Big fish eat little fish.

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

Truth will out.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Go the extra mile.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Ignorance is bliss.

Make love not war.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Learn to walk before you run.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Seeing is believing.

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

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

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

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Life is what you make it.

A house is not a home.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Patience is a virtue.

Bad money drives out good.

The show must go on.

East, west, home's best.

Good things come in small packages.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Opposites attract.

Oil and water don't mix.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Love is blind.

No man can serve two masters.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All roads lead to Rome.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Even a worm will turn.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Count your blessings.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Dead men tell no tales.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A good man is hard to find.

All's fair in love and war.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

It's never too late to mend.

What goes around comes around.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

You win some, you lose some.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Third time lucky.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

When one door shuts, another opens.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Share and share alike.

Talk is cheap.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Actions speak louder than words.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Blood is thicker than water.

What goes up must come down.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Revenge is sweet.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

There are two sides to every question.

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

No man is an island.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Silence is golden.

Still waters run deep.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

No pain, no gain.

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Paddle your own canoe.

Crime doesn't pay.

Let the buyer beware.

All things must pass.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Accidents will happen.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The bigger, the better.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Haste makes waste.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Life begins at forty.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no time like the present.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't win them all.

One hand washes the other.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't rock the boat.

Two heads are better than one.

Fortune favours the brave.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Look before you leap.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A golden key can open any door.

The truth will out.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Any port in a storm.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Forgive and forget.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Waste not, want not.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Time will tell.

There's no place like home.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Horses for courses.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Handsome is as handsome does.

For everything there is a season.

Love makes the world go round.

Every dog has its day.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All's well that ends well.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Pride comes before a fall.

Make haste slowly.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Persuasion is better than force.

Tomorrow never comes.

Every picture tells a story.

Seize the day.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Time is money.

Keep your chin up.

Many hands make light work.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The more the merrier.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Only the good die young.

Home is where the heart is.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Nothing new under the sun.

Every stick has two ends.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Give credit where credit is due.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Everyone has their price.

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

More haste, less speed.

To the victor go the spoils.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A fish always rots from the head.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Enough is enough.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's one born every minute.

You reap what you sow.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Variety is the spice of life.

Bad news travels fast.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Clothes do not make the man.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

No news is good news.

Business before pleasure.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Might is right.

History repeats itself.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The end justifies the means.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best defence is a good offence.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The Devil looks after his own.

Do as I say, not as I do.

If you build it, they will come.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Different strokes for different folks.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

It takes two to tango.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Another day, another dollar.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Get out while the getting is good.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Seek and you shall find.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

No rest for the wicked.

Misery loves company.

The best-laid plans go astray.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

To every thing there is a season.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A thing begun is half done.

Hope springs eternal.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

There's an exception to every rule.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Never tell tales out of school.

Less is more.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

First come, first served.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You are what you eat.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't always get what you want.

A man is known by his friends.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

All you need is love.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let bygones be bygones.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A watched pot never boils.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

An man's home is his castle.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Cheats never prosper.

Time is a great healer.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Practice what you preach.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

One good deed deserves another.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Each to their own.

Knowledge is power.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Always put your best foot forward.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Live and let live.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Keep your powder dry.

Let well alone.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Good things come to those who wait.

Practice makes perfect.

Honesty is the best policy.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The exception which proves the rule.

Time flies.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's the singer not the song.

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

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Never speak ill of the dead.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The customer is always right.

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

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

First things first.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Moderation in all things.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Manners maketh the man.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Live and learn.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Give the Devil his due.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Money isn't everything.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All good things come to those that wait.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It goes without saying.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

All good things must come to an end.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The Devil is in the details.