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

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It takes one to know one.

Beware the Ides of March.

All the world loves a lover.

Might is right.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

What goes up must come down.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let bygones be bygones.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Do as I say, not as I do.

To every thing there is a season.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't get mad, get even.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

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

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

It goes without saying.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Small things amuse small minds.

You can't always get what you want.

Each to their own.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Cheats never prosper.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Big fish eat little fish.

Pearls of wisdom.

Still waters run deep.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

You reap what you sow.

Time is a great healer.

Time is money.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Good things come in small packages.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Even a worm will turn.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Faith will move mountains.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Seeing is believing.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Two heads are better than one.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Talk is cheap.

Crime doesn't pay.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Fight fire with fire.

All's well that ends well.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's the singer not the song.

What goes around comes around.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Patience is a virtue.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Count your blessings.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no place like home.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Good talk saves the food.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

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

An army marches on its stomach.

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Look before you leap.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Put your best foot forward.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

If you build it, they will come.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It never rains but it pours.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Actions speak louder than words.

Clothes do not make the man.

There's no smoke without fire.

Quid pro quo.

He who hesitates is lost.

The more the merrier.

No pain, no gain.

All roads lead to Rome.

Love makes the world go round.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Speak as you find.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

More haste, less speed.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The bigger, the better.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Horses for courses.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Make haste slowly.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's never too late to mend.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Everyone has their price.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Business before pleasure.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Practice what you preach.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The customer is always right.

Better late than never.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

God helps those who help themselves.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Knowledge is power.

First things first.

The wages of sin is death.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Any port in a storm.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Walls have ears.

Time will tell.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

You are what you eat.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You can't win them all.

Wonders will never cease.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Less is more.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All publicity is good publicity.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Make love not war.

The truth will out.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The show must go on.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

East is east, and west is west.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Share and share alike.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Always put your best foot forward.

There's an exception to every rule.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

All you need is love.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A word to the wise is enough.

No man is an island.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

East, west, home's best.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Life is what you make it.

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A man is known by his friends.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Variety is the spice of life.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A cat has nine lives.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Moderation in all things.

Manners maketh the man.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Money makes the world go round.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Opposites attract.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The Devil looks after his own.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Easy come, easy go.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A house is not a home.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Hope springs eternal.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Seek and you shall find.

All things must pass.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The age of miracles is past.

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

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An man's home is his castle.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

One hand washes the other.

Pride comes before a fall.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Haste makes waste.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Practice makes perfect.

History repeats itself.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Money talks.

Good things come to those who wait.

Silence construes consent.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Keep your powder dry.

Another day, another dollar.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Tomorrow never comes.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

No news is good news.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The Devil is in the details.

Let the buyer beware.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Life begins at forty.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There's no time like the present.

Less said, soon mended.

Keep your chin up.

First come, first served.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Charity begins at home.

No man can serve two masters.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

The best things in life are free.

It's all grist to the mill.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The end justifies the means.

Every dog has its day.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Honesty is the best policy.

Slow but sure.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Get out while the getting is good.

Hide in plain sight.

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

All's fair in love and war.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Every picture tells a story.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Only the good die young.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

One good deed deserves another.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

No rest for the wicked.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

There are two sides to every question.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't shoot the messenger.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Third time lucky.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Time flies.

Seize the day.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Live and let live.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Many hands make light work.

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

Great minds think alike.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Silence is golden.

Don't rock the boat.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

There's one born every minute.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Love is blind.

Paddle your own canoe.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fight the good fight.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Love makes the world go round.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Nothing new under the sun.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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