Proverbs

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

A change is as good as a rest

A fool and his money are soon parted

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A good beginning makes a good ending

A good man is hard to find

A house divided against itself cannot stand

A house is not a home

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A leopard cannot change its spots

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

A little of what you fancy does you good

A miss is as good as a mile

A new broom sweeps clean

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

A penny saved is a penny earned

A person is known by the company he keeps

A picture paints a thousand words

A place for everything and everything in its place

A problem shared is a problem halved

A prophet is not recognized in his own land

A rolling stone gathers no moss

A stitch in time saves nine

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

A watched pot never boils

A woman's place is in the home

A woman's work is never done

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Actions speak louder than words

All good things come to he who waits

All that glisters is not gold

All the world loves a lover

All things must pass

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All you need is love

All's fair in love and war

An Englishman's home is his castle

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

As you sow so shall you reap

Ask no questions and hear no lies

Attack is the best form of defence

Barking dogs seldom bite

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is only skin deep

Beggars can't be choosers

Behind every great man there's a great woman

Better late than never

Better safe than sorry

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

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt\

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Birds of a feather flock together

Blood is thicker than water

Boys will be boys

Charity begins at home

Cleanliness is next to godliness

Cold hands, warm heart

Comparisons are odius

Count you blessings

Cut your coat to suit your cloth

Discretion is the better part of valour

Do as you would be done by

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

Don't burn your bridges behind you

Don't change horses in midstream

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Don't cross the bridge till you come to it

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Don't put new wine into old bottles

Don't rock the boat

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar

Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs

Don't try to walk before you can crawl

Don't upset the apple-cart

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise

Easy come, easy go

Empty vessels make the most noise

Enough is as good as a feast

Enough is enough

Every dark cloud has a silver lining

Every dog has his day

Every man has his price

Every stick has two ends

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Faint heart never won fair lady

Faith will move mountains

Familiarity breeds contempt

Finders keepers, losers weepers

First things first

Fish and guests smell after three days

Flattery will get you nowhere

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Forewarned is forearmed

Fortune favours the brave

God helps those who help themselves

Good fences make good neighbours

Good talk saves the food

Good things come to those who wait

Great minds think alike

Half a loaf is better than no bread

Handsome is as handsome does

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Haste makes waste

He who hesitates is lost

He who laughs last laughs longest

He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword

He who pays the piper calls the tune

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty

History repeats itself

Home is where the heart is

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

If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well

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

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

If life deals you lemons, make lemonade

If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain

If wishes were horses beggars would ride

If you can't be good, be careful.

If you can't beat em, join em

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

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

In the midst of life we are in death

Into every life a little rain must fall

It goes without saying

It never rains but it pours

It takes a thief to catch a thief

It takes one to know one

It's all grist to the mill

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

It's better to give than to receive

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive

It's never too late

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

It's not worth crying over spilt milk

It's the early bird that gets the worm

It's the empty can that makes the most noise

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease

Jack of all trades, master of none

Keep your chin up

Keep your powder dry

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

Laughter is the best medicine

Let bygones be bygones

Let not the sun go down on your wrath

Let sleeping dogs lie

Let the punishment fit the crime

Life begins at forty

Life is what you make it

Life's not all beer and skittles

Lightening never strikes twice in the same place

Like father, like son

Little pitchers have big ears

Live for today for tomorrow never comes

Look before you leap

Love is blind

Make love not war

Man does not live by bread alone

Many a little makes a mickle

Marry in haste, repent at leisure

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

Misery loves company

Money doesn't grow on trees

Money makes the world go round

Money talks

More haste, less speed

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast

Nature abhors a vacuum

Necessity is the mother of invention

Never judge a book by its cover

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

No man is an island

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

No rest for the wicked

Nothing is certain but death and taxes

Oil and water don't mix

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away

One good turn deserves another

Only fools and horses work

Opportunity only knocks once

Out of sight, out of mind

Pearls of wisdom

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

Possession is nine tenths of the law

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Practice makes perfect

Pride comes before a fall

Procrastination is the thief of time

Put your best foot forward

Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Rome wasn't built in a day

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Speak softly and carry a big stick

Still waters run deep

Stupid is as stupid does

Talk is cheap

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

The Devil finds work for idle hands to do

The best defence is a good offence

The boy is father to the man

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

The darkest hour is just before the dawn

The early bird catches the worm

The ends justify the means

The exception which proves the rule

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

The longest journey starts with a single step

The more things change, the more they stay the same

The pen is mightier than sword

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

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

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

There but for the grace of God, go I

There's always more fish in the sea

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip

There's more than one way to skin a cat

There's no fool like an old fool

There's no place like home

There's no smoke without fire

There's no such thing as a free lunch

There's no such thing as bad publicity

There's no time like the present

There's none so deaf as they that will not hear

There's one born every minute

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

Time and tide wait for no man

Time is a great healer

To err is human, to forgive divine

To the victor go the spoils

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive

Tomorrow never comes

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Truth is stranger than fiction

Two heads are better then one

Two wrongs don't make a right

Walk softly but carry a big stick

Waste not want not

When the cat's away the mice will play

Where there's a will there's a way

Worrying never did anyone any good

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

You can't get blood out of a stone

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't tell a book by looking at its cover

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

Youth is wasted on the young