He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Always put your best foot forward.

History repeats itself.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can't take it with you.

Blood is thicker than water.

Home is where the heart is.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Less said, soon mended.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Keep your chin up.

Opposites attract.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Oil and water don't mix.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

There's one born every minute.

Tomorrow is another day.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Give the Devil his due.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A man is known by his friends.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Actions speak louder than words.

Give credit where credit is due.

Better safe than sorry.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Fight the good fight.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Seize the day.

The bigger, the better.

A good man is hard to find.

Bad news travels fast.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Make love not war.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Never go to bed on an argument.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The truth will out.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

No news is good news.

East, west, home's best.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Waste not, want not.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Patience is a virtue.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

You reap what you sow.

Let the buyer beware.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The show must go on.

Virtue is its own reward.

The age of miracles is past.

Talk is cheap.

There's no smoke without fire.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A cat has nine lives.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Enough is enough.

No man can serve two masters.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A leopard can't change its spots.

If the cap fits, wear it.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Dead men tell no tales.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

What goes up must come down.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Truth will out.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Fortune favours the brave.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You win some, you lose some.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

No pain, no gain.

Silence construes consent.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Less is more.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

There's safety in numbers.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Love makes the world go round.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Time is a great healer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Everyone has their price.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Two heads are better than one.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

First things first.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Third time lucky.

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

Go the extra mile.

Count your blessings.

Let well alone.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

A house is not a home.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You are never too old to learn.

A watched pot never boils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Time will tell.

Handsome is as handsome does.

It's better to give than to receive.

East is east, and west is west.

Love is blind.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

The best things in life are free.

It takes two to tango.

Seek and you shall find.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Fight fire with fire.

A cat may look at a king.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Speak as you find.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money talks.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Bad money drives out good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Better late than never.

The end justifies the means.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All things must pass.

Different strokes for different folks.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Time flies.

There are two sides to every question.

There's no place like home.

Might is right.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Life begins at forty.

It goes without saying.

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

Walls have ears.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Haste makes waste.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

All the world loves a lover.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Time is money.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

All good things must come to an end.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Every dog has its day.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The more the merrier.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Knowledge is power.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

Still waters run deep.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Life is what you make it.

Live and learn.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's no time like the present.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Seeing is believing.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The customer is always right.

Love will find a way.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You can't always get what you want.

Nothing new under the sun.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Good things come in small packages.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Horses for courses.

The wages of sin is death.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Only fools and horses work.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

A golden key can open any door.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

All's well that ends well.

An army marches on its stomach.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Live and let live.

Another day, another dollar.

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

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Charity begins at home.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Slow but sure.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Children should be seen and not heard.

You can't win them all.

Ignorance is bliss.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

You are what you eat.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Learn to walk before you run.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is golden.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Tomorrow never comes.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Hide in plain sight.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

All you need is love.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

One hand washes the other.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Even a worm will turn.

No man is an island.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Only the good die young.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

If you build it, they will come.

Little pitchers have big ears.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Clothes do not make the man.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes one to know one.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Money makes the world go round.

Honesty is the best policy.

All roads lead to Rome.

Cheats never prosper.

Many hands make light work.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

Business before pleasure.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Look before you leap.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Great minds think alike.

Money isn't everything.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Get out while the getting is good.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Christmas comes but once a year.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Hope springs eternal.

The early bird gets the worm.

Put your best foot forward.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Each to their own.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Good things come to those who wait.

Misery loves company.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

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

Manners maketh the man.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Any port in a storm.

He who hesitates is lost.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

One good deed deserves another.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's all grist to the mill.

Wonders will never cease.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Faith will move mountains.

Share and share alike.

Persuasion is better than force.

God helps those who help themselves.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

To the victor go the spoils.