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

The bigger, the better.

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

The show must go on.

Live and learn.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A poor worker blames the tools.

First come, first served.

Physician, heal thyself.

An army marches on its stomach.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Manners maketh the man.

Many hands make light work.

Beauty is only skin deep.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Pride comes before a fall.

You reap what you sow.

To the victor go the spoils.

A bad penny always turns up.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Always put your best foot forward.

Easy come, easy go.

A cat may look at a king.

Love makes the world go round.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Great minds think alike.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The early bird gets the worm.

Wonders will never cease.

A good man is hard to find.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Practice makes perfect.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There's no time like the present.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't take it with you.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

No man can serve two masters.

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

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

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

No pain, no gain.

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

Go the extra mile.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Another day, another dollar.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Home is where the heart is.

There's a time and a place for everything.

What goes around comes around.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Money isn't everything.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A cat has nine lives.

Life begins at forty.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Virtue is its own reward.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A word to the wise is enough.

You win some, you lose some.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Nothing new under the sun.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Like father, like son.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let well alone.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Never tell tales out of school.

There's safety in numbers.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Moderation in all things.

Keep your powder dry.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

A man is known by his friends.

It takes two to tango.

Learn to walk before you run.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The best things in life are free.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The truth will out.

He who hesitates is lost.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There is honour among thieves.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A watched pot never boils.

Silence is golden.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

All's well that ends well.

Forgive and forget.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time is money.

You are never too old to learn.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Every stick has two ends.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A fish always rots from the head.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Faith will move mountains.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

An man's home is his castle.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Only fools and horses work.

There's one born every minute.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A house is not a home.

Silence construes consent.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Look before you leap.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Better safe than sorry.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Practice what you preach.

What goes up must come down.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No rest for the wicked.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Time flies.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One good deed deserves another.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Honesty is the best policy.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Speak as you find.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't get mad, get even.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The customer is always right.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's better to give than to receive.

Make love not war.

Cheats never prosper.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The end justifies the means.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Good things come in small packages.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

History repeats itself.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The exception which proves the rule.

Money makes the world go round.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

All the world loves a lover.

All good things must come to an end.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Man does not live by bread alone.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Fight the good fight.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Accidents will happen.

Patience is a virtue.

Let the buyer beware.

It never rains but it pours.

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

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

Live and let live.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First things first.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

More haste, less speed.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Variety is the spice of life.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Each to their own.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Two heads are better than one.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Business before pleasure.

Money talks.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Slow but sure.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Enough is enough.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All that glitters is not gold.

Every dog has its day.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Dead men tell no tales.

Waste not, want not.

Opposites attract.

Good things come to those who wait.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Life is what you make it.

Don't change horses in midstream.

There's no place like home.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Haste makes waste.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Less said, soon mended.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Everyone has their price.

All things must pass.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Seize the day.

The wages of sin is death.

Give the Devil his due.

Truth will out.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Love is blind.

You are what you eat.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Count your blessings.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Small things amuse small minds.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

It's never too late to mend.

Quid pro quo.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Less is more.

Talk is cheap.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

To every thing there is a season.

Any port in a storm.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Knowledge is power.

Hope springs eternal.

Time will tell.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The more the merrier.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All's fair in love and war.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Keep your chin up.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Better late than never.

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

Seeing is believing.

It takes one to know one.

Ignorance is bliss.

Bad news travels fast.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

Might is right.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Charity begins at home.

Share and share alike.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Seek and you shall find.

Love will find a way.

Don't rock the boat.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beware the Ides of March.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

One hand washes the other.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

No man is an island.

The best defence is a good offence.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

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

You can't win them all.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If the cap fits, wear it.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Money is the root of all evil.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It goes without saying.