Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Different strokes for different folks.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Great minds think alike.

Life begins at forty.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Fortune favours the brave.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

Share and share alike.

Faith will move mountains.

Dead men tell no tales.

For everything there is a season.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Any port in a storm.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One swallow does not a summer make.

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Waste not, want not.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Live and learn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

No man can serve two masters.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

A good man is hard to find.

You can't always get what you want.

If you can't be good, be careful.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Good things come in small packages.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Money is the root of all evil.

Might is right.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Live and let live.

There are two sides to every question.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A thing begun is half done.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Bad money drives out good.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A house is not a home.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The Devil is in the details.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Get out while the getting is good.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Like father, like son.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't change horses in midstream.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

You win some, you lose some.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The bigger, the better.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A fish always rots from the head.

The show must go on.

Blood is thicker than water.

Birds of a feather flock together.

There's no time like the present.

Wonders will never cease.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

What goes up must come down.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Go the extra mile.

Walls have ears.

Charity begins at home.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

The more the merrier.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Silence construes consent.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

To the victor go the spoils.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

What goes around comes around.

East is east, and west is west.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

The Devil looks after his own.

A bad penny always turns up.

No man is an island.

Love makes the world go round.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Every picture tells a story.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Paddle your own canoe.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Give the Devil his due.

There's one born every minute.

The truth will out.

First impressions are the most lasting.

An man's home is his castle.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Knowledge is power.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Seeing is believing.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The customer is always right.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Moderation in all things.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Speak as you find.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

No pain, no gain.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Misery loves company.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Variety is the spice of life.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Third time lucky.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't take it with you.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

All's well that ends well.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Slow but sure.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Still waters run deep.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Virtue is its own reward.

Hope springs eternal.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Another day, another dollar.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Each to their own.

Small things amuse small minds.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The best-laid plans go astray.

No news is good news.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Only the good die young.

Silence is golden.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't rock the boat.

First things first.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Bad news travels fast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't win them all.

Practice makes perfect.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All things must pass.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

While there is life, there is hope.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It's never too late to mend.

Tomorrow never comes.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Fight fire with fire.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Make love not war.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two heads are better than one.

Big fish eat little fish.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time will tell.

There's no smoke without fire.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Better late than never.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Time is a great healer.

Haste makes waste.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never tell tales out of school.

It goes without saying.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Less said, soon mended.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Time flies.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You are never too old to learn.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Oil and water don't mix.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Keep your powder dry.

One good deed deserves another.

The best defence is a good offence.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nothing new under the sun.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It never rains but it pours.

Money talks.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The early bird gets the worm.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Every stick has two ends.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Truth will out.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Love is blind.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

Forgive and forget.

Patience is a virtue.

Quid pro quo.

There's no place like home.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Horses for courses.

Even a worm will turn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes one to know one.

Money makes the world go round.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It's better to give than to receive.

Look before you leap.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Count your blessings.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

The age of miracles is past.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

There is no accounting for tastes.

One hand washes the other.

To every thing there is a season.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Enough is enough.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's all grist to the mill.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Opposites attract.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Accidents will happen.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Good talk saves the food.

Pride comes before a fall.

East, west, home's best.

Less is more.

Let bygones be bygones.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Business before pleasure.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

All you need is love.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Let well alone.

Every dog has its day.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's the singer not the song.

Everyone has their price.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Love will find a way.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Revenge is sweet.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

All the world loves a lover.

All good things come to those that wait.

Cheats never prosper.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Many hands make light work.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fight the good fight.

You reap what you sow.

History repeats itself.