Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Slow but sure.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The truth will out.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Time is a great healer.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Let the dead bury the dead.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

All things must pass.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

No pain, no gain.

Life is what you make it.

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

History repeats itself.

Count your blessings.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Accidents will happen.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The Devil is in the details.

You can't take it with you.

All that glitters is not gold.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Learn to walk before you run.

Misery loves company.

Love will find a way.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There is honour among thieves.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Pearls of wisdom.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You reap what you sow.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The exception which proves the rule.

Live and learn.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It's never too late to mend.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't get mad, get even.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Beware the Ides of March.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Patience is a virtue.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

For everything there is a season.

Actions speak louder than words.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Practice what you preach.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Paddle your own canoe.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Silence construes consent.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Always put your best foot forward.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A bad penny always turns up.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Look before you leap.

Clothes do not make the man.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Might is right.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

First things first.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The best things in life are free.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Money talks.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

One good deed deserves another.

It goes without saying.

Different strokes for different folks.

The Devil looks after his own.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Money is the root of all evil.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Persuasion is better than force.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

A house is not a home.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Dead men tell no tales.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A golden key can open any door.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Big fish eat little fish.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Fight fire with fire.

All's fair in love and war.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Many hands make light work.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes two to tango.

Keep your powder dry.

Horses for courses.

A cat has nine lives.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Better late than never.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Easy come, easy go.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is money.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

It's better to give than to receive.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Charity begins at home.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Go the extra mile.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Practice makes perfect.

Love is blind.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Wonders will never cease.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

East is east, and west is west.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Keep your chin up.

Shrouds have no pockets.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All you need is love.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Forgive and forget.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A man is known by his friends.

Get out while the getting is good.

Haste makes waste.

What goes around comes around.

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Fight the good fight.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Business before pleasure.

The best defence is a good offence.

Cheats never prosper.

Seize the day.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Live and let live.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

To every thing there is a season.

Home is where the heart is.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The show must go on.

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

You are what you eat.

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

Let well alone.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The end justifies the means.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Make haste slowly.

Fortune favours the brave.

Honesty is the best policy.

The early bird gets the worm.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The more the merrier.

Make love not war.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Seek and you shall find.

Money makes the world go round.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

An man's home is his castle.

Only fools and horses work.

Every stick has two ends.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Blood is thicker than water.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Seeing is believing.

Less is more.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Share and share alike.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes one to know one.

Even a worm will turn.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

One hand washes the other.

There's no place like home.

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Let bygones be bygones.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

All publicity is good publicity.

Less said, soon mended.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No man is an island.

All good things must come to an end.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Good things come to those who wait.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Quid pro quo.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time flies.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Third time lucky.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Let the buyer beware.

Each to their own.

Beauty is only skin deep.

All good things come to those that wait.

Every picture tells a story.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Better safe than sorry.

Give the Devil his due.

Everyone has their price.

Bad news travels fast.

To the victor go the spoils.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Great minds think alike.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Beggars can't be choosers.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Knowledge is power.

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

Time will tell.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There's one born every minute.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Speak as you find.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Good things come in small packages.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

You can't win them all.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Truth will out.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Hide in plain sight.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

A thing begun is half done.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You are never too old to learn.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Any port in a storm.

Another day, another dollar.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Enough is enough.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Only the good die young.

Revenge is sweet.

East, west, home's best.

Talk is cheap.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Put your best foot forward.

The customer is always right.

You win some, you lose some.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Pride comes before a fall.

The bigger, the better.

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

Walls have ears.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Every dog has its day.

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

Love makes the world go round.

All roads lead to Rome.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Like father, like son.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It never rains but it pours.