The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Each to their own.

All roads lead to Rome.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

All good things must come to an end.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

Patience is a virtue.

The age of miracles is past.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The Devil is in the details.

One good deed deserves another.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Love makes the world go round.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Small things amuse small minds.

Live and learn.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Nine tailors make a man.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There's no place like home.

Silence construes consent.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Once a thief, always a thief.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Speak as you find.

It goes without saying.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Shrouds have no pockets.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Bad news travels fast.

More haste, less speed.

Every picture tells a story.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Opposites attract.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Cheats never prosper.

Bad money drives out good.

Good things come to those who wait.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Tomorrow never comes.

Waste not, want not.

Forgive and forget.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

East is east, and west is west.

A man is known by his friends.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Truth will out.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All things must pass.

Crime doesn't pay.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Great minds think alike.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

You can't win them all.

The exception which proves the rule.

Haste makes waste.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Oil and water don't mix.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A cat may look at a king.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Give credit where credit is due.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It never rains but it pours.

Charity begins at home.

Beware the Ides of March.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

No man is an island.

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

Another day, another dollar.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A house is not a home.

There's no time like the present.

It takes two to tango.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

What goes around comes around.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

A good man is hard to find.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Don't get mad, get even.

Hide in plain sight.

Home is where the heart is.

Time is money.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It takes one to know one.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Misery loves company.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Christmas comes but once a year.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

There's no smoke without fire.

There's one born every minute.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

If you can't be good, be careful.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Life begins at forty.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Wonders will never cease.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Get out while the getting is good.

Persuasion is better than force.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A new broom sweeps clean.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The end justifies the means.

Possession is nine points of the law.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

Love is blind.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

To the victor go the spoils.

All that glitters is not gold.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

You win some, you lose some.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Talk is cheap.

Third time lucky.

Put your best foot forward.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Moderation in all things.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Accidents will happen.

Every stick has two ends.

Less is more.

Horses for courses.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The truth will out.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Any port in a storm.

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

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The bigger, the better.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All publicity is good publicity.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Seize the day.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Count your blessings.

Time flies.

Still waters run deep.

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Pearls of wisdom.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Less said, soon mended.

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

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Good talk saves the food.

A stitch in time saves nine.

First come, first served.

All you need is love.

Learn to walk before you run.

The customer is always right.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Only fools and horses work.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

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

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

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

Money makes the world go round.

Go the extra mile.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Keep your powder dry.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Two heads are better than one.

Like father, like son.

Enough is enough.

Actions speak louder than words.

To every thing there is a season.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Only the good die young.

A bad penny always turns up.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Better safe than sorry.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The Devil looks after his own.

The more the merrier.

Seeing is believing.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Give the Devil his due.

You are what you eat.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

The bottom line is the bottom line.

No man can serve two masters.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

Live and let live.

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

Make love not war.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's all grist to the mill.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A golden key can open any door.

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

Business before pleasure.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Life is what you make it.

It's better to give than to receive.

Better late than never.

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

Fight fire with fire.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

All's well that ends well.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You can't take it with you.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Might is right.

Make haste slowly.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Enough is as good as a feast.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

One hand washes the other.

There is honour among thieves.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Money talks.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A word to the wise is enough.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Variety is the spice of life.

Good things come in small packages.

All's fair in love and war.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The best things in life are free.

All good things come to those that wait.

East, west, home's best.

Many hands make light work.

Faith will move mountains.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Look before you leap.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Love will find a way.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

God helps those who help themselves.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A watched pot never boils.

He who hesitates is lost.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cold hands, warm heart.

No news is good news.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

History repeats itself.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Quid pro quo.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

While there is life, there is hope.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Manners maketh the man.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

No rest for the wicked.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't always get what you want.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There's safety in numbers.

The wages of sin is death.

Time is a great healer.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Walls have ears.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A fish always rots from the head.

There's an exception to every rule.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Pride comes before a fall.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Share and share alike.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Silence is golden.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Time and tide wait for no one.

All good things come to those that wait.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Everyone has their price.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It's the singer not the song.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let well alone.

All the world loves a lover.

While there is life, there is hope.