The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Quid pro quo.

All good things must come to an end.

Faith will move mountains.

Enough is enough.

It never rains but it pours.

There's no smoke without fire.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A good man is hard to find.

Nine tailors make a man.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Count your blessings.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

First come, first served.

Good things come to those who wait.

Wonders will never cease.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Look before you leap.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Business before pleasure.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

All's well that ends well.

Every stick has two ends.

A house is not a home.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Better late than never.

There's an exception to every rule.

Love will find a way.

What goes up must come down.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The show must go on.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

There's no time like the present.

The end justifies the means.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Get out while the getting is good.

Everyone has their price.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Better safe than sorry.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Misery loves company.

What goes around comes around.

The pen is mightier than sword.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Give the Devil his due.

Live and let live.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You can't win them all.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

For everything there is a season.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

All you need is love.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't always get what you want.

Time and tide wait for no one.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Let the buyer beware.

All good things come to those that wait.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Variety is the spice of life.

Forgive and forget.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

To every thing there is a season.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The more the merrier.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

History repeats itself.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Give credit where credit is due.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't take it with you.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

There's safety in numbers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Opposites attract.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Love makes the world go round.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Waste not, want not.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Less said, soon mended.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Truth will out.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Great minds think alike.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An man's home is his castle.

It's better to give than to receive.

No news is good news.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Third time lucky.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Still waters run deep.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Each to their own.

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Different strokes for different folks.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Ignorance is bliss.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Silence construes consent.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Practice makes perfect.

Physician, heal thyself.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A thing begun is half done.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

A cat has nine lives.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Put your best foot forward.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Hide in plain sight.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time flies.

The exception which proves the rule.

Charity begins at home.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let well alone.

Never go to bed on an argument.

All things must pass.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money talks.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A fish always rots from the head.

While there is life, there is hope.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Make haste slowly.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Pride comes before a fall.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fight fire with fire.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Only the good die young.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Life is what you make it.

An army marches on its stomach.

Seize the day.

Less is more.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Any port in a storm.

Crime doesn't pay.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fortune favours the brave.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

First things first.

No pain, no gain.

No man can serve two masters.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Manners maketh the man.

Clothes do not make the man.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You win some, you lose some.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The wages of sin is death.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Every picture tells a story.

Share and share alike.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A golden key can open any door.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Love is blind.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The bigger, the better.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Horses for courses.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Talk is cheap.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Time is a great healer.

One hand washes the other.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

All roads lead to Rome.

Dead men tell no tales.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

One good deed deserves another.

Walls have ears.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The best things in life are free.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Live and learn.

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't rock the boat.

Even a worm will turn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Only fools and horses work.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Haste makes waste.

The customer is always right.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

East, west, home's best.

Money makes the world go round.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Cheats never prosper.

If the cap fits, wear it.

More haste, less speed.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Life begins at forty.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Let bygones be bygones.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's one born every minute.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All publicity is good publicity.

All that glitters is not gold.

There is honour among thieves.

He who hesitates is lost.

Keep your powder dry.

The Devil looks after his own.

Make love not war.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Accidents will happen.

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

East is east, and west is west.

You reap what you sow.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Slow but sure.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Blood is thicker than water.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Good things come in small packages.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Big fish eat little fish.

God helps those who help themselves.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Pearls of wisdom.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A good man is hard to find.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

When one door shuts, another opens.

Might is right.

Speak as you find.

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

Don't rock the boat.

It takes one to know one.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Time is money.

Patience is a virtue.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The Devil is in the details.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's no place like home.

First things first.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

The age of miracles is past.

Appearances can be deceptive.