As you sow, so you shall reap.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

Keep your chin up.

It goes without saying.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Only fools and horses work.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Haste makes waste.

Virtue is its own reward.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Third time lucky.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

The more the merrier.

Might is right.

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

Great minds think alike.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Get out while the getting is good.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't get mad, get even.

Talk is cheap.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Speak as you find.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's the singer not the song.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

A house is not a home.

Two heads are better than one.

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Make hay while the sun shines.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

You can't win them all.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

All's well that ends well.

Actions speak louder than words.

To the victor go the spoils.

Every dog has its day.

Only the good die young.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Look before you leap.

He who hesitates is lost.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Hope springs eternal.

More haste, less speed.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Business before pleasure.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

First things first.

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

Accidents will happen.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Hide in plain sight.

Different strokes for different folks.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All that glitters is not gold.

Truth will out.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Count your blessings.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

It never rains but it pours.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

No pain, no gain.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

You reap what you sow.

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

Don't rock the boat.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's no place like home.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Quid pro quo.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Any port in a storm.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Time is a great healer.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Fortune favours the brave.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Nine tailors make a man.

Home is where the heart is.

Never tell tales out of school.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All good things come to those that wait.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Revenge is sweet.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

You win some, you lose some.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Tomorrow never comes.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No man can serve two masters.

Money makes the world go round.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Enough is as good as a feast.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Put your best foot forward.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Big fish eat little fish.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Time will tell.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Life is what you make it.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Silence is golden.

Every picture tells a story.

Oil and water don't mix.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

You can have too much of a good thing.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Better late than never.

Waste not, want not.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Opposites attract.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

No news is good news.

A word to the wise is enough.

Money talks.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Walls have ears.

Nothing new under the sun.

Charity begins at home.

Practice what you preach.

Moderation in all things.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Live and learn.

It takes one to know one.

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

East, west, home's best.

All's fair in love and war.

One hand washes the other.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fight the good fight.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Less is more.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There's no time like the present.

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

You are what you eat.

Never speak ill of the dead.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Seek and you shall find.

Go the extra mile.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The Devil is in the details.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

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

Each to their own.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Seeing is believing.

For everything there is a season.

Seize the day.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Less said, soon mended.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Share and share alike.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cheats never prosper.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Life begins at forty.

Time is money.

Silence construes consent.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Even a worm will turn.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The early bird gets the worm.

Keep your powder dry.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

The truth will out.

It's never too late to mend.

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A new broom sweeps clean.

All good things must come to an end.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Good things come in small packages.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

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

Crime doesn't pay.

If you build it, they will come.

Misery loves company.

Practice makes perfect.

Birds of a feather flock together.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Shrouds have no pockets.

An man's home is his castle.

Good things come to those who wait.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

First impressions are the most lasting.

While there is life, there is hope.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Like father, like son.

Dead men tell no tales.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

No rest for the wicked.

Money is the root of all evil.

Give credit where credit is due.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Physician, heal thyself.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There is no accounting for tastes.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Let bygones be bygones.

A dog is a man's best friend.

History repeats itself.

The Devil looks after his own.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A man is known by his friends.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love makes the world go round.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Clothes do not make the man.

The best things in life are free.

Tomorrow is another day.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best defence is a good offence.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Money isn't everything.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

The end justifies the means.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Knowledge is power.

Still waters run deep.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Give the Devil his due.

Small things amuse small minds.

The show must go on.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

All things must pass.

Manners maketh the man.

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

A good man is hard to find.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Another day, another dollar.

First come, first served.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Patience is a virtue.

Love will find a way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Better safe than sorry.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love is blind.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Let the buyer beware.

Persuasion is better than force.

Bad money drives out good.

What goes up must come down.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Variety is the spice of life.

It takes two to tango.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Paddle your own canoe.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A picture paints a thousand words.

All you need is love.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

No man is an island.

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

Let well alone.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Live and let live.

Fight fire with fire.

What goes around comes around.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Beware the Ides of March.

Make love not war.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Make haste slowly.

Horses for courses.

There's safety in numbers.

The wages of sin is death.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Time flies.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

A leopard can't change its spots.

You can't take it with you.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Slow but sure.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A watched pot never boils.

The bigger, the better.

Enough is enough.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

An army marches on its stomach.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A thing begun is half done.