A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

You can't take it with you.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Money talks.

First things first.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Seeing is believing.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Bad money drives out good.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Give the Devil his due.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

An army marches on its stomach.

The best things in life are free.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Blood is thicker than water.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Nothing new under the sun.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You are what you eat.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

All good things come to those that wait.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Enough is enough.

You can't win them all.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Money makes the world go round.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Talk is cheap.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

He who hesitates is lost.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

The more the merrier.

Practice makes perfect.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nine tailors make a man.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Silence construes consent.

Everyone has their price.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Tomorrow never comes.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

What goes around comes around.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

It takes one to know one.

Keep your chin up.

Time will tell.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money isn't everything.

Only fools and horses work.

There's no place like home.

The show must go on.

Love is blind.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

If you can't be good, be careful.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Go the extra mile.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't rock the boat.

The bigger, the better.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

A house is not a home.

An man's home is his castle.

No news is good news.

The Devil is in the details.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A word to the wise is enough.

A good man is hard to find.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Every dog has its day.

Paddle your own canoe.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You win some, you lose some.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

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

Accidents will happen.

Good things come in small packages.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Beware the Ides of March.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Great minds think alike.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Quid pro quo.

There is honour among thieves.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Share and share alike.

You are never too old to learn.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Haste makes waste.

Cold hands, warm heart.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Good talk saves the food.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The truth will out.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Every stick has two ends.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The age of miracles is past.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

What goes up must come down.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Love makes the world go round.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Look before you leap.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

Less is more.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Oil and water don't mix.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Live and learn.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Let bygones be bygones.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

East is east, and west is west.

Physician, heal thyself.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's one born every minute.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

There's no time like the present.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Bad news travels fast.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Many hands make light work.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Different strokes for different folks.

Revenge is sweet.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Horses for courses.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Still waters run deep.

It never rains but it pours.

Truth will out.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Practice what you preach.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A person is known by the company they keep.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Any port in a storm.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Give credit where credit is due.

A cat has nine lives.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Let the buyer beware.

All's well that ends well.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

One good deed deserves another.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Forgive and forget.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Time is money.

Patience is a virtue.

There's an exception to every rule.

Life is what you make it.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

For everything there is a season.

The best defence is a good offence.

Like father, like son.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Appearances can be deceptive.

All publicity is good publicity.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Easy come, easy go.

Count your blessings.

Make love not war.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Speak as you find.

It's the singer not the song.

The Devil looks after his own.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A fish always rots from the head.

Wonders will never cease.

No man is an island.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Possession is nine points of the law.

A watched pot never boils.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Misery loves company.

It's better to give than to receive.

Love will find a way.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Third time lucky.

While there is life, there is hope.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's safety in numbers.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Make haste slowly.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Only the good die young.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A bad penny always turns up.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Better late than never.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

Persuasion is better than force.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Fortune favours the brave.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

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

All things must pass.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Let well alone.

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

One hand washes the other.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Dead men tell no tales.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Walls have ears.

God helps those who help themselves.

All's fair in love and war.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no smoke without fire.

Time flies.

No pain, no gain.

Opposites attract.

All the world loves a lover.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Home is where the heart is.

Moderation in all things.

You reap what you sow.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A golden key can open any door.

More haste, less speed.

History repeats itself.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Crime doesn't pay.

Fight the good fight.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Life begins at forty.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A man is known by his friends.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Knowledge is power.

Waste not, want not.

First come, first served.

Charity begins at home.

Less said, soon mended.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The end justifies the means.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Each to their own.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Might is right.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

The customer is always right.

Business before pleasure.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Hide in plain sight.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.