Children should be seen and not heard.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Every picture tells a story.

The wages of sin is death.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

The best things in life are free.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Practice makes perfect.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't rock the boat.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A fish always rots from the head.

An army marches on its stomach.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A good man is hard to find.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

What goes around comes around.

One hand washes the other.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no time like the present.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The exception which proves the rule.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Life begins at forty.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Even a worm will turn.

Quid pro quo.

Horses for courses.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Business before pleasure.

Love will find a way.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A golden key can open any door.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Blood is thicker than water.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Everyone has their price.

You reap what you sow.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Never tell tales out of school.

All things must pass.

Oil and water don't mix.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Good talk saves the food.

The truth will out.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Bad money drives out good.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Slow but sure.

First things first.

Talk is cheap.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Variety is the spice of life.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Opposites attract.

There's a time and a place for everything.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Small things amuse small minds.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Might is right.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Learn to walk before you run.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A cat may look at a king.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Cheats never prosper.

Silence is golden.

The customer is always right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Dead men tell no tales.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Honesty is the best policy.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's an exception to every rule.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

To the victor go the spoils.

A watched pot never boils.

All's well that ends well.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Appearances can be deceptive.

All good things must come to an end.

Life is what you make it.

Live and learn.

Still waters run deep.

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

Like father, like son.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

No pain, no gain.

Man does not live by bread alone.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

East, west, home's best.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Needs must when the devil drives.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

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

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

The more the merrier.

Manners maketh the man.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Time will tell.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Time flies.

Nothing succeeds like success.

All publicity is good publicity.

Fight the good fight.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Speak as you find.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The best defence is a good offence.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Third time lucky.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Grief divided is made lighter.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Tomorrow is another day.

To every thing there is a season.

Better safe than sorry.

Forgive and forget.

Keep your chin up.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Share and share alike.

All you need is love.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Go the extra mile.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Don't get mad, get even.

Charity begins at home.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Any port in a storm.

There are two sides to every question.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Nothing new under the sun.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Hope springs eternal.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fortune favours the brave.

The early bird gets the worm.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Big fish eat little fish.

Accidents will happen.

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

Enough is enough.

There's one born every minute.

There's no place like home.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Different strokes for different folks.

Money makes the world go round.

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

Great minds think alike.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All good things come to those that wait.

Seek and you shall find.

The show must go on.

God helps those who help themselves.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You can't take it with you.

A word to the wise is enough.

You are what you eat.

Make love not war.

Money isn't everything.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Give the Devil his due.

Silence construes consent.

Hide in plain sight.

For everything there is a season.

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

Make haste slowly.

Keep your powder dry.

There is honour among thieves.

Always put your best foot forward.

Less said, soon mended.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

No man is an island.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A house is not a home.

Better late than never.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

You can't win them all.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

No news is good news.

It's all grist to the mill.

Wonders will never cease.

Seize the day.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Physician, heal thyself.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Live and let live.

Every dog has its day.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It takes one to know one.

Look before you leap.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

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

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time is money.

There's safety in numbers.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Money talks.

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

It goes without saying.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

It takes two to tango.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Patience is a virtue.

Love is blind.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Virtue is its own reward.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Let bygones be bygones.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

All roads lead to Rome.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Clothes do not make the man.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Misery loves company.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Haste makes waste.

Put your best foot forward.

Practice what you preach.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No rest for the wicked.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The Devil is in the details.

It's better to give than to receive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Easy come, easy go.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Time is a great healer.

Only fools and horses work.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The bigger, the better.

Each to their own.

East is east, and west is west.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Pearls of wisdom.

Nine tailors make a man.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

An man's home is his castle.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

First come, first served.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

He who hesitates is lost.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No man can serve two masters.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It never rains but it pours.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Persuasion is better than force.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Moderation in all things.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Many hands make light work.