The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't win them all.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A fish always rots from the head.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Everyone has their price.

Only fools and horses work.

You can't take it with you.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

Forgive and forget.

Truth will out.

It's never too late to mend.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Variety is the spice of life.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Keep your powder dry.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Dead men tell no tales.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

One hand washes the other.

Two heads are better than one.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You are never too old to learn.

Oil and water don't mix.

Let the buyer beware.

A man is known by his friends.

The best defence is a good offence.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no time like the present.

To the victor go the spoils.

The wages of sin is death.

Let well alone.

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

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't rock the boat.

You reap what you sow.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Third time lucky.

A person is known by the company they keep.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Bad news travels fast.

The Devil looks after his own.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Life is what you make it.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Even a worm will turn.

Live and learn.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A word to the wise is enough.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Do as I say, not as I do.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Time flies.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

No man can serve two masters.

Fortune favours the brave.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Hope springs eternal.

All's fair in love and war.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

The end justifies the means.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

To every thing there is a season.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The show must go on.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Might is right.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Nine tailors make a man.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Money is the root of all evil.

History repeats itself.

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

Talk is cheap.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Count your blessings.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You win some, you lose some.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Seeing is believing.

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Fight the good fight.

Home is where the heart is.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never tell tales out of school.

Attack is the best form of defence.

All good things must come to an end.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The bigger, the better.

East is east, and west is west.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Get out while the getting is good.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Knowledge is power.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Physician, heal thyself.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Accidents will happen.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A bad penny always turns up.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't always get what you want.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's better to give than to receive.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The best-laid plans go astray.

If you build it, they will come.

Different strokes for different folks.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The Devil is in the details.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Look before you leap.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Moderation in all things.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Give the Devil his due.

A picture paints a thousand words.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Make love not war.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The age of miracles is past.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A house is not a home.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Christmas comes but once a year.

What goes up must come down.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Walls have ears.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Live and let live.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Ignorance is bliss.

Business before pleasure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Beware the Ides of March.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Charity begins at home.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Go the extra mile.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

First come, first served.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It takes two to tango.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Love makes the world go round.

No pain, no gain.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Misery loves company.

Many hands make light work.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There are two sides to every question.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Time is a great healer.

Let bygones be bygones.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

East, west, home's best.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Learn to walk before you run.

There's an exception to every rule.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

No news is good news.

Easy come, easy go.

Haste makes waste.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Love will find a way.

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

Better late than never.

Speak as you find.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The more the merrier.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Enough is enough.

More haste, less speed.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

All roads lead to Rome.

First things first.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The exception which proves the rule.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Waste not, want not.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Money makes the world go round.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

Life begins at forty.

Slow but sure.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Persuasion is better than force.

You are what you eat.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Virtue is its own reward.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

Give credit where credit is due.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Practice what you preach.

Nothing new under the sun.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Tomorrow is another day.

The customer is always right.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

There's safety in numbers.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Each to their own.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

It goes without saying.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

Make haste slowly.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Crime doesn't pay.

There's no place like home.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Like father, like son.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Actions speak louder than words.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A cat may look at a king.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

An army marches on its stomach.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Quid pro quo.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Needs must when the devil drives.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

No man is an island.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every stick has two ends.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Silence is golden.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

For everything there is a season.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Silence construes consent.

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

It takes one to know one.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The best things in life are free.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Any port in a storm.

An man's home is his castle.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

All's well that ends well.

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

Time will tell.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Bad money drives out good.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Fight fire with fire.

While there is life, there is hope.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Love is blind.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Opposites attract.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There's no smoke without fire.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Great minds think alike.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.