East is east, and west is west.

Might is right.

One good deed deserves another.

Put your best foot forward.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

More haste, less speed.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

It never rains but it pours.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Practice makes perfect.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Truth will out.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Only fools and horses work.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

The early bird gets the worm.

Business before pleasure.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

A man is known by his friends.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All things must pass.

Many hands make light work.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Count your blessings.

Waste not, want not.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It's better to give than to receive.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Still waters run deep.

Live and learn.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Only the good die young.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Big fish eat little fish.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Silence is golden.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Time is money.

To every thing there is a season.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

He who hesitates is lost.

All good things come to those that wait.

Life begins at forty.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Tomorrow is another day.

Easy come, easy go.

Misery loves company.

Each to their own.

All that glitters is not gold.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Wonders will never cease.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

The end justifies the means.

You are what you eat.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Talk is cheap.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

No man can serve two masters.

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

Seize the day.

Slow but sure.

Clothes do not make the man.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Enough is enough.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes two to tango.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Seeing is believing.

Beware the Ides of March.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Money makes the world go round.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Always put your best foot forward.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't get mad, get even.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

All good things must come to an end.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Faith will move mountains.

Life is what you make it.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There's an exception to every rule.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It goes without saying.

A word to the wise is enough.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Grief divided is made lighter.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

No pain, no gain.

You win some, you lose some.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

An man's home is his castle.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Hope springs eternal.

Money isn't everything.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Paddle your own canoe.

History repeats itself.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Knowledge is power.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Revenge is sweet.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Great minds think alike.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's never too late to mend.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Another day, another dollar.

All publicity is good publicity.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Charity begins at home.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Give credit where credit is due.

Tomorrow never comes.

Go the extra mile.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

All's fair in love and war.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Patience is a virtue.

Forgive and forget.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Cheats never prosper.

A good man is hard to find.

You reap what you sow.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Look before you leap.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Opposites attract.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A house is not a home.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

No man is an island.

Fight the good fight.

The truth will out.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There's no fool like an old fool.

The more the merrier.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

East, west, home's best.

The show must go on.

Horses for courses.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

It's the singer not the song.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Give the Devil his due.

Manners maketh the man.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Third time lucky.

The best things in life are free.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

Less is more.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Seek and you shall find.

Actions speak louder than words.

Dead men tell no tales.

Love is blind.

Silence construes consent.

Every picture tells a story.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Better safe than sorry.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Curiosity killed the cat.

You can't win them all.

Practice what you preach.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Haste makes waste.

Every stick has two ends.

Keep your chin up.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

For everything there is a season.

If you build it, they will come.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes one to know one.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Once bitten, twice shy.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

No news is good news.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fortune favours the brave.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

First things first.

Make love not war.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Every dog has its day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Time will tell.

Variety is the spice of life.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Live and let live.

There is honour among thieves.

Quid pro quo.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Speak as you find.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Even a worm will turn.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Learn to walk before you run.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Make haste slowly.

Accidents will happen.

First come, first served.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Bad money drives out good.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There's no smoke without fire.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The Devil looks after his own.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

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

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

No rest for the wicked.

Keep your powder dry.

Pride comes before a fall.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The customer is always right.

Let bygones be bygones.

Everyone has their price.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Two heads are better than one.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A thing begun is half done.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ignorance is bliss.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Walls have ears.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A watched pot never boils.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Money talks.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's safety in numbers.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

While there is life, there is hope.

Time flies.

Like father, like son.

Bad news travels fast.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Nothing new under the sun.

Love makes the world go round.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

All you need is love.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Honesty is the best policy.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Time is a great healer.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's one born every minute.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Fight fire with fire.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You can't take it with you.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The exception which proves the rule.

An army marches on its stomach.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Let well alone.

Better late than never.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat has nine lives.