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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

All good things come to those that wait.

Silence construes consent.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Each to their own.

Enough is enough.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

You win some, you lose some.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

The customer is always right.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The more the merrier.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Forewarned is forearmed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

First come, first served.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Wonders will never cease.

It goes without saying.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There's no smoke without fire.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Share and share alike.

More haste, less speed.

The early bird gets the worm.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Live and learn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Silence is golden.

Even a worm will turn.

Every picture tells a story.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The best things in life are free.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Tomorrow never comes.

There's no fool like an old fool.

No rest for the wicked.

All publicity is good publicity.

A miss is as good as a mile.

If you build it, they will come.

Opposites attract.

There are two sides to every question.

Blood is thicker than water.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's safety in numbers.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A word to the wise is enough.

History repeats itself.

All good things must come to an end.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Slow but sure.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is money.

Like father, like son.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A golden key can open any door.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Let the buyer beware.

To the victor go the spoils.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Seize the day.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Practice makes perfect.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Money makes the world go round.

He who hesitates is lost.

The show must go on.

You can't always get what you want.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

A man is known by his friends.

East, west, home's best.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Good things come in small packages.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Talk is cheap.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Might is right.

Horses for courses.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

An army marches on its stomach.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The best defence is a good offence.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Go the extra mile.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You reap what you sow.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

What goes up must come down.

You can't take it with you.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Give the Devil his due.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Live and let live.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Forgive and forget.

One hand washes the other.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

For everything there is a season.

Knowledge is power.

Seeing is believing.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It takes one to know one.

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

Don't rock the boat.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

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

Look before you leap.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Time is a great healer.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Put your best foot forward.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Revenge is sweet.

Love makes the world go round.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Home is where the heart is.

All things must pass.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Charity begins at home.

Every stick has two ends.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The end justifies the means.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Another day, another dollar.

A cat has nine lives.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Easy come, easy go.

Manners maketh the man.

Practice what you preach.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A bad penny always turns up.

Small things amuse small minds.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A thing begun is half done.

Money is the root of all evil.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Faith will move mountains.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Any port in a storm.

Waste not, want not.

Still waters run deep.

Speak as you find.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Always put your best foot forward.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There is honour among thieves.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Cheats never prosper.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Virtue is its own reward.

Bad money drives out good.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Money isn't everything.

All the world loves a lover.

An man's home is his castle.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Time flies.

Variety is the spice of life.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The truth will out.

Different strokes for different folks.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

There's no time like the present.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Ignorance is bliss.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Let well alone.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You can't win them all.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Stupid is as stupid does.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's never too late to mend.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Fight the good fight.

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

A house is not a home.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two heads are better than one.

Paddle your own canoe.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Every dog has its day.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

All that glitters is not gold.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Life begins at forty.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Business before pleasure.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

All's fair in love and war.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your powder dry.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

No man can serve two masters.

No news is good news.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Money talks.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

No man is an island.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Misery loves company.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Walls have ears.

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

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Beware the Ides of March.

The wages of sin is death.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Nothing new under the sun.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Fight fire with fire.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Big fish eat little fish.

It never rains but it pours.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It takes two to tango.

Never tell tales out of school.

Seek and you shall find.

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Only the good die young.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Patience is a virtue.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

One good deed deserves another.

Haste makes waste.

Moderation in all things.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Better safe than sorry.

Count your blessings.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Less said, soon mended.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Better late than never.

Hope springs eternal.

Love will find a way.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Good talk saves the food.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Only fools and horses work.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

All roads lead to Rome.

Third time lucky.

What goes around comes around.

Truth will out.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There's no place like home.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Quid pro quo.