The show must go on.

No rest for the wicked.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Live and let live.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Better late than never.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's no place like home.

There's safety in numbers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Pride comes before a fall.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Quid pro quo.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Let the buyer beware.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's never too late to mend.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Still waters run deep.

Let bygones be bygones.

History repeats itself.

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

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Count your blessings.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak as you find.

Christmas comes but once a year.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Money is the root of all evil.

Waste not, want not.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A watched pot never boils.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Opposites attract.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Even a worm will turn.

Accidents will happen.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Business before pleasure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Moderation in all things.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Practice makes perfect.

A thing begun is half done.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A word to the wise is enough.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Live and learn.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Different strokes for different folks.

Virtue is its own reward.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Children and fools tell the truth.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Seek and you shall find.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Never tell tales out of school.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All good things must come to an end.

Time is money.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Haste makes waste.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

East is east, and west is west.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Tomorrow is another day.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A house is not a home.

Fight fire with fire.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Life begins at forty.

It's the singer not the song.

Ignorance is bliss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

No man can serve two masters.

First things first.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

No man is an island.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Revenge is sweet.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Love is blind.

All you need is love.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Make love not war.

Every dog has its day.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

To the victor go the spoils.

It never rains but it pours.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Another day, another dollar.

Fight the good fight.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Slow but sure.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The exception which proves the rule.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The truth will out.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

First come, first served.

Forgive and forget.

Keep your powder dry.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

An man's home is his castle.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Good talk saves the food.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Go the extra mile.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time will tell.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's better to give than to receive.

Like father, like son.

Let well alone.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't get mad, get even.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

What goes around comes around.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A cat has nine lives.

Hide in plain sight.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Money isn't everything.

All's well that ends well.

Honesty is the best policy.

Silence construes consent.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love will find a way.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Knowledge is power.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The age of miracles is past.

Walls have ears.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Only the good die young.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Actions speak louder than words.

Seeing is believing.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Seize the day.

Always put your best foot forward.

Great minds think alike.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

All things must pass.

A fish always rots from the head.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Horses for courses.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't take it with you.

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

Bad money drives out good.

There's one born every minute.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You are never too old to learn.

Practice what you preach.

Hope springs eternal.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Variety is the spice of life.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Better safe than sorry.

All's fair in love and war.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Misery loves company.

Life is what you make it.

Third time lucky.

You can't win them all.

More haste, less speed.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beauty is only skin deep.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Possession is nine points of the law.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The end justifies the means.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Dead men tell no tales.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Two heads are better than one.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Less is more.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

No news is good news.

Easy come, easy go.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Fortune favours the brave.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All publicity is good publicity.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Charity begins at home.

Physician, heal thyself.

Time flies.

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

Make haste slowly.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Each to their own.

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

Talk is cheap.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Home is where the heart is.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

There's an exception to every rule.

He who hesitates is lost.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Love makes the world go round.

Clothes do not make the man.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You reap what you sow.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

God helps those who help themselves.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A bad penny always turns up.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

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

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

There are two sides to every question.

For everything there is a season.

Small things amuse small minds.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Many hands make light work.

Enough is enough.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Truth will out.

You are what you eat.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Might is right.

The Devil is in the details.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Big fish eat little fish.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Share and share alike.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

East, west, home's best.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You win some, you lose some.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

A good man is hard to find.

A dog is a man's best friend.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't always get what you want.

What goes up must come down.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Make hay while the sun shines.