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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Business before pleasure.

Let well alone.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Home is where the heart is.

He who hesitates is lost.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Seek and you shall find.

Time is money.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Easy come, easy go.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Faith will move mountains.

Third time lucky.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It goes without saying.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Oil and water don't mix.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It's all grist to the mill.

A house is not a home.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Practice makes perfect.

Keep your powder dry.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's no time like the present.

Like father, like son.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The age of miracles is past.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Fight fire with fire.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Talk is cheap.

All's well that ends well.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can't always get what you want.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Forewarned is forearmed.

No news is good news.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Silence is golden.

You reap what you sow.

Another day, another dollar.

Share and share alike.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Love will find a way.

Wonders will never cease.

Good things come to those who wait.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Good things come in small packages.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Moderation in all things.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Tomorrow is another day.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The best things in life are free.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

One hand washes the other.

What goes around comes around.

Love makes the world go round.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fortune favours the brave.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Keep your chin up.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

There is honour among thieves.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Money is the root of all evil.

To the victor go the spoils.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Opposites attract.

Let bygones be bygones.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

It takes one to know one.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Crime doesn't pay.

The leopard does not change his spots.

More haste, less speed.

Silence construes consent.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no place like home.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Only fools and horses work.

An man's home is his castle.

You are what you eat.

A golden key can open any door.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

East is east, and west is west.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

No rest for the wicked.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't get mad, get even.

Beware the Ides of March.

Get out while the getting is good.

The customer is always right.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Many hands make light work.

You are never too old to learn.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Only the good die young.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Even a worm will turn.

Haste makes waste.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Good fences make good neighbours.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Pearls of wisdom.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Love is blind.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Time flies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The best is the enemy of the good.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Great minds think alike.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Waste not, want not.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All's fair in love and war.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Everyone has their price.

The truth will out.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Every picture tells a story.

A cat has nine lives.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Paddle your own canoe.

The more the merrier.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Speak as you find.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Never tell tales out of school.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Nothing new under the sun.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's one born every minute.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Less said, soon mended.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Big fish eat little fish.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money isn't everything.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Make love not war.

Live and learn.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Each to their own.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Any port in a storm.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Honesty is the best policy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Make haste slowly.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Time will tell.

Quid pro quo.

One good deed deserves another.

Children and fools tell the truth.

East, west, home's best.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's never too late to mend.

It's better to give than to receive.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

It takes two to tango.

Slow but sure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The end justifies the means.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Time is a great healer.

A word to the wise is enough.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Clothes do not make the man.

All publicity is good publicity.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't shoot the messenger.

What goes up must come down.

A man is known by his friends.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fight the good fight.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Walls have ears.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A watched pot never boils.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Every stick has two ends.

A good man is hard to find.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't win them all.

It never rains but it pours.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Learn to walk before you run.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Live and let live.

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

Forgive and forget.

You win some, you lose some.

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

For everything there is a season.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Horses for courses.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

If you build it, they will come.

No pain, no gain.

Manners maketh the man.

The Devil looks after his own.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Charity begins at home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Life begins at forty.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Hope springs eternal.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Misery loves company.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Two heads are better than one.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Dead men tell no tales.

All good things must come to an end.

Truth will out.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Count your blessings.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Patience is a virtue.

The wages of sin is death.

All things must pass.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

First come, first served.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There are two sides to every question.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Always put your best foot forward.

Enough is enough.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Knowledge is power.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A fish always rots from the head.

No man is an island.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All good things come to those that wait.

Blood is thicker than water.

Nine tailors make a man.

While there is life, there is hope.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A thing begun is half done.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Do as I say, not as I do.

History repeats itself.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

First things first.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Look before you leap.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Every dog has its day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A picture paints a thousand words.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't rock the boat.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

To every thing there is a season.

Better late than never.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is no accounting for tastes.

God helps those who help themselves.