The wages of sin is death.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Opposites attract.

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

Love will find a way.

Revenge is sweet.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The exception which proves the rule.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The age of miracles is past.

It's all grist to the mill.

Live and let live.

Fight the good fight.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Only the good die young.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Another day, another dollar.

Everyone has their price.

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

All you need is love.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Good things come in small packages.

A bad penny always turns up.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

All roads lead to Rome.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A word to the wise is enough.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Only fools and horses work.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Still waters run deep.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Bad money drives out good.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Haste makes waste.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Silence construes consent.

Waste not, want not.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Talk is cheap.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Time flies.

It takes two to tango.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The best things in life are free.

The end justifies the means.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Great minds think alike.

One good deed deserves another.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

You reap what you sow.

Life is what you make it.

There's no place like home.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Money talks.

Give credit where credit is due.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

You are what you eat.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Each to their own.

Quid pro quo.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The Devil is in the details.

There's no time like the present.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Time is a great healer.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

All that glitters is not gold.

Practice makes perfect.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Practice what you preach.

All the world loves a lover.

Dead men tell no tales.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Patience is a virtue.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Time is money.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

To every thing there is a season.

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

First things first.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's better to give than to receive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Ignorance is bliss.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Moderation in all things.

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

God helps those who help themselves.

Slow but sure.

Seeing is believing.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Nothing new under the sun.

A watched pot never boils.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

There's one born every minute.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

First come, first served.

Any port in a storm.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The early bird gets the worm.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Business before pleasure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Horses for courses.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Enough is enough.

The more the merrier.

Small things amuse small minds.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Every dog has its day.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A fish always rots from the head.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Home is where the heart is.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Tomorrow never comes.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Money is the root of all evil.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Life begins at forty.

Let well alone.

The leopard does not change his spots.

No news is good news.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

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

The truth will out.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

What goes around comes around.

All good things come to those that wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Good talk saves the food.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A good man is hard to find.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Time will tell.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

What goes up must come down.

Keep your powder dry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A thing begun is half done.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Different strokes for different folks.

The customer is always right.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Look before you leap.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Love is blind.

It goes without saying.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Virtue is its own reward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

History repeats itself.

All publicity is good publicity.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All good things must come to an end.

Share and share alike.

You can't take it with you.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't get mad, get even.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Clothes do not make the man.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Speak as you find.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

You can't always get what you want.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

No rest for the wicked.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Accidents will happen.

Money makes the world go round.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Let the buyer beware.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Many hands make light work.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Better late than never.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never go to bed on an argument.

To the victor go the spoils.

Forgive and forget.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's the singer not the song.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Cheats never prosper.

All's well that ends well.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

Even a worm will turn.

Hope springs eternal.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Knowledge is power.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't rock the boat.

Misery loves company.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Easy come, easy go.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Honesty is the best policy.

Seize the day.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Paddle your own canoe.

Pearls of wisdom.

Less is more.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Count your blessings.

Might is right.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Hide in plain sight.

No man is an island.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Silence is golden.

Make haste slowly.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The show must go on.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Fight fire with fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Manners maketh the man.

Better safe than sorry.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

An man's home is his castle.

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

The bigger, the better.

Seek and you shall find.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If the cap fits, wear it.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Go the extra mile.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Money isn't everything.

Truth will out.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

More haste, less speed.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A picture paints a thousand words.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Make love not war.

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

Third time lucky.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There is honour among thieves.

Wonders will never cease.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Bad news travels fast.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Less said, soon mended.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

East, west, home's best.

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

Charity begins at home.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

A golden key can open any door.

You can't win them all.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Give the Devil his due.

Faith will move mountains.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.