Handsome is as handsome does.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Always put your best foot forward.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Manners maketh the man.

The Devil looks after his own.

You win some, you lose some.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Knowledge is power.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

What goes around comes around.

You reap what you sow.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A watched pot never boils.

Virtue is its own reward.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A golden key can open any door.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Practice makes perfect.

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

For everything there is a season.

Each to their own.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

All you need is love.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Money isn't everything.

Look before you leap.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Easy come, easy go.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

One hand washes the other.

Silence is golden.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Time is a great healer.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It takes two to tango.

A good man is hard to find.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Make love not war.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Let the buyer beware.

Talk is cheap.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All's fair in love and war.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

To the victor go the spoils.

Love is blind.

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

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

All good things must come to an end.

Opposites attract.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The customer is always right.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

It goes without saying.

Less is more.

Slow but sure.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Actions speak louder than words.

Like father, like son.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Only the good die young.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Paddle your own canoe.

All's well that ends well.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Enough is enough.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The early bird gets the worm.

More haste, less speed.

Seek and you shall find.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

He who hesitates is lost.

Fight fire with fire.

Hide in plain sight.

Speak as you find.

Children and fools tell the truth.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Silence construes consent.

Life begins at forty.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Learn to walk before you run.

No news is good news.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Let bygones be bygones.

Love will find a way.

History repeats itself.

Everyone has their price.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

There are two sides to every question.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Walls have ears.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A man is known by his friends.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

What goes up must come down.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

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

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

Fight the good fight.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Accidents will happen.

It takes one to know one.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Two heads are better than one.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The show must go on.

Hope springs eternal.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Money makes the world go round.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Quid pro quo.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you build it, they will come.

Wonders will never cease.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

No pain, no gain.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There is honour among thieves.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

You can't always get what you want.

You can't take it with you.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Any port in a storm.

Charity begins at home.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Ignorance is bliss.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Even a worm will turn.

Life is what you make it.

Business before pleasure.

Seeing is believing.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live and learn.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Make haste slowly.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

East, west, home's best.

A bad penny always turns up.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

To every thing there is a season.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The best things in life are free.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Great minds think alike.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

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

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

Good talk saves the food.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Practice what you preach.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

All things must pass.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

First come, first served.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Keep your chin up.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Every dog has its day.

One good deed deserves another.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You are what you eat.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Count your blessings.

Beware the Ides of March.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Moderation in all things.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Good things come in small packages.

Little pitchers have big ears.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The more the merrier.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Truth will out.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Might is right.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A cat has nine lives.

Time is money.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Money talks.

Still waters run deep.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Waste not, want not.

There's an exception to every rule.

Faith will move mountains.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The bigger, the better.

The best-laid plans go astray.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Misery loves company.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Share and share alike.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's safety in numbers.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Time will tell.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Many hands make light work.

God helps those who help themselves.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Out of sight, out of mind.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Every stick has two ends.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Horses for courses.

It's never too late to mend.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Another day, another dollar.

Home is where the heart is.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A house is not a home.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Children should be seen and not heard.

An man's home is his castle.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Haste makes waste.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Tomorrow never comes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Put your best foot forward.

Time flies.

Crime doesn't pay.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A fish always rots from the head.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You are never too old to learn.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nine tailors make a man.

The end justifies the means.

Persuasion is better than force.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Dead men tell no tales.

First things first.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

There's one born every minute.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's the singer not the song.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

No rest for the wicked.

East is east, and west is west.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't win them all.

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

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Go the extra mile.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Every picture tells a story.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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