There's a time and a place for everything.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Better late than never.

Manners maketh the man.

Practice what you preach.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

For everything there is a season.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Each to their own.

No news is good news.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Every stick has two ends.

Count your blessings.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Keep your powder dry.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't rock the boat.

Horses for courses.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Great minds think alike.

Many hands make light work.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The Devil looks after his own.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Give the Devil his due.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

A thing begun is half done.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Go the extra mile.

Let well alone.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Seek and you shall find.

Time is money.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

While there is life, there is hope.

Paddle your own canoe.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Big fish eat little fish.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Like father, like son.

There's no time like the present.

Only fools and horses work.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Haste makes waste.

There's no place like home.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

The exception which proves the rule.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Patience is a virtue.

Time is a great healer.

Silence construes consent.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Easy come, easy go.

The customer is always right.

All's fair in love and war.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Quid pro quo.

Two heads are better than one.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

All things must pass.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Enough is enough.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Opposites attract.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Speak as you find.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Beggars can't be choosers.

East, west, home's best.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

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

Faith will move mountains.

Money isn't everything.

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

Time flies.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Share and share alike.

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

Love is blind.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Less is more.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Grief divided is made lighter.

What goes around comes around.

There's no smoke without fire.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Life begins at forty.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Revenge is sweet.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Persuasion is better than force.

No man is an island.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Might is right.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Good things come in small packages.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bigger, the better.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Out of sight, out of mind.

No man can serve two masters.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A house is not a home.

Make love not war.

Everyone has their price.

If the cap fits, wear it.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Dead men tell no tales.

Every picture tells a story.

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

First come, first served.

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

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Put your best foot forward.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Bad money drives out good.

Christmas comes but once a year.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Hope springs eternal.

To every thing there is a season.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The show must go on.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Slow but sure.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Every dog has its day.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All the world loves a lover.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes one to know one.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Third time lucky.

Money talks.

Only the good die young.

Attack is the best form of defence.

No pain, no gain.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

An man's home is his castle.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Actions speak louder than words.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

All that glitters is not gold.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Less said, soon mended.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Never tell tales out of school.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A bad penny always turns up.

Walls have ears.

Different strokes for different folks.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You win some, you lose some.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Bad news travels fast.

Nine tailors make a man.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Love will find a way.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Fight fire with fire.

God helps those who help themselves.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The more the merrier.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The Devil is in the details.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

The end justifies the means.

Another day, another dollar.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Look before you leap.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

To the victor go the spoils.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seize the day.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Money is the root of all evil.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Life is what you make it.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Ignorance is bliss.

Good talk saves the food.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Business before pleasure.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

What goes up must come down.

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

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

You can't win them all.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Let the buyer beware.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Moderation in all things.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

All good things must come to an end.

Fight the good fight.

There is honour among thieves.

Forgive and forget.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your chin up.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It goes without saying.

Marriages are made in heaven.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Physician, heal thyself.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Beware the Ides of March.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

First things first.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Accidents will happen.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Misery loves company.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Learn to walk before you run.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Man does not live by bread alone.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Live and let live.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The best things in life are free.

Slow and steady wins the race.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

An army marches on its stomach.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A word to the wise is enough.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It takes two to tango.

East is east, and west is west.

Truth will out.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The truth will out.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

All's well that ends well.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Silence is golden.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Talk is cheap.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The wages of sin is death.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't always get what you want.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Live and learn.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There's one born every minute.

A golden key can open any door.

Any port in a storm.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All you need is love.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A man is known by his friends.