A golden key can open any door.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The age of miracles is past.

There's an exception to every rule.

All that glitters is not gold.

Bad money drives out good.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You are what you eat.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Only the good die young.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Two heads are better than one.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Keep your chin up.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Let well alone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Easy come, easy go.

Even a worm will turn.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Speak as you find.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

There's no place like home.

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

Life begins at forty.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

East, west, home's best.

Don't rock the boat.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Moderation in all things.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All you need is love.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

What goes up must come down.

Many hands make light work.

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

The end justifies the means.

No news is good news.

Always put your best foot forward.

Once a thief, always a thief.

No man is an island.

Seize the day.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Cheats never prosper.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The truth will out.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All good things come to those that wait.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Less is more.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's one born every minute.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

For everything there is a season.

Horses for courses.

More haste, less speed.

It's the singer not the song.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There's no time like the present.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Charity begins at home.

Make love not war.

Give the Devil his due.

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

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

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

A man is known by his friends.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Money talks.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Time is money.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Time will tell.

Beware the Ides of March.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Enough is enough.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Money isn't everything.

To the victor go the spoils.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

All's fair in love and war.

Small things amuse small minds.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Make haste slowly.

Money makes the world go round.

It's better to give than to receive.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Fight fire with fire.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A cat may look at a king.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Fortune favours the brave.

Another day, another dollar.

The best defence is a good offence.

Ignorance is bliss.

Still waters run deep.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Wonders will never cease.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

All's well that ends well.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Slow and steady wins the race.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You can't win them all.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A house is not a home.

Good things come to those who wait.

Great minds think alike.

Might is right.

The show must go on.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Patience is a virtue.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

The bigger, the better.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It's never too late to mend.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Big fish eat little fish.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A word to the wise is enough.

Go the extra mile.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

An man's home is his castle.

Quid pro quo.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Forgive and forget.

There's safety in numbers.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Nothing new under the sun.

Every picture tells a story.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

No pain, no gain.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Third time lucky.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Hope springs eternal.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Good things come in small packages.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Count your blessings.

Don't get mad, get even.

Like father, like son.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

It never rains but it pours.

To every thing there is a season.

Christmas comes but once a year.

All the world loves a lover.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No rest for the wicked.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

There are two sides to every question.

Live and let live.

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

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Opposites attract.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

He who hesitates is lost.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Physician, heal thyself.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Silence is golden.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

The more the merrier.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

There is no accounting for tastes.

While there is life, there is hope.

Let the buyer beware.

You can't take it with you.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All publicity is good publicity.

Talk is cheap.

All roads lead to Rome.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Silence construes consent.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

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

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Persuasion is better than force.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Truth will out.

A thing begun is half done.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Paddle your own canoe.

Slow but sure.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A bad penny always turns up.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

First things first.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

It takes two to tango.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Accidents will happen.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

It takes one to know one.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Knowledge is power.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There is honour among thieves.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Handsome is as handsome does.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

East is east, and west is west.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The exception which proves the rule.

The customer is always right.

Pearls of wisdom.

Fight the good fight.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Waste not, want not.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Every stick has two ends.

Learn to walk before you run.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love is blind.

Faith will move mountains.

All things must pass.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Pride comes before a fall.

A watched pot never boils.

Business before pleasure.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The best things in life are free.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Love will find a way.

Oil and water don't mix.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Seeing is believing.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Live and learn.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Never go to bed on an argument.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Less said, soon mended.

History repeats itself.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Every dog has its day.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You can't always get what you want.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The wages of sin is death.

Time is a great healer.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

It's all grist to the mill.

You reap what you sow.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Better late than never.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Haste makes waste.

Give credit where credit is due.

There's no smoke without fire.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Look before you leap.

Each to their own.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

Keep your powder dry.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.