If you build it, they will come.

Give the Devil his due.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Love is blind.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Handsome is as handsome does.

There are two sides to every question.

Time will tell.

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

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Every dog has its day.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Time flies.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Ignorance is bliss.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Fortune favours the brave.

Good things come to those who wait.

Less is more.

Never tell tales out of school.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Live and learn.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Only fools and horses work.

Variety is the spice of life.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

History repeats itself.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It's better to give than to receive.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil looks after his own.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Make haste slowly.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Horses for courses.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A bad penny always turns up.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Seize the day.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A new broom sweeps clean.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Each to their own.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Everyone has their price.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Make love not war.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The show must go on.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Life is what you make it.

The Devil is in the details.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't get mad, get even.

Get out while the getting is good.

Crime doesn't pay.

First come, first served.

Big fish eat little fish.

All that glitters is not gold.

Speak as you find.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A good man is hard to find.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Hide in plain sight.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Enough is enough.

Faith will move mountains.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes two to tango.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The truth will out.

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

It takes one to know one.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Every picture tells a story.

One swallow does not a summer make.

No pain, no gain.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

All's fair in love and war.

You are never too old to learn.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Money isn't everything.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Love makes the world go round.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Learn to walk before you run.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

One good deed deserves another.

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

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

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

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Keep your powder dry.

Truth will out.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It never rains but it pours.

You win some, you lose some.

Slow but sure.

What goes up must come down.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

He who hesitates is lost.

Different strokes for different folks.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A picture paints a thousand words.

An man's home is his castle.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The exception which proves the rule.

Forgive and forget.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's the singer not the song.

Life begins at forty.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Keep your chin up.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Only the good die young.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Better late than never.

Money talks.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Tomorrow never comes.

Patience is a virtue.

The customer is always right.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The bigger, the better.

To every thing there is a season.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

What goes around comes around.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Walls have ears.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A golden key can open any door.

Practice makes perfect.

Many hands make light work.

There's no time like the present.

Live and let live.

Easy come, easy go.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You reap what you sow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's safety in numbers.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

No news is good news.

Fight fire with fire.

Share and share alike.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The best defence is a good offence.

Let the buyer beware.

Money is the root of all evil.

Tomorrow is another day.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Like father, like son.

Virtue is its own reward.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Opposites attract.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A dog is a man's best friend.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Great minds think alike.

Honesty is the best policy.

A thing begun is half done.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Misery loves company.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Better safe than sorry.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Give credit where credit is due.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A fish always rots from the head.

Seek and you shall find.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You are what you eat.

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

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Let well alone.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There's one born every minute.

First things first.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Quid pro quo.

Put your best foot forward.

Money makes the world go round.

Never go to bed on an argument.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

A house is not a home.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Look before you leap.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The more the merrier.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Hope springs eternal.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The early bird gets the worm.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

For everything there is a season.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Haste makes waste.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Count your blessings.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

An army marches on its stomach.

Accidents will happen.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

To the victor go the spoils.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

One hand washes the other.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Go the extra mile.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

More haste, less speed.

Knowledge is power.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

All things must pass.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Time is a great healer.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

All publicity is good publicity.

Even a worm will turn.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Bad money drives out good.

East, west, home's best.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's no place like home.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Seeing is believing.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The wages of sin is death.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You can't win them all.

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

A cat has nine lives.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Time is money.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Two heads are better than one.

Nothing new under the sun.

All's well that ends well.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It goes without saying.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Enough is as good as a feast.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't take it with you.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A word to the wise is enough.

Revenge is sweet.

The end justifies the means.

Practice what you preach.

No rest for the wicked.

Good things come in small packages.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

Don't rock the boat.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Make love not war.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Business before pleasure.

Charity begins at home.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Waste not, want not.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Third time lucky.

Don't throw good money after bad.