The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A bad penny always turns up.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Home is where the heart is.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Talk is cheap.

Truth will out.

The age of miracles is past.

Cheats never prosper.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

All the world loves a lover.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Opposites attract.

The end justifies the means.

A fish always rots from the head.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Waste not, want not.

All things must pass.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Time flies.

Slow but sure.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Knowledge is power.

Clothes do not make the man.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't rock the boat.

All you need is love.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

All good things must come to an end.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Beauty is only skin deep.

It takes two to tango.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Great minds think alike.

A cat has nine lives.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Count your blessings.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Every picture tells a story.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The show must go on.

All that glitters is not gold.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Look before you leap.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Don't get mad, get even.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Fight the good fight.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

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

Enough is enough.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

First come, first served.

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

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Life is what you make it.

You win some, you lose some.

Hide in plain sight.

Manners maketh the man.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Business before pleasure.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Love makes the world go round.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Horses for courses.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Good things come to those who wait.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

All roads lead to Rome.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Get out while the getting is good.

Faith will move mountains.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The Devil is in the details.

Silence is golden.

Life begins at forty.

A cat may look at a king.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Wonders will never cease.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The best things in life are free.

There's no place like home.

One hand washes the other.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Forgive and forget.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

Everyone has their price.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fortune favours the brave.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Different strokes for different folks.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

It takes one to know one.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no time like the present.

No rest for the wicked.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

The bigger, the better.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Even a worm will turn.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

To every thing there is a season.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

A poor worker blames the tools.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A word to the wise is enough.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Money makes the world go round.

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A watched pot never boils.

Only fools and horses work.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Bad news travels fast.

Another day, another dollar.

No man can serve two masters.

Put your best foot forward.

Beggars can't be choosers.

The wages of sin is death.

A golden key can open any door.

You are what you eat.

Good things come in small packages.

It never rains but it pours.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Still waters run deep.

Like father, like son.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

Love is blind.

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

Time is a great healer.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

The customer is always right.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

No man is an island.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Walls have ears.

Fight fire with fire.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Seeing is believing.

A man is known by his friends.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Never tell tales out of school.

All good things come to those that wait.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Better late than never.

Time is money.

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

Speak as you find.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Honesty is the best policy.

There are two sides to every question.

More haste, less speed.

Every dog has its day.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Let well alone.

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

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

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Third time lucky.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Misery loves company.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Tomorrow is another day.

Nothing new under the sun.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Two heads are better than one.

Dead men tell no tales.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

First things first.

Seek and you shall find.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Charity begins at home.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Give the Devil his due.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Big fish eat little fish.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Only the good die young.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A picture paints a thousand words.

No news is good news.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Better safe than sorry.

Money isn't everything.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

History repeats itself.

Share and share alike.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Might is right.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Keep your chin up.

For everything there is a season.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Always put your best foot forward.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

What goes up must come down.

Variety is the spice of life.

No pain, no gain.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Love will find a way.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There's one born every minute.

You can't always get what you want.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Oil and water don't mix.

It goes without saying.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Live and learn.

There is honour among thieves.

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

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

Practice what you preach.

East, west, home's best.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

One good deed deserves another.

The exception which proves the rule.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It's the singer not the song.

Patience is a virtue.

To the victor go the spoils.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Haste makes waste.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

While there is life, there is hope.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Once bitten, twice shy.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time will tell.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

You can't take it with you.

There's an exception to every rule.

Easy come, easy go.

A good man is hard to find.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Physician, heal thyself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Children should be seen and not heard.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Actions speak louder than words.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

You can't win them all.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Persuasion is better than force.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The truth will out.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The best defence is a good offence.

Accidents will happen.

A thing begun is half done.

Less is more.

Pearls of wisdom.

Silence construes consent.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Go the extra mile.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Many hands make light work.

What goes around comes around.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

If you build it, they will come.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The more the merrier.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Bad money drives out good.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Moderation in all things.

Money talks.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

You reap what you sow.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Strike while the iron is hot.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.