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

Don't rock the boat.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Less is more.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Money isn't everything.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Small things amuse small minds.

Still waters run deep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Count your blessings.

Hide in plain sight.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A good man is hard to find.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice makes perfect.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Out of sight, out of mind.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Make hay while the sun shines.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Every stick has two ends.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fight fire with fire.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

All roads lead to Rome.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Share and share alike.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Bad money drives out good.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A thing begun is half done.

Third time lucky.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

More haste, less speed.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Many hands make light work.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Big fish eat little fish.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

Nothing new under the sun.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

One hand washes the other.

There is honour among thieves.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil is in the details.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

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

All's well that ends well.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

An man's home is his castle.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Knowledge is power.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Haste makes waste.

Charity begins at home.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

There's no place like home.

Walls have ears.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Opposites attract.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The truth will out.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There's an exception to every rule.

Let bygones be bygones.

An army marches on its stomach.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Home is where the heart is.

You are what you eat.

Tomorrow is another day.

Virtue is its own reward.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

A bad penny always turns up.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

A stitch in time saves nine.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

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

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Each to their own.

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

The customer is always right.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Time is money.

Speak as you find.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Give credit where credit is due.

Easy come, easy go.

Don't get mad, get even.

Moderation in all things.

No man can serve two masters.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Time flies.

It takes two to tango.

Talk is cheap.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All things must pass.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fortune favours the brave.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

To the victor go the spoils.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Pearls of wisdom.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

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

You reap what you sow.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The Devil looks after his own.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

There's one born every minute.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Make love not war.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

The show must go on.

You can't make bricks without straw.

No rest for the wicked.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't take it with you.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let well alone.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All good things must come to an end.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Accidents will happen.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Another day, another dollar.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dead men tell no tales.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

All the world loves a lover.

Look before you leap.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Faith will move mountains.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Seize the day.

Truth will out.

Love makes the world go round.

Every picture tells a story.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's the singer not the song.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Persuasion is better than force.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Crime doesn't pay.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It goes without saying.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Silence construes consent.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Cheats never prosper.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

The more the merrier.

Like father, like son.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Horses for courses.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's no time like the present.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Manners maketh the man.

A word to the wise is enough.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Everyone has their price.

Variety is the spice of life.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Revenge is sweet.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There are two sides to every question.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Nine tailors make a man.

Never tell tales out of school.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Money is the root of all evil.

For everything there is a season.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Keep your chin up.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Physician, heal thyself.

Waste not, want not.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

What goes around comes around.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Life is what you make it.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

First things first.

No news is good news.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Make haste slowly.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Might is right.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Great minds think alike.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

All that glitters is not gold.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Love will find a way.

While there is life, there is hope.

Handsome is as handsome does.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All you need is love.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You can have too much of a good thing.

No man is an island.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Seek and you shall find.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Business before pleasure.

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

Enough is enough.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No pain, no gain.

It's never too late to mend.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Only fools and horses work.

Time and tide wait for no one.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Any port in a storm.

A man is known by his friends.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A golden key can open any door.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

God helps those who help themselves.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Two heads are better than one.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There's safety in numbers.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Put your best foot forward.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It takes one to know one.

The bigger, the better.

A house is not a home.

Seeing is believing.

Clothes do not make the man.

The wages of sin is death.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Fight the good fight.

Keep your powder dry.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Slow but sure.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Every dog has its day.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Time will tell.

Bad news travels fast.

It never rains but it pours.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

History repeats itself.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Less said, soon mended.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Love is blind.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The best things in life are free.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The early bird gets the worm.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Life begins at forty.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

He who hesitates is lost.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

First come, first served.

A cat may look at a king.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Practice what you preach.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Many hands make light work.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

East, west, home's best.

Misery loves company.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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