Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Walls have ears.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Good talk saves the food.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Misery loves company.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Oil and water don't mix.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nine tailors make a man.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love makes the world go round.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Good things come in small packages.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Cheats never prosper.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

No pain, no gain.

A house is not a home.

Christmas comes but once a year.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Business before pleasure.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It takes one to know one.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Only fools and horses work.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The best defence is a good offence.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Every dog has its day.

Love is blind.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Talk is cheap.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't rock the boat.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All good things come to those that wait.

Variety is the spice of life.

Even a worm will turn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

All things must pass.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

There's no smoke without fire.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

First things first.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

There are two sides to every question.

A fish always rots from the head.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Love will find a way.

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

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

Bad money drives out good.

Honesty is the best policy.

A word to the wise is enough.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time is a great healer.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It goes without saying.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Each to their own.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Still waters run deep.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

What goes around comes around.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Better safe than sorry.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Small things amuse small minds.

Virtue is its own reward.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

He who hesitates is lost.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All publicity is good publicity.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Less said, soon mended.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Everyone has their price.

The exception which proves the rule.

An man's home is his castle.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The bigger, the better.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Life is what you make it.

History repeats itself.

Seize the day.

Like father, like son.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Possession is nine points of the law.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Might is right.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Forgive and forget.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One good deed deserves another.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Enough is enough.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Silence construes consent.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Tomorrow is another day.

Seeing is believing.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Actions speak louder than words.

Good things come to those who wait.

Moderation in all things.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Silence is golden.

The truth will out.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Slow but sure.

Seek and you shall find.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

All good things must come to an end.

The Devil is in the details.

All the world loves a lover.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Only the good die young.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't win them all.

To every thing there is a season.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't get mad, get even.

Time will tell.

A cat has nine lives.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A stitch in time saves nine.

All that glitters is not gold.

Crime doesn't pay.

Haste makes waste.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Knowledge is power.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Life begins at forty.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All you need is love.

Nothing new under the sun.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Bad news travels fast.

Dead men tell no tales.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

An army marches on its stomach.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Live and let live.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Practice makes perfect.

The show must go on.

Never tell tales out of school.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Share and share alike.

Every picture tells a story.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

All's fair in love and war.

Money makes the world go round.

Better late than never.

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

You win some, you lose some.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Waste not, want not.

No man is an island.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

To the victor go the spoils.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

There's no time like the present.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

No rest for the wicked.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Accidents will happen.

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

The wages of sin is death.

You can't make bricks without straw.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Wonders will never cease.

God helps those who help themselves.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Time is money.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Get out while the getting is good.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Home is where the heart is.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A golden key can open any door.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Truth will out.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Persuasion is better than force.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Any port in a storm.

No news is good news.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The best things in life are free.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Money is the root of all evil.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can't always get what you want.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Live and learn.

Easy come, easy go.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Patience is a virtue.

Revenge is sweet.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

It never rains but it pours.

There's no fool like an old fool.

One hand washes the other.

Tomorrow never comes.

Make hay while the sun shines.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

What goes up must come down.

Ignorance is bliss.

You are what you eat.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

The customer is always right.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

There's safety in numbers.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Time flies.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

There's one born every minute.

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

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

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Practice what you preach.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Pride comes before a fall.

Keep your chin up.

Give credit where credit is due.

Opposites attract.

A good man is hard to find.

Less is more.

There's no place like home.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

It's the singer not the song.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Let bygones be bygones.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Great minds think alike.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Physician, heal thyself.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Good things come in small packages.

It's all grist to the mill.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You can't take it with you.

All's well that ends well.

The end justifies the means.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Manners maketh the man.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Count your blessings.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

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

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

Look before you leap.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Quid pro quo.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Let well alone.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Third time lucky.

The more the merrier.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.