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

Seize the day.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Virtue is its own reward.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You win some, you lose some.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Talk is cheap.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All's well that ends well.

Keep your chin up.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Everyone has their price.

Patience is a virtue.

No pain, no gain.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

There are two sides to every question.

More haste, less speed.

Paddle your own canoe.

The Devil is in the details.

Opposites attract.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Enough is enough.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Go the extra mile.

It's never too late to mend.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

An army marches on its stomach.

Give the Devil his due.

The customer is always right.

Put your best foot forward.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

What goes around comes around.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Let bygones be bygones.

Seeing is believing.

Fight fire with fire.

Charity begins at home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fortune favours the brave.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Live and learn.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Less is more.

Small things amuse small minds.

Easy come, easy go.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Crime doesn't pay.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Clothes do not make the man.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no place like home.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A man is known by his friends.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

One good deed deserves another.

All things must pass.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Let well alone.

Hope springs eternal.

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

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

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

Let the buyer beware.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A bad penny always turns up.

No news is good news.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

All the world loves a lover.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Any port in a storm.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A house is not a home.

Actions speak louder than words.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

There is honour among thieves.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Still waters run deep.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Love is blind.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Look before you leap.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cheats never prosper.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It's all grist to the mill.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No man is an island.

The Devil looks after his own.

Silence construes consent.

Make haste slowly.

There's no time like the present.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All's fair in love and war.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Physician, heal thyself.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Truth will out.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Time is money.

The wages of sin is death.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A cat may look at a king.

Might is right.

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

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

An man's home is his castle.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No man can serve two masters.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Money talks.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Every stick has two ends.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Money isn't everything.

Quid pro quo.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All good things must come to an end.

Life begins at forty.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Oil and water don't mix.

Wonders will never cease.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You reap what you sow.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Manners maketh the man.

Money makes the world go round.

Once a thief, always a thief.

To every thing there is a season.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

The bigger, the better.

Marriages are made in heaven.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A good man is hard to find.

Pearls of wisdom.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Great minds think alike.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Walls have ears.

Good talk saves the food.

Waste not, want not.

Fight the good fight.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Moderation in all things.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Silence is golden.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Two heads are better than one.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Give credit where credit is due.

Nothing new under the sun.

A fish always rots from the head.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The show must go on.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Faith will move mountains.

The truth will out.

You are never too old to learn.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Different strokes for different folks.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

First come, first served.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Horses for courses.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Practice what you preach.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Love makes the world go round.

Bad news travels fast.

East is east, and west is west.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All you need is love.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

What goes up must come down.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Home is where the heart is.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Better safe than sorry.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

One hand washes the other.

The early bird gets the worm.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Make love not war.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It takes one to know one.

You can't take it with you.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't shoot the messenger.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't win them all.

History repeats itself.

Always put your best foot forward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Better late than never.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

To the victor go the spoils.

The best things in life are free.

You can't always get what you want.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Beware the Ides of March.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Only the good die young.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

While there is life, there is hope.

Speak as you find.

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

Time is a great healer.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Every picture tells a story.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A watched pot never boils.

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's better to give than to receive.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Each to their own.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Haste makes waste.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

You are what you eat.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Needs must when the devil drives.

For everything there is a season.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Like father, like son.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Another day, another dollar.

Hide in plain sight.

It never rains but it pours.

Slow but sure.

Variety is the spice of life.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

First things first.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Dead men tell no tales.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Knowledge is power.

Many hands make light work.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Revenge is sweet.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love will find a way.

The more the merrier.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Ignorance is bliss.

The best defence is a good offence.

East, west, home's best.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Count your blessings.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Big fish eat little fish.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Share and share alike.

Business before pleasure.

Good things come to those who wait.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes two to tango.

Time will tell.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A golden key can open any door.

Time flies.

Life is what you make it.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Even a worm will turn.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A cat has nine lives.