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

Silence is golden.

Fight fire with fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Crime doesn't pay.

There is honour among thieves.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Slow but sure.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

It's never too late to mend.

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

More haste, less speed.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A cat has nine lives.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Variety is the spice of life.

Quid pro quo.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

There's no time like the present.

Haste makes waste.

Strike while the iron is hot.

You reap what you sow.

Good things come to those who wait.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

If you build it, they will come.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Walls have ears.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Let well alone.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

All good things come to those that wait.

Time flies.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Like father, like son.

Pride comes before a fall.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Life begins at forty.

Seeing is believing.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

No man can serve two masters.

All the world loves a lover.

What can't be cured must be endured.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Look before you leap.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

It never rains but it pours.

Keep your chin up.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Might is right.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Knowledge is power.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Love will find a way.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Tomorrow is another day.

No pain, no gain.

Fortune favours the brave.

It's all grist to the mill.

Get out while the getting is good.

An man's home is his castle.

Tomorrow never comes.

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A watched pot never boils.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The end justifies the means.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Third time lucky.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The best-laid plans go astray.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Count your blessings.

The Devil is in the details.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Hide in plain sight.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Never tell tales out of school.

Each to their own.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

History repeats itself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Good talk saves the food.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Persuasion is better than force.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

All good things must come to an end.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Time is a great healer.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

East, west, home's best.

Different strokes for different folks.

Business before pleasure.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

No news is good news.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It takes one to know one.

Don't rock the boat.

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

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

Share and share alike.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A good man is hard to find.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Speak as you find.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's an exception to every rule.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Every stick has two ends.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Put your best foot forward.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Easy come, easy go.

All's fair in love and war.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Always put your best foot forward.

The show must go on.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

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

The bigger, the better.

Ignorance is bliss.

Wonders will never cease.

A golden key can open any door.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

To the victor go the spoils.

Life is what you make it.

All publicity is good publicity.

Nothing new under the sun.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

You are what you eat.

A man is known by his friends.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Patience is a virtue.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Good things come in small packages.

You can't take it with you.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

In the midst of life we are in death.

First things first.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Nine tailors make a man.

Love is blind.

The best things in life are free.

One hand washes the other.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It's the singer not the song.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't get mad, get even.

There are two sides to every question.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Time and tide wait for no one.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

Misery loves company.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Still waters run deep.

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

Many hands make light work.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Bad news travels fast.

There's a time and a place for everything.

There's no smoke without fire.

Money makes the world go round.

Never go to bed on an argument.

An army marches on its stomach.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Clothes do not make the man.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Oil and water don't mix.

Hope springs eternal.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's better to give than to receive.

Better late than never.

Less said, soon mended.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Revenge is sweet.

Time is money.

Any port in a storm.

The Devil looks after his own.

Money isn't everything.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

A cat may look at a king.

You win some, you lose some.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The exception which proves the rule.

Learn to walk before you run.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Silence construes consent.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A thing begun is half done.

Every picture tells a story.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The wages of sin is death.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't win them all.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First come, first served.

A new broom sweeps clean.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Virtue is its own reward.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

It goes without saying.

Home is where the heart is.

Great minds think alike.

There's no place like home.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Go the extra mile.

Waste not, want not.

What goes up must come down.

A word to the wise is enough.

Make haste slowly.

Practice what you preach.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Live and learn.

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

Seize the day.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Love makes the world go round.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Give credit where credit is due.

Only the good die young.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

What goes around comes around.

Seek and you shall find.

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

One good deed deserves another.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

All's well that ends well.

Practice makes perfect.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Enough is enough.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No man is an island.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Everyone has their price.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Even a worm will turn.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Accidents will happen.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

It takes two to tango.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

There's safety in numbers.

Charity begins at home.

The more the merrier.

Money is the root of all evil.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The truth will out.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Time will tell.

Horses for courses.

Fight the good fight.

Live and let live.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You can't always get what you want.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The age of miracles is past.

When one door shuts, another opens.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Better safe than sorry.

Forgive and forget.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Talk is cheap.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Share and share alike.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Only fools and horses work.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.