The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A house is not a home.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Go the extra mile.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Accidents will happen.

Share and share alike.

The best defence is a good offence.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Time will tell.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

There's no smoke without fire.

Look before you leap.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Love will find a way.

All roads lead to Rome.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A watched pot never boils.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Live and let live.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Keep your chin up.

Enough is as good as a feast.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

An man's home is his castle.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

God helps those who help themselves.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Don't get mad, get even.

Beware the Ides of March.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

A man is known by his friends.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

While there is life, there is hope.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Give the Devil his due.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Waste not, want not.

Do as I say, not as I do.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The Devil is in the details.

All's fair in love and war.

Nine tailors make a man.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Let the buyer beware.

If you build it, they will come.

Walls have ears.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

First things first.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Better safe than sorry.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Variety is the spice of life.

One good deed deserves another.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Another day, another dollar.

Live and learn.

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

Practice makes perfect.

An army marches on its stomach.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Faith will move mountains.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fortune favours the brave.

Third time lucky.

The customer is always right.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

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

For everything there is a season.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The more the merrier.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Fight fire with fire.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Money isn't everything.

Opposites attract.

It's better to give than to receive.

Love is blind.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

East is east, and west is west.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

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

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

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

East, west, home's best.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Charity begins at home.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The early bird gets the worm.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

History repeats itself.

Shrouds have no pockets.

All publicity is good publicity.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Money talks.

Silence is golden.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

A cat has nine lives.

It's never too late to mend.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Every stick has two ends.

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

No man can serve two masters.

It goes without saying.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Bad money drives out good.

Less is more.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Still waters run deep.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Hope springs eternal.

A bad penny always turns up.

There's no place like home.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

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

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

It takes one to know one.

Great minds think alike.

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

Only the good die young.

Learn to walk before you run.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Home is where the heart is.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Hide in plain sight.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

All good things come to those that wait.

It's the singer not the song.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Time is money.

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

To every thing there is a season.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Make haste slowly.

Easy come, easy go.

Tomorrow never comes.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Make love not war.

If the cap fits, wear it.

There's no time like the present.

Two heads are better than one.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Seek and you shall find.

Life is what you make it.

Never tell tales out of school.

A fish always rots from the head.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

More haste, less speed.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Put your best foot forward.

You reap what you sow.

Life begins at forty.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Good things come to those who wait.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Everyone has their price.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

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

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Quid pro quo.

Persuasion is better than force.

Truth will out.

Good things come in small packages.

Business before pleasure.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Seeing is believing.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Nothing new under the sun.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Silence construes consent.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Time is a great healer.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Time flies.

Money is the root of all evil.

It never rains but it pours.

Patience is a virtue.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

What goes up must come down.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Slow and steady wins the race.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

First come, first served.

Tomorrow is another day.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The exception which proves the rule.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

A word to the wise is enough.

All the world loves a lover.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Dead men tell no tales.

What goes around comes around.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Never speak ill of the dead.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Fight the good fight.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

No rest for the wicked.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The truth will out.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Keep your powder dry.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The Devil looks after his own.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

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

Cheats never prosper.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't win them all.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Like father, like son.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Haste makes waste.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

All you need is love.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Strike while the iron is hot.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Misery loves company.

Let well alone.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Paddle your own canoe.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Horses for courses.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

All things must pass.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

No pain, no gain.

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

All's well that ends well.

Even a worm will turn.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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

Speak as you find.

Each to their own.

Better late than never.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Talk is cheap.

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

It takes two to tango.

The show must go on.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Count your blessings.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There is honour among thieves.

Slow but sure.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Pearls of wisdom.

Time and tide wait for no one.

No news is good news.

Revenge is sweet.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Bad news travels fast.

Clothes do not make the man.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The end justifies the means.

Only fools and horses work.

Don't rock the boat.

There's no fool like an old fool.

You can't take it with you.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

The best things in life are free.

The bigger, the better.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There's a time and a place for everything.