You win some, you lose some.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It takes one to know one.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A house is not a home.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

He who hesitates is lost.

Beware the Ides of March.

A good man is hard to find.

Practice makes perfect.

First impressions are the most lasting.

There's an exception to every rule.

Make haste slowly.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

In the midst of life we are in death.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

More haste, less speed.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Moderation in all things.

Oil and water don't mix.

To every thing there is a season.

Every stick has two ends.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can have too much of a good thing.

No news is good news.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The customer is always right.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Honesty is the best policy.

Make love not war.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Time is a great healer.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Wonders will never cease.

Still waters run deep.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

You are never too old to learn.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

You can't win them all.

There's no time like the present.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Business before pleasure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Time will tell.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

The Devil looks after his own.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Bad news travels fast.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Good talk saves the food.

Quid pro quo.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can't take it with you.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

It's the singer not the song.

Fortune favours the brave.

No man is an island.

The more the merrier.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The truth will out.

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

What goes around comes around.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

Truth will out.

Knowledge is power.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Time is money.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Life begins at forty.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Live and let live.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Home is where the heart is.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Birds of a feather flock together.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

The bigger, the better.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Talk is cheap.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Money isn't everything.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Faith will move mountains.

Revenge is sweet.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Count your blessings.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

No man can serve two masters.

The best things in life are free.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Practice what you preach.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seize the day.

Even a worm will turn.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Money talks.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

All publicity is good publicity.

There are two sides to every question.

A man is known by his friends.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

One hand washes the other.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A picture paints a thousand words.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Good things come in small packages.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A cat may look at a king.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Bad money drives out good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Each to their own.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

Money makes the world go round.

All's well that ends well.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The leopard does not change his spots.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

While there is life, there is hope.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Keep your powder dry.

Good things come to those who wait.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Manners maketh the man.

All the world loves a lover.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Great minds think alike.

Share and share alike.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All you need is love.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Waste not, want not.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

If you build it, they will come.

You reap what you sow.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Every picture tells a story.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Less is more.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Never give a sucker an even break.

An man's home is his castle.

Less said, soon mended.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Two heads are better than one.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's one born every minute.

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

A thing begun is half done.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Attack is the best form of defence.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Opposites attract.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Life is what you make it.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Let well alone.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

What goes up must come down.

East is east, and west is west.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

First things first.

There's a time and a place for everything.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Only fools and horses work.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Might is right.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

There's no place like home.

Charity begins at home.

Seek and you shall find.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There is honour among thieves.

It goes without saying.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Third time lucky.

Haste makes waste.

The early bird gets the worm.

Give credit where credit is due.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The exception which proves the rule.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Like father, like son.

Pride comes before a fall.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Get out while the getting is good.

An army marches on its stomach.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Persuasion is better than force.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Any port in a storm.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Time flies.

Small things amuse small minds.

All good things come to those that wait.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Live and learn.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Keep your chin up.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Better safe than sorry.

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

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

The show must go on.

You are what you eat.

Another day, another dollar.

Horses for courses.

Walls have ears.

A word to the wise is enough.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

A cat has nine lives.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Many hands make light work.

Forgive and forget.

No rest for the wicked.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Paddle your own canoe.

Accidents will happen.

Silence construes consent.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money is the root of all evil.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

All good things must come to an end.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Let the buyer beware.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Only the good die young.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

Silence is golden.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

All things must pass.

Don't rock the boat.

Love will find a way.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Give the Devil his due.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Always put your best foot forward.

Every dog has its day.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no smoke without fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Love is blind.

First come, first served.

Fight the good fight.

The end justifies the means.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Patience is a virtue.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Look before you leap.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's never too late to mend.

Seeing is believing.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Misery loves company.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Shrouds have no pockets.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

No pain, no gain.