Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Only fools and horses work.

Live and let live.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

First come, first served.

The exception which proves the rule.

Go the extra mile.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Count your blessings.

Don't rock the boat.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Nine tailors make a man.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All that glitters is not gold.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Nothing new under the sun.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It's better to give than to receive.

All things must pass.

The show must go on.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Speak as you find.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It takes two to tango.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Horses for courses.

A fish always rots from the head.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

God helps those who help themselves.

Opposites attract.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Beauty is only skin deep.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Moderation in all things.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Forgive and forget.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Life begins at forty.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's no place like home.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Blood is thicker than water.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Time flies.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It takes one to know one.

Even a worm will turn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

No man is an island.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

You can't take it with you.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Great minds think alike.

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

Easy come, easy go.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Walls have ears.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

There are two sides to every question.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Seek and you shall find.

No man can serve two masters.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Third time lucky.

No rest for the wicked.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

To the victor go the spoils.

The best defence is a good offence.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Charity begins at home.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The wages of sin is death.

You can't win them all.

There's no smoke without fire.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

It goes without saying.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A bad penny always turns up.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The best things in life are free.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's never too late to mend.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Accidents will happen.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Different strokes for different folks.

Might is right.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Small things amuse small minds.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

To every thing there is a season.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Better safe than sorry.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There's an exception to every rule.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Every dog has its day.

Still waters run deep.

A cat has nine lives.

Every picture tells a story.

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

East, west, home's best.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Give the Devil his due.

Every stick has two ends.

Grief divided is made lighter.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You reap what you sow.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Money isn't everything.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The customer is always right.

Hope springs eternal.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best-laid plans go astray.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Live and learn.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's one born every minute.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

No news is good news.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There's safety in numbers.

History repeats itself.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

The end justifies the means.

An army marches on its stomach.

The more the merrier.

Fight fire with fire.

Everyone has their price.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice what you preach.

Love makes the world go round.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

All the world loves a lover.

Persuasion is better than force.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

If you build it, they will come.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Money talks.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Cheats never prosper.

Good things come to those who wait.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Slow but sure.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Time will tell.

No pain, no gain.

What goes up must come down.

Truth will out.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Let well alone.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Patience is a virtue.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Many hands make light work.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Money is the root of all evil.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Bad money drives out good.

Oil and water don't mix.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Another day, another dollar.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Silence is golden.

One good deed deserves another.

A cat may look at a king.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A man is known by his friends.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Two heads are better than one.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hide in plain sight.

Less said, soon mended.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Any port in a storm.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Make haste slowly.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The Devil looks after his own.

Quid pro quo.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Pearls of wisdom.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Love will find a way.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Time is money.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The age of miracles is past.

First things first.

While there is life, there is hope.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

What goes around comes around.

Better late than never.

All's fair in love and war.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

You can't always get what you want.

Knowledge is power.

There is honour among thieves.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

The bigger, the better.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Once a thief, always a thief.

It's all grist to the mill.

Make love not war.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A thing begun is half done.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Each to their own.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Variety is the spice of life.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Faith will move mountains.

Business before pleasure.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Paddle your own canoe.

It never rains but it pours.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Waste not, want not.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A watched pot never boils.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Enough is enough.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Manners maketh the man.

Misery loves company.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Beware the Ides of March.

A house is not a home.

Good things come in small packages.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All you need is love.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Live and let live.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Look before you leap.