Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Opposites attract.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

The show must go on.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Horses for courses.

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

The best things in life are free.

Keep your powder dry.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Time will tell.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money isn't everything.

Life begins at forty.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Even a worm will turn.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Practice what you preach.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

Misery loves company.

Third time lucky.

Persuasion is better than force.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You are what you eat.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Haste makes waste.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Seeing is believing.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The Devil looks after his own.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's an exception to every rule.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Forewarned is forearmed.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Less is more.

It takes one to know one.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Faith will move mountains.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Always put your best foot forward.

Appearances can be deceptive.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Talk is cheap.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Waste not, want not.

Bad news travels fast.

It never rains but it pours.

Half a loaf is better than none.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Love will find a way.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't take it with you.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There's no time like the present.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

No man is an island.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Moderation in all things.

First come, first served.

Every dog has its day.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Only the good die young.

All good things must come to an end.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Actions speak louder than words.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Quid pro quo.

Knowledge is power.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money is the root of all evil.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Less said, soon mended.

The customer is always right.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All's fair in love and war.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

You are never too old to learn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Still waters run deep.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

No man can serve two masters.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's one born every minute.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

First things first.

Bad money drives out good.

To every thing there is a season.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Let bygones be bygones.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Pearls of wisdom.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

For everything there is a season.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Walls have ears.

The age of miracles is past.

An army marches on its stomach.

Forgive and forget.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

What goes around comes around.

Charity begins at home.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's no place like home.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Might is right.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Put your best foot forward.

History repeats itself.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Time is money.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

If you build it, they will come.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To the victor go the spoils.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Blood is thicker than water.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

What goes up must come down.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Better late than never.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Give credit where credit is due.

Every picture tells a story.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A thing begun is half done.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All things must pass.

Variety is the spice of life.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Look before you leap.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Great minds think alike.

A man is known by his friends.

An man's home is his castle.

Slow and steady wins the race.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

One good deed deserves another.

Make love not war.

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

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Share and share alike.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Count your blessings.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Slow but sure.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Different strokes for different folks.

Clothes do not make the man.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

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

Seize the day.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't win them all.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A cat may look at a king.

Paddle your own canoe.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's never too late to mend.

Money talks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't get mad, get even.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Practice makes perfect.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There's a time and a place for everything.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Business before pleasure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All the world loves a lover.

There are two sides to every question.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Every stick has two ends.

A watched pot never boils.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Make haste slowly.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Fight the good fight.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Get out while the getting is good.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Good things come in small packages.

Oil and water don't mix.

Time is a great healer.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live and learn.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All roads lead to Rome.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Two heads are better than one.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Life is what you make it.

The bigger, the better.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Nothing new under the sun.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Only fools and horses work.

Small things amuse small minds.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Truth will out.

Love is blind.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Keep your chin up.

Let the buyer beware.

A word to the wise is enough.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There is no accounting for tastes.

No news is good news.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Live and let live.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Many hands make light work.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

You can't always get what you want.

Like father, like son.

Each to their own.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

A house is not a home.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

It's all grist to the mill.

Better safe than sorry.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It goes without saying.

Money makes the world go round.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Cheats never prosper.

Any port in a storm.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The wages of sin is death.

Everyone has their price.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no smoke without fire.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fight fire with fire.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Enough is enough.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The end justifies the means.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't throw good money after bad.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Go the extra mile.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes two to tango.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Ignorance is bliss.

While there is life, there is hope.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

God helps those who help themselves.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There's safety in numbers.

There's no fool like an old fool.

No pain, no gain.

Dead men tell no tales.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

The early bird gets the worm.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Silence construes consent.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Speak as you find.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Let well alone.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

A cat may look at a king.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Tomorrow is another day.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

All you need is love.