No rest for the wicked.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beware the Ides of March.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A bad penny always turns up.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

The more the merrier.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Put your best foot forward.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

No pain, no gain.

Great minds think alike.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

It goes without saying.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Moderation in all things.

There is honour among thieves.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Good things come in small packages.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Patience is a virtue.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

First come, first served.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A watched pot never boils.

Money talks.

There's no place like home.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Truth will out.

Let the buyer beware.

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

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Another day, another dollar.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Live and learn.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Clothes do not make the man.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Appearances can be deceptive.

First things first.

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

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

Misery loves company.

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

Life is what you make it.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

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

History repeats itself.

Actions speak louder than words.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Might is right.

Two heads are better than one.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Give the Devil his due.

The exception which proves the rule.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A cat has nine lives.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Hope springs eternal.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Once a thief, always a thief.

There's one born every minute.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Practice what you preach.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no smoke without fire.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Everyone has their price.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

A house is not a home.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Money isn't everything.

It takes two to tango.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

If you build it, they will come.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Revenge is sweet.

It's all grist to the mill.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Keep your powder dry.

Better safe than sorry.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Silence is golden.

All the world loves a lover.

Physician, heal thyself.

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Fight the good fight.

Like father, like son.

Less said, soon mended.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Enough is enough.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

East is east, and west is west.

You win some, you lose some.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't rock the boat.

The customer is always right.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

An man's home is his castle.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Quid pro quo.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

God helps those who help themselves.

Share and share alike.

Business before pleasure.

To the victor go the spoils.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

What goes around comes around.

Nine tailors make a man.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

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

There's no time like the present.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

What goes up must come down.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Paddle your own canoe.

Love will find a way.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't get mad, get even.

Look before you leap.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The wages of sin is death.

Bad money drives out good.

Dead men tell no tales.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

All publicity is good publicity.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Get out while the getting is good.

There's an exception to every rule.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Big fish eat little fish.

Different strokes for different folks.

For everything there is a season.

There's safety in numbers.

Haste makes waste.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Good things come to those who wait.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

While there is life, there is hope.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

The bigger, the better.

A stitch in time saves nine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Every dog has its day.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Pride comes before a fall.

Many hands make light work.

Practice makes perfect.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

Better late than never.

Every picture tells a story.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Talk is cheap.

Seek and you shall find.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A man is known by his friends.

Time is a great healer.

Manners maketh the man.

Money makes the world go round.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The end justifies the means.

More haste, less speed.

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

Silence construes consent.

Opposites attract.

Life begins at forty.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Never give a sucker an even break.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Walls have ears.

You are never too old to learn.

Tomorrow is another day.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Learn to walk before you run.

Small things amuse small minds.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Always put your best foot forward.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The age of miracles is past.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Less is more.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Ignorance is bliss.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's better to give than to receive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A thing begun is half done.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Still waters run deep.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

It's never too late to mend.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Let well alone.

The best things in life are free.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The early bird gets the worm.

Seeing is believing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Possession is nine points of the law.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't always get what you want.

All you need is love.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Live and let live.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Time flies.

A golden key can open any door.

Blood is thicker than water.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Each to their own.

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

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

Horses for courses.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Only fools and horses work.

Make haste slowly.

You can't win them all.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

All's well that ends well.

There are two sides to every question.

Faith will move mountains.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Man does not live by bread alone.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Slow but sure.

The truth will out.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The show must go on.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Knowledge is power.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Tomorrow never comes.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Fortune favours the brave.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love is blind.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All's fair in love and war.

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

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

Time will tell.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All that glitters is not gold.

It never rains but it pours.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Go the extra mile.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Waste not, want not.

Nothing new under the sun.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cheats never prosper.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Ignorance is bliss.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Hide in plain sight.

Charity begins at home.

Forgive and forget.

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

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Count your blessings.

You are what you eat.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Any port in a storm.