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

Hope springs eternal.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Still waters run deep.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Good things come in small packages.

Everyone has their price.

Go the extra mile.

The best-laid plans go astray.

No news is good news.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Great minds think alike.

Seize the day.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The Devil looks after his own.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

You can't win them all.

You can't always get what you want.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Misery loves company.

The show must go on.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Make love not war.

Actions speak louder than words.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Knowledge is power.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

There's no place like home.

Forgive and forget.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

The best defence is a good offence.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Slow but sure.

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

More haste, less speed.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

All the world loves a lover.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All good things must come to an end.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Physician, heal thyself.

It takes two to tango.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fortune favours the brave.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A thing begun is half done.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Persuasion is better than force.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The age of miracles is past.

Small things amuse small minds.

Time is money.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

First things first.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

It's the singer not the song.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

What goes around comes around.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

You win some, you lose some.

Charity begins at home.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All that glitters is not gold.

Tomorrow is another day.

Variety is the spice of life.

Accidents will happen.

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

Two heads are better than one.

Less said, soon mended.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Third time lucky.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Crime doesn't pay.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

What can't be cured must be endured.

All you need is love.

Patience is a virtue.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't rock the boat.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Walls have ears.

An man's home is his castle.

A poor worker blames the tools.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Practice makes perfect.

A bad penny always turns up.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Only fools and horses work.

Paddle your own canoe.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Talk is cheap.

One hand washes the other.

An army marches on its stomach.

God helps those who help themselves.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You are what you eat.

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

Live and let live.

What goes up must come down.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

Silence construes consent.

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

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The Devil is in the details.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There are two sides to every question.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Bad money drives out good.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Business before pleasure.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Money isn't everything.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Live and learn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A watched pot never boils.

The more the merrier.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Love makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Time flies.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Learn to walk before you run.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

It's all grist to the mill.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nine tailors make a man.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Cheats never prosper.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

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

East, west, home's best.

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

Easy come, easy go.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Nothing succeeds like success.

There's an exception to every rule.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Seeing is believing.

Enough is enough.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Love is blind.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It's better to give than to receive.

To every thing there is a season.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If you build it, they will come.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beware the Ides of March.

History repeats itself.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Get out while the getting is good.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

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

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

East is east, and west is west.

Fight the good fight.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The customer is always right.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

The early bird gets the worm.

Any port in a storm.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Practice what you preach.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

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

Virtue is its own reward.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Big fish eat little fish.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

There's safety in numbers.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Home is where the heart is.

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

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

A cat may look at a king.

Good things come to those who wait.

Revenge is sweet.

While there is life, there is hope.

The best things in life are free.

The exception which proves the rule.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A golden key can open any door.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Pearls of wisdom.

No pain, no gain.

Silence is golden.

Blood is thicker than water.

For everything there is a season.

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

Love will find a way.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's one born every minute.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

Each to their own.

The end justifies the means.

Quid pro quo.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

There's no smoke without fire.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Make haste slowly.

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

It goes without saying.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Every stick has two ends.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

No man is an island.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Time is a great healer.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Money makes the world go round.

You are never too old to learn.

All's well that ends well.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

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

It never rains but it pours.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Haste makes waste.

Give credit where credit is due.

Beggars can't be choosers.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Time will tell.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Let the buyer beware.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The bigger, the better.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Truth will out.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Might is right.

Many hands make light work.

Money is the root of all evil.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

He who hesitates is lost.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Speak as you find.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Moderation in all things.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A man is known by his friends.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Laughter is the best medicine.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You reap what you sow.

Horses for courses.

Put your best foot forward.

Life begins at forty.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

There is honour among thieves.

Fight fire with fire.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Share and share alike.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Like father, like son.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Out of sight, out of mind.

All publicity is good publicity.

Every picture tells a story.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Waste not, want not.

Opposites attract.

The truth will out.

Another day, another dollar.

You can't take it with you.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Tomorrow never comes.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't get mad, get even.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Children and fools tell the truth.

Better safe than sorry.

No man can serve two masters.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Wonders will never cease.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Variety is the spice of life.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

First come, first served.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

A fish always rots from the head.

All's fair in love and war.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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