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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

All's well that ends well.

What goes around comes around.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All you need is love.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's safety in numbers.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Practice makes perfect.

One good deed deserves another.

Life begins at forty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Persuasion is better than force.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Easy come, easy go.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Curiosity killed the cat.

First come, first served.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The truth will out.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You are never too old to learn.

There is honour among thieves.

It takes one to know one.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Each to their own.

The more the merrier.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

What goes up must come down.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

An man's home is his castle.

Faith will move mountains.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It's never too late to mend.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Better late than never.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live and let live.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Home is where the heart is.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's no place like home.

Two heads are better than one.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You reap what you sow.

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

Speak as you find.

Accidents will happen.

Let well alone.

Time flies.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

It goes without saying.

Virtue is its own reward.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money isn't everything.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make love not war.

Like father, like son.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There are two sides to every question.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Nothing succeeds like success.

To every thing there is a season.

Seize the day.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

No rest for the wicked.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

All things must pass.

Live and learn.

Practice what you preach.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Life is what you make it.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The best things in life are free.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Dead men tell no tales.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

There's one born every minute.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Money talks.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Forgive and forget.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Silence construes consent.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The customer is always right.

You can't always get what you want.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Honesty is the best policy.

You can't win them all.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fortune favours the brave.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You are what you eat.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A watched pot never boils.

Stupid is as stupid does.

If you build it, they will come.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't get mad, get even.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The bigger, the better.

A cat has nine lives.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Actions speak louder than words.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Variety is the spice of life.

Give the Devil his due.

Bad money drives out good.

Love is blind.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All that glitters is not gold.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Keep your powder dry.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Love makes the world go round.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Any port in a storm.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's better to give than to receive.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

There's an exception to every rule.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Quid pro quo.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Nothing new under the sun.

Less said, soon mended.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

No man can serve two masters.

It's the singer not the song.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Paddle your own canoe.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You can't take it with you.

Blood is thicker than water.

All good things come to those that wait.

While there is life, there is hope.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Don't throw good money after bad.

An army marches on its stomach.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Let the buyer beware.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Many hands make light work.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Seek and you shall find.

Time is a great healer.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Love will find a way.

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

Less is more.

Misery loves company.

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

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

Bad news travels fast.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

A man is known by his friends.

Share and share alike.

No man is an island.

Opposites attract.

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

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

You win some, you lose some.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Tomorrow is another day.

Beware the Ides of March.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Third time lucky.

Still waters run deep.

Patience is a virtue.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Every stick has two ends.

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

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

All publicity is good publicity.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It takes two to tango.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

Small things amuse small minds.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

A cat may look at a king.

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

Silence is golden.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Hope springs eternal.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Learn to walk before you run.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

Fight fire with fire.

Truth will out.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Moderation in all things.

Great minds think alike.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Manners maketh the man.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

East, west, home's best.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

More haste, less speed.

There's no time like the present.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

He who hesitates is lost.

Get out while the getting is good.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Talk is cheap.

History repeats itself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Walls have ears.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Oil and water don't mix.

No pain, no gain.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The early bird gets the worm.

Clothes do not make the man.

One hand washes the other.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Physician, heal thyself.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Let bygones be bygones.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Keep your chin up.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Go the extra mile.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Knowledge is power.

Marriages are made in heaven.

No news is good news.

Might is right.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

All good things must come to an end.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Fight the good fight.

East is east, and west is west.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Time will tell.

Ignorance is bliss.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Horses for courses.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Enough is enough.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Count your blessings.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Half a loaf is better than none.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The show must go on.

Slow but sure.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Only the good die young.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A golden key can open any door.

A bad penny always turns up.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Nine tailors make a man.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Money makes the world go round.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Seeing is believing.

Pride comes before a fall.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

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

All the world loves a lover.

Wonders will never cease.