Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All's well that ends well.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Don't rock the boat.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Opposites attract.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

Money isn't everything.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An man's home is his castle.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The Devil looks after his own.

There's no place like home.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A house is not a home.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Waste not, want not.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Silence is golden.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

A watched pot never boils.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money is the root of all evil.

A word to the wise is enough.

Any port in a storm.

You win some, you lose some.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Money makes the world go round.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Practice makes perfect.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Give the Devil his due.

Nine tailors make a man.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

One hand washes the other.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There are two sides to every question.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

What goes up must come down.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Only the good die young.

Make love not war.

Give credit where credit is due.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All's fair in love and war.

The more the merrier.

Talk is cheap.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money talks.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Less is more.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Might is right.

No man can serve two masters.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Every dog has its day.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Silence construes consent.

Time will tell.

Enough is enough.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A good man is hard to find.

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

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

The customer is always right.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Like father, like son.

Seek and you shall find.

The age of miracles is past.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The bigger, the better.

Life is what you make it.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

You are never too old to learn.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Youth is wasted on the young.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Business before pleasure.

More haste, less speed.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Horses for courses.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You can't take it with you.

The wages of sin is death.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Live and let live.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A thing begun is half done.

Speak as you find.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love will find a way.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A leopard can't change its spots.

What goes around comes around.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Great minds think alike.

All things must pass.

Beware the Ides of March.

A cat has nine lives.

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

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

It's the singer not the song.

Let well alone.

Don't get mad, get even.

All publicity is good publicity.

Misery loves company.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There's no smoke without fire.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Count your blessings.

Each to their own.

An army marches on its stomach.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It's better to give than to receive.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Physician, heal thyself.

There's safety in numbers.

You can't make bricks without straw.

All you need is love.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Seeing is believing.

Everyone has their price.

For everything there is a season.

All that glitters is not gold.

There's one born every minute.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Grief divided is made lighter.

East, west, home's best.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Still waters run deep.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Forgive and forget.

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

The end justifies the means.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Practice what you preach.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If you build it, they will come.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time flies.

Dead men tell no tales.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

First things first.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's never too late to mend.

It never rains but it pours.

First come, first served.

Charity begins at home.

Hide in plain sight.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It takes two to tango.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The show must go on.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Seize the day.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

History repeats itself.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Let the buyer beware.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Good things come in small packages.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Many hands make light work.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You reap what you sow.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Always put your best foot forward.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

No pain, no gain.

Revenge is sweet.

One good deed deserves another.

Put your best foot forward.

Fight the good fight.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

No news is good news.

Keep your chin up.

Haste makes waste.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The best-laid plans go astray.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your powder dry.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Fight fire with fire.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

It takes one to know one.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A fish always rots from the head.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Learn to walk before you run.

Time is money.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Faith will move mountains.

Cheats never prosper.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Two heads are better than one.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All roads lead to Rome.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Make haste slowly.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All the world loves a lover.

Honesty is the best policy.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Life begins at forty.

Truth will out.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Never tell tales out of school.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It goes without saying.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Love makes the world go round.

Time is a great healer.

Look before you leap.

Crime doesn't pay.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Easy come, easy go.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's a time and a place for everything.

There's no time like the present.

Slow but sure.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Hope springs eternal.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

No rest for the wicked.

All good things come to those that wait.

A cat may look at a king.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Get out while the getting is good.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Home is where the heart is.

The best things in life are free.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

A golden key can open any door.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Bad money drives out good.

Less said, soon mended.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Patience is a virtue.

You can't always get what you want.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't win them all.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Wonders will never cease.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Love is blind.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Walls have ears.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Live and learn.

Go the extra mile.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

God helps those who help themselves.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Only fools and horses work.

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

You are what you eat.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The truth will out.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Children and fools tell the truth.