Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Blood is thicker than water.

Curiosity killed the cat.

All things must pass.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The bigger, the better.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Big fish eat little fish.

Wonders will never cease.

Count your blessings.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Fight fire with fire.

Every picture tells a story.

The best things in life are free.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Time flies.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Only the good die young.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Love will find a way.

Third time lucky.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

God helps those who help themselves.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The show must go on.

It never rains but it pours.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Even a worm will turn.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

First impressions are the most lasting.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A fish always rots from the head.

Better late than never.

Enough is enough.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A watched pot never boils.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Hope springs eternal.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Nothing succeeds like success.

You win some, you lose some.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Seize the day.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Live and learn.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

East is east, and west is west.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Every stick has two ends.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

No news is good news.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

No rest for the wicked.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Money talks.

No man can serve two masters.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You reap what you sow.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Bad money drives out good.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Less said, soon mended.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Slow but sure.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Like father, like son.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Put your best foot forward.

Slow and steady wins the race.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The leopard does not change his spots.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Let the buyer beware.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't win them all.

Walls have ears.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Speak as you find.

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

All good things must come to an end.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no smoke without fire.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's one born every minute.

Keep your chin up.

A thing begun is half done.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Physician, heal thyself.

East, west, home's best.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life begins at forty.

You can't take it with you.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Seek and you shall find.

He who hesitates is lost.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Never tell tales out of school.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The Devil looks after his own.

The truth will out.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Seeing is believing.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let bygones be bygones.

Give the Devil his due.

It takes two to tango.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's the singer not the song.

It's all grist to the mill.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Accidents will happen.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

An man's home is his castle.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Make love not war.

Misery loves company.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Faith will move mountains.

Love makes the world go round.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Hide in plain sight.

You are what you eat.

Silence construes consent.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

What goes up must come down.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It goes without saying.

Great minds think alike.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The Devil is in the details.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No man is an island.

Practice makes perfect.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Better safe than sorry.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no time like the present.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Practice what you preach.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Persuasion is better than force.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

History repeats itself.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

No pain, no gain.

Many hands make light work.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

All publicity is good publicity.

Manners maketh the man.

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

The more the merrier.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time will tell.

While there is life, there is hope.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Actions speak louder than words.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

All's well that ends well.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A dog is a man's best friend.

For everything there is a season.

Waste not, want not.

All good things come to those that wait.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There are two sides to every question.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Make haste slowly.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A cat has nine lives.

All's fair in love and war.

The wages of sin is death.

Cheats never prosper.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Less is more.

Haste makes waste.

Only fools and horses work.

Live and let live.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Don't throw good money after bad.

What goes around comes around.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Talk is cheap.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Possession is nine points of the law.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Love is blind.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A good man is hard to find.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

All you need is love.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

To the victor go the spoils.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

There is honour among thieves.

Truth will out.

Money makes the world go round.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Everyone has their price.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Silence is golden.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Variety is the spice of life.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Clothes do not make the man.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Time is a great healer.

Beware the Ides of March.

Revenge is sweet.

Forgive and forget.

A golden key can open any door.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Still waters run deep.

One hand washes the other.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Life is what you make it.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Home is where the heart is.

Keep your powder dry.

Bad news travels fast.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Nine tailors make a man.

The best defence is a good offence.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The end justifies the means.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

An army marches on its stomach.

A cat may look at a king.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Moderation in all things.

All that glitters is not gold.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Charity begins at home.

A bad penny always turns up.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Small things amuse small minds.

Fight the good fight.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Quid pro quo.

Another day, another dollar.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Business before pleasure.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Paddle your own canoe.

First things first.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

A house is not a home.

The customer is always right.

Horses for courses.

Opposites attract.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Knowledge is power.

Always put your best foot forward.

A word to the wise is enough.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Might is right.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Time is money.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Attack is the best form of defence.

Virtue is its own reward.

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Any port in a storm.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's best to be on the safe side.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.