Cowards die many times before their deaths.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

While there is life, there is hope.

All you need is love.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The truth will out.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Less is more.

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

Time is money.

To every thing there is a season.

A fish always rots from the head.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The age of miracles is past.

Great minds think alike.

Make haste slowly.

Bad money drives out good.

A thing begun is half done.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Good things come in small packages.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All things must pass.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

All's fair in love and war.

First come, first served.

The customer is always right.

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

Give the Devil his due.

All publicity is good publicity.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

All roads lead to Rome.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Slow but sure.

Blood is thicker than water.

Home is where the heart is.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The show must go on.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

More haste, less speed.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Seeing is believing.

It takes two to tango.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

What goes around comes around.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Fight fire with fire.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

All the world loves a lover.

Beware the Ides of March.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Hide in plain sight.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the buyer beware.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Like father, like son.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Money isn't everything.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A cat may look at a king.

Another day, another dollar.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Learn to walk before you run.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Time will tell.

Many hands make light work.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

For everything there is a season.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A word to the wise is enough.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

The best things in life are free.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't take it with you.

Silence construes consent.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love will find a way.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Never tell tales out of school.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's never too late to mend.

Time is a great healer.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Money is the root of all evil.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Truth will out.

Opposites attract.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A cat has nine lives.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The end justifies the means.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Hope springs eternal.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The more the merrier.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No rest for the wicked.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

To the victor go the spoils.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Two heads are better than one.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

No news is good news.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Only fools and horses work.

Count your blessings.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Better late than never.

Less said, soon mended.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Live and learn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There is honour among thieves.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It's the singer not the song.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

Life begins at forty.

Patience is a virtue.

Share and share alike.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Easy come, easy go.

Third time lucky.

Faith will move mountains.

Time flies.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Might is right.

No pain, no gain.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The Devil is in the details.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Paddle your own canoe.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It goes without saying.

Live and let live.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's no place like home.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Pearls of wisdom.

Needs must when the devil drives.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Persuasion is better than force.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Even a worm will turn.

Accidents will happen.

Ignorance is bliss.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Charity begins at home.

Walls have ears.

History repeats itself.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Love is blind.

Big fish eat little fish.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The bigger, the better.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Money talks.

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

There are two sides to every question.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no time like the present.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fight the good fight.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Give credit where credit is due.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All good things must come to an end.

You can't win them all.

Good talk saves the food.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Nine tailors make a man.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Wonders will never cease.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A good man is hard to find.

It never rains but it pours.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Every stick has two ends.

A new broom sweeps clean.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes one to know one.

A poor worker blames the tools.

All's well that ends well.

Crime doesn't pay.

Look before you leap.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Dead men tell no tales.

What goes up must come down.

Keep your chin up.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A stitch in time saves nine.

You reap what you sow.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Fortune favours the brave.

Enough is enough.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

First things first.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Make love not war.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Seize the day.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Practice makes perfect.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

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

Different strokes for different folks.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't rock the boat.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't throw good money after bad.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Waste not, want not.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Only the good die young.

A house is not a home.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Tomorrow is another day.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Little pitchers have big ears.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Virtue is its own reward.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A watched pot never boils.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The best defence is a good offence.

You are never too old to learn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Money makes the world go round.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

An man's home is his castle.

There's no smoke without fire.

You are what you eat.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Moderation in all things.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Silence is golden.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The exception which proves the rule.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Cheats never prosper.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Business before pleasure.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

A miss is as good as a mile.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A bad penny always turns up.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Speak as you find.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Every dog has its day.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Life is what you make it.

The Devil looks after his own.

Revenge is sweet.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Everyone has their price.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Small things amuse small minds.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's one born every minute.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No man is an island.

Haste makes waste.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't get mad, get even.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

One hand washes the other.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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