East is east, and west is west.

Good things come to those who wait.

A word to the wise is enough.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Get out while the getting is good.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Less is more.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

If you build it, they will come.

Quid pro quo.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Opposites attract.

Everyone has their price.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Different strokes for different folks.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Tomorrow is another day.

No man can serve two masters.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Slow and steady wins the race.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The bigger, the better.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's no place like home.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Always put your best foot forward.

To the victor go the spoils.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Still waters run deep.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Waste not, want not.

Moderation in all things.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You are what you eat.

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

Charity begins at home.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Enough is as good as a feast.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Even a worm will turn.

It takes two to tango.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A cat has nine lives.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Every picture tells a story.

A house is not a home.

The age of miracles is past.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Every stick has two ends.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

All things must pass.

Hope springs eternal.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The early bird gets the worm.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Pride comes before a fall.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Horses for courses.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It goes without saying.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The exception which proves the rule.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You can't take it with you.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

An man's home is his castle.

All's fair in love and war.

Learn to walk before you run.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's safety in numbers.

Better late than never.

Time is a great healer.

Seeing is believing.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Make love not war.

Knowledge is power.

Time is money.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Good talk saves the food.

One good deed deserves another.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Slow but sure.

Keep your chin up.

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

No news is good news.

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's no time like the present.

The more the merrier.

Forgive and forget.

Truth will out.

Hide in plain sight.

There's one born every minute.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Oil and water don't mix.

Many hands make light work.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Let bygones be bygones.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A fish always rots from the head.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

The show must go on.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The customer is always right.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

For everything there is a season.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Live and learn.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Silence is golden.

Money isn't everything.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All you need is love.

Bad money drives out good.

A picture paints a thousand words.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Misery loves company.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

What goes around comes around.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The truth will out.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Any port in a storm.

Persuasion is better than force.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Dead men tell no tales.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Never tell tales out of school.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Count your blessings.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Speak as you find.

Cheats never prosper.

You win some, you lose some.

Silence construes consent.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Money talks.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Seize the day.

Talk is cheap.

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Give credit where credit is due.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Walls have ears.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Big fish eat little fish.

Patience is a virtue.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Nothing new under the sun.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Give the Devil his due.

A cat may look at a king.

Accidents will happen.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

First things first.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Good things come in small packages.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Share and share alike.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

One swallow does not a summer make.

East, west, home's best.

Time will tell.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Go the extra mile.

Keep your powder dry.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The best defence is a good offence.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Clothes do not make the man.

Put your best foot forward.

Great minds think alike.

God helps those who help themselves.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't get mad, get even.

No pain, no gain.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Life begins at forty.

All good things come to those that wait.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

One hand washes the other.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The wages of sin is death.

All's well that ends well.

No man is an island.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

All publicity is good publicity.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Manners maketh the man.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Like father, like son.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Enough is enough.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Stupid is as stupid does.

You reap what you sow.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A watched pot never boils.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

Less said, soon mended.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It takes one to know one.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Wonders will never cease.

Practice makes perfect.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

First come, first served.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Look before you leap.

Paddle your own canoe.

Crime doesn't pay.

A man is known by his friends.

Seek and you shall find.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Little pitchers have big ears.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Make haste slowly.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It's better to give than to receive.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Tomorrow never comes.

Honesty is the best policy.

All roads lead to Rome.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

All the world loves a lover.

Fight the good fight.

Easy come, easy go.

An army marches on its stomach.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Life is what you make it.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Third time lucky.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

It's all grist to the mill.

Let the buyer beware.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Bad news travels fast.

You can't always get what you want.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Every dog has its day.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Virtue is its own reward.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Money is the root of all evil.

What goes up must come down.

There is honour among thieves.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Each to their own.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't win them all.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A bad penny always turns up.

It never rains but it pours.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

More haste, less speed.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

History repeats itself.

Faith will move mountains.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Might is right.

Beware the Ides of March.