It's never too late to mend.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Only fools and horses work.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Another day, another dollar.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The Devil looks after his own.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Business before pleasure.

Crime doesn't pay.

Look before you leap.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Slow but sure.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Live and learn.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

To the victor go the spoils.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

No news is good news.

Silence construes consent.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Fortune favours the brave.

Any port in a storm.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Good things come in small packages.

A miss is as good as a mile.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Speak as you find.

The show must go on.

Revenge is sweet.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The end justifies the means.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A man is known by his friends.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't rock the boat.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Grief divided is made lighter.

What goes around comes around.

One good deed deserves another.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Great minds think alike.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's no place like home.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Money talks.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

No pain, no gain.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't always get what you want.

Nine tailors make a man.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Only the good die young.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Put your best foot forward.

All publicity is good publicity.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Wonders will never cease.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

No man is an island.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Share and share alike.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You reap what you sow.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Better late than never.

Accidents will happen.

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

Horses for courses.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The wages of sin is death.

Time is a great healer.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

All things must pass.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

An army marches on its stomach.

Time will tell.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Make love not war.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If you build it, they will come.

Better safe than sorry.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Enough is enough.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

What goes up must come down.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A watched pot never boils.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money isn't everything.

A cat may look at a king.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Keep your powder dry.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

All the world loves a lover.

All's fair in love and war.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Always put your best foot forward.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's better to give than to receive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fight fire with fire.

Moderation in all things.

All roads lead to Rome.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

For everything there is a season.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Hide in plain sight.

There's one born every minute.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A cat has nine lives.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

All you need is love.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

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.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Like father, like son.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes one to know one.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Make haste slowly.

Even a worm will turn.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Go the extra mile.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Let well alone.

Variety is the spice of life.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Love makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Opposites attract.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's the singer not the song.

Appearances can be deceptive.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

History repeats itself.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life begins at forty.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Keep your chin up.

Get out while the getting is good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every dog has its day.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

East is east, and west is west.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Time is money.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

More haste, less speed.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't win them all.

Love is blind.

You are never too old to learn.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Never tell tales out of school.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Big fish eat little fish.

Third time lucky.

The truth will out.

Cheats never prosper.

Knowledge is power.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All good things must come to an end.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Forgive and forget.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Honesty is the best policy.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Practice what you preach.

Count your blessings.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Life is what you make it.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Silence is golden.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Many hands make light work.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Hope springs eternal.

Seize the day.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The best defence is a good offence.

Physician, heal thyself.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

God helps those who help themselves.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

An man's home is his castle.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It goes without saying.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It never rains but it pours.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Slow and steady wins the race.

To every thing there is a season.

First come, first served.

Manners maketh the man.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't get mad, get even.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Waste not, want not.

You are what you eat.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Still waters run deep.

It takes two to tango.

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

Love will find a way.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One hand washes the other.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Talk is cheap.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

East, west, home's best.

Pearls of wisdom.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

It's all grist to the mill.

A golden key can open any door.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Let bygones be bygones.

Pride comes before a fall.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The early bird gets the worm.

There's no time like the present.

Each to their own.

There's an exception to every rule.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The customer is always right.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Haste makes waste.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Money makes the world go round.

There's safety in numbers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Charity begins at home.

Live and let live.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Good talk saves the food.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Give the Devil his due.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Quid pro quo.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Practice makes perfect.

Two heads are better than one.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't take it with you.

There are two sides to every question.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The best things in life are free.

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