The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All that glitters is not gold.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Slow but sure.

Actions speak louder than words.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Misery loves company.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

History repeats itself.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You can't win them all.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The early bird gets the worm.

Time will tell.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

You can't always get what you want.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Don't rock the boat.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

It's all grist to the mill.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Waste not, want not.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The end justifies the means.

Third time lucky.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Only fools and horses work.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Less said, soon mended.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The more the merrier.

Knowledge is power.

To every thing there is a season.

Nothing new under the sun.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

To the victor go the spoils.

Small things amuse small minds.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Seek and you shall find.

A bad penny always turns up.

There are two sides to every question.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

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

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

Forgive and forget.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Hope springs eternal.

You are what you eat.

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

Fight the good fight.

The Devil is in the details.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A cat has nine lives.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A good man is hard to find.

A cat may look at a king.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Good fences make good neighbours.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

What goes up must come down.

A house is not a home.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Good talk saves the food.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You reap what you sow.

Many hands make light work.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Haste makes waste.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

Money makes the world go round.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

All you need is love.

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

Make haste slowly.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Less is more.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Manners maketh the man.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Business before pleasure.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Look before you leap.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Make love not war.

Bad money drives out good.

Give the Devil his due.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Charity begins at home.

No man can serve two masters.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You win some, you lose some.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Love makes the world go round.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love is blind.

Easy come, easy go.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It never rains but it pours.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

No man is an island.

Patience is a virtue.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There is honour among thieves.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Pride comes before a fall.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

One good deed deserves another.

More haste, less speed.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Get out while the getting is good.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Money talks.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Christmas comes but once a year.

The show must go on.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Talk is cheap.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Silence construes consent.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's never too late to mend.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

While there is life, there is hope.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

All the world loves a lover.

There's a time and a place for everything.

An man's home is his castle.

Live and let live.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Like father, like son.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Keep your chin up.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

God helps those who help themselves.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Each to their own.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

What goes around comes around.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Great minds think alike.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Horses for courses.

Keep your powder dry.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Better late than never.

A fish always rots from the head.

Every dog has its day.

Share and share alike.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Life is what you make it.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A thing begun is half done.

A man is known by his friends.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Little pitchers have big ears.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's the singer not the song.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Only the good die young.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It takes one to know one.

East, west, home's best.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Good things come in small packages.

Practice what you preach.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Enough is enough.

Clothes do not make the man.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

It takes two to tango.

Moderation in all things.

There's no place like home.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

There's safety in numbers.

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

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

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Everyone has their price.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

The customer is always right.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

One hand washes the other.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A watched pot never boils.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It's better to give than to receive.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

Every picture tells a story.

No pain, no gain.

Another day, another dollar.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Fortune favours the brave.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Even a worm will turn.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Love will find a way.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Practice makes perfect.

A golden key can open any door.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

All's well that ends well.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Different strokes for different folks.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Ignorance is bliss.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

You can't make bricks without straw.

First things first.

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

He who hesitates is lost.

Truth will out.

Children should be seen and not heard.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Money is the root of all evil.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

All good things must come to an end.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

There's no time like the present.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Live and learn.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Go the extra mile.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Two heads are better than one.

Time is money.

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

Any port in a storm.

Better safe than sorry.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A word to the wise is enough.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Life begins at forty.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

If you build it, they will come.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The bigger, the better.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All good things come to those that wait.

Learn to walk before you run.

All publicity is good publicity.

Persuasion is better than force.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Fight fire with fire.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Appearances can be deceptive.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Half a loaf is better than none.

For everything there is a season.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Money isn't everything.

Speak as you find.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Might is right.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Hide in plain sight.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

An army marches on its stomach.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

There's one born every minute.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All things must pass.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Count your blessings.

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

Let well alone.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Oil and water don't mix.

Seize the day.

Quid pro quo.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A new broom sweeps clean.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Let the dead bury the dead.

All's fair in love and war.

When one door shuts, another opens.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The best things in life are free.

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

Tomorrow is another day.