All roads lead to Rome.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All's well that ends well.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

In the midst of life we are in death.

First things first.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Make haste slowly.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Waste not, want not.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Keep your chin up.

Easy come, easy go.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A cat may look at a king.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Half a loaf is better than none.

One hand washes the other.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Each to their own.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A fish always rots from the head.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Silence is golden.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's better to give than to receive.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Blood is thicker than water.

Ignorance is bliss.

All you need is love.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Practice makes perfect.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Money isn't everything.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't get mad, get even.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Speak as you find.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Grief divided is made lighter.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Less said, soon mended.

Patience is a virtue.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Only the good die young.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Opposites attract.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

It takes one to know one.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Great minds think alike.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Haste makes waste.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

The Devil looks after his own.

There is honour among thieves.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

The bigger, the better.

A man is known by his friends.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

You can't win them all.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Love makes the world go round.

Once bitten, twice shy.

First come, first served.

What goes up must come down.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Good things come in small packages.

You win some, you lose some.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Let well alone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

It's never too late to mend.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

More haste, less speed.

Revenge is sweet.

Time is money.

Cheats never prosper.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Third time lucky.

Truth will out.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

No man is an island.

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

Practice what you preach.

Better late than never.

The best things in life are free.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The exception which proves the rule.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Accidents will happen.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Misery loves company.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Bad news travels fast.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't take it with you.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Two heads are better than one.

For everything there is a season.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

All that glitters is not gold.

The end justifies the means.

You reap what you sow.

Home is where the heart is.

An army marches on its stomach.

Look before you leap.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's safety in numbers.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Quid pro quo.

Fortune favours the brave.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

No pain, no gain.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

East is east, and west is west.

Hide in plain sight.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

Let the buyer beware.

The wages of sin is death.

You can have too much of a good thing.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Nothing new under the sun.

There's no place like home.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A house is not a home.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Life is what you make it.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Share and share alike.

Give credit where credit is due.

Money makes the world go round.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fight the good fight.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A good man is hard to find.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Life begins at forty.

Dead men tell no tales.

An man's home is his castle.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A golden key can open any door.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Count your blessings.

The Devil is in the details.

There's no time like the present.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

What can't be cured must be endured.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Nine tailors make a man.

Horses for courses.

Silence construes consent.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Money talks.

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

The show must go on.

All things must pass.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Might is right.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Many hands make light work.

A word to the wise is enough.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Go the extra mile.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Another day, another dollar.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Slow but sure.

What goes around comes around.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Time flies.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Make love not war.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Oil and water don't mix.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

You can't always get what you want.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Time is a great healer.

Seize the day.

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

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

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

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

Only fools and horses work.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Time will tell.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

No rest for the wicked.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Any port in a storm.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Still waters run deep.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Business before pleasure.

Walls have ears.

Even a worm will turn.

No news is good news.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Hope springs eternal.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

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

Love will find a way.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Enough is enough.

Don't throw good money after bad.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Money is the root of all evil.

Every stick has two ends.

A thing begun is half done.

Less is more.

Love is blind.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time and tide wait for no one.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The customer is always right.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

East, west, home's best.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

God helps those who help themselves.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A watched pot never boils.

Moderation in all things.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Small things amuse small minds.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Seeing is believing.

It goes without saying.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Forgive and forget.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A picture paints a thousand words.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Everyone has their price.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Virtue is its own reward.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Every dog has its day.

Actions speak louder than words.

Bad money drives out good.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You are what you eat.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

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

Talk is cheap.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Every picture tells a story.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

No man can serve two masters.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

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

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Live and learn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Learn to walk before you run.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

The more the merrier.

Marriages are made in heaven.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Crime doesn't pay.

Clothes do not make the man.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Children should be seen and not heard.

All good things come to those that wait.

There are two sides to every question.

A bad penny always turns up.

Paddle your own canoe.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Knowledge is power.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You are never too old to learn.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

History repeats itself.