Don't let the bastards grind you down.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There's safety in numbers.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

It takes one to know one.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Another day, another dollar.

What goes up must come down.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Everyone has their price.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Might is right.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Speak as you find.

A fish always rots from the head.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Big fish eat little fish.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's better to give than to receive.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Share and share alike.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Better safe than sorry.

Quid pro quo.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The Devil looks after his own.

All that glitters is not gold.

One good deed deserves another.

Wonders will never cease.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Good fences make good neighbours.

He who hesitates is lost.

Tomorrow never comes.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

First come, first served.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Give the Devil his due.

The bigger, the better.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Haste makes waste.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

All things must pass.

East, west, home's best.

Keep your powder dry.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Children and fools tell the truth.

History repeats itself.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Still waters run deep.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Only fools and horses work.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Fortune favours the brave.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Let the buyer beware.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Accidents will happen.

Make haste slowly.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Fight fire with fire.

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

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Blood is thicker than water.

You can't take it with you.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

For everything there is a season.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

All's fair in love and war.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Any port in a storm.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Even a worm will turn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

An army marches on its stomach.

Time will tell.

Walls have ears.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

It never rains but it pours.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

It's never too late to mend.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Talk is cheap.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Silence construes consent.

Third time lucky.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

East is east, and west is west.

The show must go on.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You reap what you sow.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Good talk saves the food.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

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

Misery loves company.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A cat has nine lives.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Ignorance is bliss.

What goes around comes around.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Like father, like son.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Money talks.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Love is blind.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A man is known by his friends.

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

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

Each to their own.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time is money.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't shoot the messenger.

No rest for the wicked.

Good things come in small packages.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Home is where the heart is.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The wages of sin is death.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

No news is good news.

Good things come to those who wait.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A golden key can open any door.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't rock the boat.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Let bygones be bygones.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Moderation in all things.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Hide in plain sight.

Pride comes before a fall.

Put your best foot forward.

Great minds think alike.

Many hands make light work.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes two to tango.

There's no place like home.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

It's the singer not the song.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Dead men tell no tales.

Time is a great healer.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Time flies.

Truth will out.

You are never too old to learn.

Money makes the world go round.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There's one born every minute.

It's all grist to the mill.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Needs must when the devil drives.

No pain, no gain.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Pearls of wisdom.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Silence is golden.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Actions speak louder than words.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Every dog has its day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Count your blessings.

Bad news travels fast.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

All you need is love.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live and let live.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Life begins at forty.

Only the good die young.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Paddle your own canoe.

It's best to be on the safe side.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Business before pleasure.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Practice what you preach.

Crime doesn't pay.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Money is the root of all evil.

A cat may look at a king.

The Devil is in the details.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The customer is always right.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Life is what you make it.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Less said, soon mended.

A thing begun is half done.

Never tell tales out of school.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Every picture tells a story.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Tomorrow is another day.

Physician, heal thyself.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Seize the day.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Love will find a way.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

More haste, less speed.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The truth will out.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Money isn't everything.

Better late than never.

Hope springs eternal.

There are two sides to every question.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

God helps those who help themselves.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Patience is a virtue.

A house is not a home.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Enough is enough.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The pen is mightier than sword.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Fight the good fight.

Handsome is as handsome does.

The end justifies the means.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

One hand washes the other.

Go the extra mile.

Nothing new under the sun.

Faith will move mountains.

A good man is hard to find.

Horses for courses.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's no smoke without fire.

The best things in life are free.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Variety is the spice of life.

Cheats never prosper.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Persuasion is better than force.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

First things first.

Different strokes for different folks.

The exception which proves the rule.

Knowledge is power.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Forgive and forget.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

All the world loves a lover.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.