The more the merrier.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Love will find a way.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

You are never too old to learn.

Every stick has two ends.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

East, west, home's best.

Accidents will happen.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

If you build it, they will come.

Walls have ears.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Slow but sure.

Youth is wasted on the young.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Another day, another dollar.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Share and share alike.

The early bird gets the worm.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

An man's home is his castle.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

Love makes the world go round.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Like father, like son.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Fortune favours the brave.

Different strokes for different folks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You can't always get what you want.

Curiosity killed the cat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Only fools and horses work.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Better safe than sorry.

You are what you eat.

You reap what you sow.

All good things must come to an end.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Revenge is sweet.

Let bygones be bygones.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

God helps those who help themselves.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Less is more.

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

The truth will out.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A watched pot never boils.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Speak as you find.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

All good things come to those that wait.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Enough is enough.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The bigger, the better.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Great minds think alike.

Beggars can't be choosers.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

There are two sides to every question.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The customer is always right.

A good man is hard to find.

Time and tide wait for no one.

More haste, less speed.

No man can serve two masters.

The end justifies the means.

Live and learn.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Man does not live by bread alone.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Haste makes waste.

Count your blessings.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Silence is golden.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Good talk saves the food.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Grief divided is made lighter.

No news is good news.

Home is where the heart is.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't change horses in midstream.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Even a worm will turn.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Quid pro quo.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Life begins at forty.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Easy come, easy go.

Knowledge is power.

Time will tell.

Fight fire with fire.

The exception which proves the rule.

Beware the Ides of March.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

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

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

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

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't take it with you.

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

Might is right.

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

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Practice makes perfect.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Stupid is as stupid does.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Nine tailors make a man.

Opposites attract.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A cat may look at a king.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's never too late to mend.

Better late than never.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

History repeats itself.

Faith will move mountains.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

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

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

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

Good things come in small packages.

All publicity is good publicity.

A word to the wise is enough.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Honesty is the best policy.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

One good deed deserves another.

Seeing is believing.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A fish always rots from the head.

Seize the day.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Misery loves company.

Still waters run deep.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Seek and you shall find.

Enough is as good as a feast.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Never go to bed on an argument.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Two heads are better than one.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Wonders will never cease.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Cheats never prosper.

Time is money.

An army marches on its stomach.

Live and let live.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Hope springs eternal.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Every dog has its day.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

All you need is love.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Any port in a storm.

Only the good die young.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It goes without saying.

All things must pass.

Handsome is as handsome does.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Practice what you preach.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

If the cap fits, wear it.

One swallow does not a summer make.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

There's safety in numbers.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Clothes do not make the man.

Waste not, want not.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Keep your powder dry.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's no time like the present.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The best defence is a good offence.

What goes around comes around.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Persuasion is better than force.

Small things amuse small minds.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Hide in plain sight.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Business before pleasure.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

First things first.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

While there is life, there is hope.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Paddle your own canoe.

Let the buyer beware.

No rest for the wicked.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The show must go on.

There's an exception to every rule.

There's no smoke without fire.

The best things in life are free.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Blood is thicker than water.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Ignorance is bliss.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

All the world loves a lover.

Truth will out.

Love is blind.

Bad news travels fast.

All's well that ends well.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

It's better to give than to receive.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Go the extra mile.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Learn to walk before you run.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A golden key can open any door.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Time is a great healer.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Actions speak louder than words.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

There's one born every minute.

No pain, no gain.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Life is what you make it.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Moderation in all things.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Money isn't everything.

East is east, and west is west.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Everyone has their price.

It's the singer not the song.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

It takes one to know one.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Many hands make light work.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Bad money drives out good.

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

Let well alone.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A house is not a home.

Fight the good fight.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Third time lucky.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Forgive and forget.

Look before you leap.

It takes two to tango.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nothing succeeds like success.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Half a loaf is better than none.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

There's no place like home.

Charity begins at home.

Talk is cheap.

What goes up must come down.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Don't get mad, get even.

Give the Devil his due.

Time flies.

Less said, soon mended.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

No man is an island.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Variety is the spice of life.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.