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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's the singer not the song.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Tomorrow is another day.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Ignorance is bliss.

There is honour among thieves.

Patience is a virtue.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hide in plain sight.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Horses for courses.

Only the good die young.

Oil and water don't mix.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Opposites attract.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Many hands make light work.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Any port in a storm.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Even a worm will turn.

No rest for the wicked.

One good deed deserves another.

Might is right.

Physician, heal thyself.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Money talks.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Knowledge is power.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Beware the Ides of March.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A stitch in time saves nine.

No pain, no gain.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Slow but sure.

Haste makes waste.

Life begins at forty.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Practice makes perfect.

The more the merrier.

You can't always get what you want.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

To the victor go the spoils.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Misery loves company.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It takes one to know one.

Truth will out.

The exception which proves the rule.

An man's home is his castle.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You are what you eat.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Persuasion is better than force.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Time is a great healer.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

A cat may look at a king.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Look before you leap.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Seek and you shall find.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Dead men tell no tales.

The end justifies the means.

Virtue is its own reward.

All's fair in love and war.

Share and share alike.

Live and let live.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Clothes do not make the man.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Speak as you find.

Silence construes consent.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

No man can serve two masters.

The truth will out.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A picture paints a thousand words.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All things must pass.

All publicity is good publicity.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

A person is known by the company they keep.

One hand washes the other.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Practice what you preach.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Better late than never.

Variety is the spice of life.

Actions speak louder than words.

Go the extra mile.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

There's no place like home.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Learn to walk before you run.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The age of miracles is past.

Better safe than sorry.

You can't take it with you.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A man is known by his friends.

Money makes the world go round.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Time flies.

The show must go on.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Hope springs eternal.

Less is more.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

All you need is love.

Walls have ears.

Make love not war.

Nine tailors make a man.

Faith will move mountains.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Bad money drives out good.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Good things come in small packages.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Let the buyer beware.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Home is where the heart is.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

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

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

Seize the day.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

If you build it, they will come.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Revenge is sweet.

Forgive and forget.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Every stick has two ends.

First things first.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

You win some, you lose some.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

All the world loves a lover.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Let well alone.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't win them all.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's an exception to every rule.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Great minds think alike.

Nothing new under the sun.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't get mad, get even.

Big fish eat little fish.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

All's well that ends well.

Live and learn.

Seeing is believing.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Easy come, easy go.

Quid pro quo.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The customer is always right.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Fight the good fight.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Keep your chin up.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Man does not live by bread alone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Cold hands, warm heart.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no time like the present.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A good man is hard to find.

The wages of sin is death.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's one born every minute.

Every dog has its day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Count your blessings.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Less said, soon mended.

A word to the wise is enough.

A fish always rots from the head.

It's all grist to the mill.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Moderation in all things.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

You are never too old to learn.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Enough is enough.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Pearls of wisdom.

Love will find a way.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Still waters run deep.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

For everything there is a season.

To every thing there is a season.

History repeats itself.

Paddle your own canoe.

Good talk saves the food.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Like father, like son.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

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

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The bigger, the better.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A poor worker blames the tools.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Accidents will happen.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Always put your best foot forward.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

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

It goes without saying.

It's better to give than to receive.

East is east, and west is west.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

First impressions are the most lasting.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Give credit where credit is due.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A house is not a home.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

Life is what you make it.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

The best things in life are free.

First come, first served.

You reap what you sow.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Different strokes for different folks.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A golden key can open any door.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Crime doesn't pay.

A thing begun is half done.

No news is good news.

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

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

Love is blind.

No man is an island.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An army marches on its stomach.

Bad news travels fast.

Blood is thicker than water.

Keep your powder dry.

Business before pleasure.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's safety in numbers.

Money is the root of all evil.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It never rains but it pours.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Better safe than sorry.

All good things come to those that wait.

Get out while the getting is good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

East, west, home's best.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time will tell.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Time is money.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

There are two sides to every question.

Fortune favours the brave.

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