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

One hand washes the other.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The Devil is in the details.

Manners maketh the man.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Dead men tell no tales.

There is honour among thieves.

The bigger, the better.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Money isn't everything.

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Less said, soon mended.

The best-laid plans go astray.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Home is where the heart is.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Paddle your own canoe.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A house is not a home.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Share and share alike.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

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

Better safe than sorry.

No pain, no gain.

Patience is a virtue.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Easy come, easy go.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Make haste slowly.

All things must pass.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Enough is enough.

Haste makes waste.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All's fair in love and war.

Slow but sure.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's better to give than to receive.

Truth will out.

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

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

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The show must go on.

No man is an island.

More haste, less speed.

Ignorance is bliss.

An man's home is his castle.

Accidents will happen.

The end justifies the means.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Different strokes for different folks.

The more the merrier.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Nine tailors make a man.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

While there is life, there is hope.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Make love not war.

The truth will out.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Blood is thicker than water.

A cat may look at a king.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's one born every minute.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Put your best foot forward.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There's no place like home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Any port in a storm.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Walls have ears.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You are never too old to learn.

Horses for courses.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You reap what you sow.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If you build it, they will come.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Bad money drives out good.

Knowledge is power.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

First things first.

Everyone has their price.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Keep your powder dry.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Always put your best foot forward.

A word to the wise is enough.

It takes one to know one.

The early bird gets the worm.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All roads lead to Rome.

Virtue is its own reward.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

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

Live and learn.

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

Life begins at forty.

Only the good die young.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Let well alone.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Keep your chin up.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Practice what you preach.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Hide in plain sight.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

For everything there is a season.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Love will find a way.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Variety is the spice of life.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't always get what you want.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Silence is golden.

Many hands make light work.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Seize the day.

The wages of sin is death.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The age of miracles is past.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Even a worm will turn.

No news is good news.

No man can serve two masters.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Two heads are better than one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fight fire with fire.

Time is money.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Money is the root of all evil.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A golden key can open any door.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A watched pot never boils.

All publicity is good publicity.

Time flies.

Persuasion is better than force.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Less is more.

Count your blessings.

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

The best things in life are free.

Each to their own.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Time is a great healer.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Might is right.

Don't throw good money after bad.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Fight the good fight.

Tomorrow never comes.

Third time lucky.

Talk is cheap.

It goes without saying.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A good man is hard to find.

All the world loves a lover.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Tomorrow is another day.

Physician, heal thyself.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Nothing new under the sun.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Moderation in all things.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Seeing is believing.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Life is what you make it.

What goes up must come down.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

Like father, like son.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Opposites attract.

A thing begun is half done.

Hope springs eternal.

Cheats never prosper.

Better late than never.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It's never too late to mend.

He who hesitates is lost.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Still waters run deep.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Actions speak louder than words.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A fish always rots from the head.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Crime doesn't pay.

Faith will move mountains.

Good things come in small packages.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Business before pleasure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

East is east, and west is west.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

History repeats itself.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Forgive and forget.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

Time will tell.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

East, west, home's best.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One good deed deserves another.

Oil and water don't mix.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Practice makes perfect.

No rest for the wicked.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The exception which proves the rule.

There are two sides to every question.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every picture tells a story.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

It's the singer not the song.

You are what you eat.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All you need is love.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Every stick has two ends.

Learn to walk before you run.

All that glitters is not gold.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Seek and you shall find.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Waste not, want not.

Man does not live by bread alone.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Speak as you find.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

First come, first served.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It takes two to tango.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Charity begins at home.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Look before you leap.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live and let live.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Quid pro quo.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Barking dogs seldom bite.