Hope springs eternal.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It never rains but it pours.

Small things amuse small minds.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

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

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

Share and share alike.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Less is more.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Two heads are better than one.

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

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

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It's never too late to mend.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Even a worm will turn.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Still waters run deep.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

To every thing there is a season.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The more the merrier.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

Haste makes waste.

All you need is love.

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

Make haste slowly.

Silence construes consent.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A leopard can't change its spots.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

You are what you eat.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It takes one to know one.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't always get what you want.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Look before you leap.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

A man is known by his friends.

Good talk saves the food.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

One hand washes the other.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

You can have too much of a good thing.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No pain, no gain.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You are never too old to learn.

Love will find a way.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Put your best foot forward.

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

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

Tomorrow never comes.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Faith will move mountains.

Ignorance is bliss.

Misery loves company.

Practice what you preach.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Make love not war.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Live and let live.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Get out while the getting is good.

Blood is thicker than water.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All that glitters is not gold.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

There's no time like the present.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Great minds think alike.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There is honour among thieves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

East is east, and west is west.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Variety is the spice of life.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Oil and water don't mix.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The truth will out.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Go the extra mile.

The early bird gets the worm.

Count your blessings.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The exception which proves the rule.

The bigger, the better.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Fight the good fight.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Truth will out.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Live and learn.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's one born every minute.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You win some, you lose some.

Another day, another dollar.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Pride comes before a fall.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Horses for courses.

For everything there is a season.

Good things come to those who wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

A word to the wise is enough.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fight fire with fire.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

You reap what you sow.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Each to their own.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A good man is hard to find.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Love is blind.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

First things first.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All good things must come to an end.

Tomorrow is another day.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Silence is golden.

Pearls of wisdom.

Only the good die young.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Crime doesn't pay.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

There are two sides to every question.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Time flies.

A house is not a home.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Charity begins at home.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Knowledge is power.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Time is money.

Seize the day.

You can't win them all.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Enough is enough.

Opposites attract.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A cat has nine lives.

Life begins at forty.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

All the world loves a lover.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A bad penny always turns up.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

You can't take it with you.

Many hands make light work.

One good deed deserves another.

Time will tell.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Quid pro quo.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Business before pleasure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Waste not, want not.

All publicity is good publicity.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Seeing is believing.

Give credit where credit is due.

Big fish eat little fish.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

No man is an island.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's an exception to every rule.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

What goes up must come down.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Forgive and forget.

Money talks.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Every dog has its day.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

All's fair in love and war.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The customer is always right.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No news is good news.

The age of miracles is past.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Different strokes for different folks.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Give the Devil his due.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Let bygones be bygones.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Might is right.

Speak as you find.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All things must pass.

Never tell tales out of school.

Keep your chin up.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Any port in a storm.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

The end justifies the means.

Third time lucky.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A cat may look at a king.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

The wages of sin is death.

An army marches on its stomach.

Let well alone.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

A thing begun is half done.

The show must go on.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Moderation in all things.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

The best things in life are free.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes two to tango.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Time is a great healer.

Slow but sure.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A new broom sweeps clean.

First come, first served.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's safety in numbers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Bad money drives out good.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Manners maketh the man.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Talk is cheap.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't get mad, get even.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Easy come, easy go.

Make hay while the sun shines.

No rest for the wicked.

Money is the root of all evil.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Better safe than sorry.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A golden key can open any door.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's all grist to the mill.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It goes without saying.

Nine tailors make a man.

Hide in plain sight.

What goes around comes around.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Once a thief, always a thief.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Money isn't everything.

There's no place like home.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All's well that ends well.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

More haste, less speed.

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