First things first.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Forgive and forget.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Let well alone.

Only the good die young.

An army marches on its stomach.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Every stick has two ends.

There's no time like the present.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A leopard can't change its spots.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Faith will move mountains.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Less is more.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

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

The age of miracles is past.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Any port in a storm.

Needs must when the devil drives.

For everything there is a season.

Live and learn.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Manners maketh the man.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Time flies.

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

Make haste slowly.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The best things in life are free.

Give credit where credit is due.

Fight fire with fire.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

All good things must come to an end.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

There's an exception to every rule.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Hide in plain sight.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

It's all grist to the mill.

There's one born every minute.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Haste makes waste.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Home is where the heart is.

Great minds think alike.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Many hands make light work.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Love will find a way.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Each to their own.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All you need is love.

The exception which proves the rule.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love is blind.

No news is good news.

The more the merrier.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A good man is hard to find.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Accidents will happen.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

No man is an island.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

There's no place like home.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's a time and a place for everything.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Practice what you preach.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A golden key can open any door.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The Devil is in the details.

One good deed deserves another.

Even a worm will turn.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Money talks.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Everyone has their price.

A thing begun is half done.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Small things amuse small minds.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Children and fools tell the truth.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Still waters run deep.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The bigger, the better.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Opposites attract.

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Possession is nine points of the law.

It takes one to know one.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All that glitters is not gold.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There is honour among thieves.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Like father, like son.

It's better to give than to receive.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

There are two sides to every question.

Money is the root of all evil.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Fight the good fight.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

Count your blessings.

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

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Give the Devil his due.

Make love not war.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Time is a great healer.

Learn to walk before you run.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

You reap what you sow.

Keep your chin up.

Only fools and horses work.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Knowledge is power.

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

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

One hand washes the other.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All good things come to those that wait.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Honesty is the best policy.

Quid pro quo.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Variety is the spice of life.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

What goes around comes around.

Beware the Ides of March.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Go the extra mile.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The wages of sin is death.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Silence construes consent.

The show must go on.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The end justifies the means.

A cat has nine lives.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Actions speak louder than words.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Live and let live.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Shrouds have no pockets.

History repeats itself.

Revenge is sweet.

Love makes the world go round.

Another day, another dollar.

Horses for courses.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Bad money drives out good.

Time will tell.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Better late than never.

Good things come to those who wait.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Share and share alike.

Pride comes before a fall.

Talk is cheap.

A person is known by the company they keep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It's never too late to mend.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A man is known by his friends.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Good talk saves the food.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Slow but sure.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Less said, soon mended.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Life is what you make it.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Children should be seen and not heard.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Nine tailors make a man.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't take it with you.

Money isn't everything.

All roads lead to Rome.

The truth will out.

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

No pain, no gain.

Moderation in all things.

You can't always get what you want.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

All things must pass.

First come, first served.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Blood is thicker than water.

Easy come, easy go.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All publicity is good publicity.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A poor worker blames the tools.

East is east, and west is west.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't rock the boat.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't win them all.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Speak as you find.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Keep your powder dry.

A watched pot never boils.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Money makes the world go round.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Charity begins at home.

Look before you leap.

Walls have ears.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

The customer is always right.

What goes up must come down.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

All's fair in love and war.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

All's well that ends well.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's no smoke without fire.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Silence is golden.

Might is right.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Moderation in all things.

Better safe than sorry.

It never rains but it pours.

A cat may look at a king.

East, west, home's best.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

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

The Devil looks after his own.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Every dog has its day.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

A word to the wise is enough.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

There's safety in numbers.