List of English Proverbs
A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A black hen lays a white egg.
A blind hen can sometimes find a grain of wheat.
A book that is shut is but a block.
A boot licker.
A burnt cat will avoid a cold stove. A burnt child dreads the fire.
A cat may look at the king.
A creeking gate hangs long.
A diamond in the dunghill.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fox smells its own lair first.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man is hard to find.
A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A house is not a home.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A change is as good as a rest.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
A lie has no legs.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
A man’s best fortune, or worst, is his wife.
A merry heart makes a long life.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A monkey remains a monkey though dressed in silk. A leopard can not change his spots.
A near neibour is better than a far dwelling kinsman. Water afar does not quench a fire at home.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A picture paints a thousand words.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
A rolling stone gathers no moss (old version).
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A soft answer turns away wrath.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A stitch in time, saves nine.
A thin bush is better than no shelter.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A true word needs no oath.
A velvet saddle doesn’t fit on the back of a jackass.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
A watched pot never boils.
A woman’s place is in the home.
A woman’s work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A word to the wise is enough.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Abandon not your old clotes till you get your new.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Actions speak louder than words.
After a storm comes a calm.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
After us the deluge.
All flowers are not in one garland.
All good things come to an end.
All good things come to he who waits.
All good things must come to an end.
All roads lead to Rome.
All that glisters is not gold.
All that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves a lover.
All things come to him who waits.
All things must pass.
All things thrive on thrice.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All you need is love.
All’s fair in love and war.
All’s well that ends well.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An ass loaded with books think himself a scholar.
An Englishman’s home is his castle.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An innocent bystander often gets beaten up.
An old eagle is better than a young bird.
An onion will not produce a rose.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
April is the cruellest month.
April showers brings May flowers.
As like as chalk and cheese.
As the old cock crows so crows the young.
As the old hen crows, so crows her chicks.
As the saying goes.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you sow so shall you reap.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Ask and you shall receive.
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
At home a lion, outide a lamb.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Beat the shit out him.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Love is blind.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Begin with a big bang and end with a bust.
Behind every great man there’s a great woman.
Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a lion.
Better have an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.
Better the devil you know than the devil that you don’t know.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don’t.
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.
Between two stools, one falls to the ground. To straddle the fence.
Between two stools.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Big mouthfuls often choke.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Birth is much, breeding is more.
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will out.
Boys will be boys.
Brain is better than brawn.
Bread is the staff of life.
Bring up a raven and he will peck out your eyes.
Broken bones well set become stronger.Storm Makes oaks take deeper root.
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
Cast ne’er a clout till May is out.
Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Clothes don’t make the man.
Coin a phrase.
Cold hands warm heart.
Comparisons are odorous.
Count you blessings.
Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once.
Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.
Crows are black all over the world.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Cut off your nose to spite your face.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Danger is next neighbor to security.
Danger passed, God forgotten.
Dead men tell no tales.
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
Different sores must have different salves.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
Distance lends enchantment.
Do a man a good deed and he will never forgive you. Save a stranger from the sea, and he’ll turn your enemy.
Do as you would be done by.
Do not bite off more than you can chew.
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Doctors make the worst patients.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Don’t burn your bridges before they’re crossed.
Don’t burn your bridges behind you.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.
Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it.
Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don’t cry over spilt milk.
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don’t have too many irons in the fire.
Don’t change horses in midstream.
Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t put new wine into old bottles.
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
Don’t rock the boat.
Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
Don’t shut the gate after the horse has bolted.
Don’t spit into the wind.
Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar.
Don’t take your harp to the party.
Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck an egg.
Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Don’t try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl.
Don’t upset the apple-cart.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand.
Early bird gets the worm.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
East or West, home is best.
East, West, home’s best. There is no place like home.
Easy come easy go.
Eat to live, don’t live to eat.
Eat when you’re hungry, and drink when you’re dry.
Eloquence is silver, silence is golden.
Empty barrels make the most sound.
Empty vessels make the greast sound.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is enough.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Even a flea can bite.
Even a worm will turn.
Every blade of grass has its share of the dews.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every cook commends his own sauce. Even an ass loves to hear himself bray.
Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
Every disease will have its course Every dog has his day.
Every dog has its day.
Every man diverts water to his own mill.
Every man has a price.
Every man has his price.
Every potter praises his own pot.
Every rule has its exception.
Every sluggard has his excuses.
Every stick has two ends.
Every wench has her sweetheart, and the dirtiest the most. Every Jack has his Jill.
Every why has a wherefore.
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Everything comes in time to him that can wait.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Everything is good in its season.
Experience is the best teacher.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Fairest gems lie deepest. Last but not least.
Faith will move mountains.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fight fire with fire. Set a thief to catch a thief.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds. The tailor makes the gentleman.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First come, first served.
First deserve than desire.
First things first.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Fish and guests stink after three days.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Follow the man you marry, be he a fool or a crook.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fortune favors fools. Happy go lucky.
Fortune favours the brave.
Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time.
Fretting cares make grey hairs.
Friend to all is a friend to none.
Frosting the cake.
Girls say “No”, meaning “Yes”.
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Give the hog a finger and he will take the whole hand.
God cures and the physician takes the fee.
God helps those who help themselves.
God on his mouth and the devil in his heart.
Good eating deserves good drinking.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Good talk saves the food.
Good things come in small packages.
Good things come to those who wait.
Great men show greatness in youth.
Great minds think alike.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Haste makes waste.
He borrows like an angel and pays back like the devil himself.
He has two stomachs to eat and none to work.
He that digs a pit for others falls himself.
He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.
He that steals an egg will steal an ox.
He that touches pitch shall be defiled.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who is in hell knows not what heaven is.
He who knows nothing fears nothing.
He who laughs last laughs best.
He who laughs last laughs longest.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
He who sleeps forgets his hunger.
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.
He wouldn’t give you the paring of his nails.
Health is better than wealth.
Help a lame dog over a stile.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Hindsight is 20/20.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
History repeats itself.
Home is where the heart is.
Home is where you hang your hat.
Homer sometimes nods. To err is human.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hunger is not dainty.
Hunger is the best spice.
Charity begins at home.
Children are to be seen, not heard.
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.
If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
If God had meant us to fly he’d have given us wings.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers.
If life deals you lemons made lemonade.
If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
If you can’t be good, be careful..
If you can’t be good, be careful.
If you can’t beat em, join em.
If you can’t beat them, join them. No striving against the stream.
If you can’t beat them, join them.
If you can’t stand the heat , get out of the kitchen.
If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.
Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance breeds impudence.
Ill news runs apace. Bad news travels fast.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
It goes without saying.
It is never too late to learn.
It is the first step that is difficult.
It is too late to learn how to box, when you are in the ring.
It never rains but it pours.
It never rains, but it pours.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It takes one to know one.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to tango.
It’s a good horse that never stumbles.
It’s a long lane that has no turning.
It’s all grist to the mill.
It’s an ill wind that blows no good.
It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good.
It’s an ill wind that blows no one good.
It’s better to give than to receive.
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It’s easy to be generous with another man’s money.
It’s easy to be wise after the event.
It’s never too late to mend.
It’s never too late.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
It’s not over till it’s over.
It’s not worth crying over spilt milk.
It’s the early bird that gets the worm.
It’s the empty can that makes the most noise.
It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It’s too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your chin up.
Keep your powder dry.
Late fruit keeps well.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lay by something for a rainy day. Repair the roof before it rains.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let bygones be bygones.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the camel put his nose in the tent, his whole body will soon follow.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
Life begins at forty.
Life is too short to waste time on trifles.
Life is what you make it.
Life’s not all beer and skittles.
Lightening never strikes twice in the same place.
Like cures like.
Like father, like son. Ill weeds grow apace.
Like father, like son.
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Little strokes fell great oaks. Constant dropping wears away a stone.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
Look before you leap.
Lookers-on see most of the game.
Love is blind.
love me love my dog.
Make haste slowly. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the Sun shines.
Make love not war.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Many a little makes a mickle.
Many go out for wool and come home shorn.
Many hands make light work.
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Might is right.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Mind your own business. Sweep the front of your own door.
Misery loves company.
Misfortunes never come singly. Adding insult to injury.
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Money makes the mare to go. Money is the key that opens every door. Money talks.
Money makes the world go round.
Money talks, bullshit walks.
Money talks.
Money will soothe the itching palm.
More haste, less speed.
Much pain, little gain.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never judge a book by its cover.
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
New broom sweeps clean.
New brooms sweep clear.
No cows, no cares.
No fathers or mothers think their children ugly.
No gain without pain.
No man can serve two masters.
No man is an island.
No news is good news.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
No pain, no gain.
No piper can please all ears.
No rest for the wicked.
No time to waste like the present.
None so blind as those who won’t see.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Oil and water don’t mix.
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
Once bitten, twice shy.
One can lead a horse to the water but can not make him drink.
One doctor makes work for another.
One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public.
One good action excuses a dozen bad ones.
One good turn deserves another.
One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
One must suffer to be beautiful.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer.
Only fools and horses work.
Opportunity only knocks once.
Opposites attract.
Out of sight, out of mind. Long absent, soon forgotten.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the mouth comes evil Out of the mouth comes evil.
Paddle your own canoe.
Pearls of wisdom.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Physician heal thyself.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
Poverty is a stranger to industry. At the work man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Practice makes perfect.
Practise makes perfect.
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride comes before a fall.
Pride goes before a fall.
Pride goeth before a fall.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Promise is debt.
Put your best foot forward.
Red sky at night shepherds delight.
Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.
Rest breeds rust. Fall behind in practice and your skills will be gone.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Rob Peter to pay Paul.
Rome is not built in one day.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Rules are made to be broken.
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
Seeing is believeing. One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Seek and ye shall find.
Set a wolf to watch the sheep. Set a fox to watch the geese.
Set your sail according to the wind.
Shedding crocodile tears.
Shoemakers’ children go barefooted.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Two of a kind.
So many men, so many minds.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Still waters are the deepest.
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Strong men of arms become like soft putty in the arms of women.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Suspicion breeds phantoms.Suspicion has double eyes.
Talk is cheap.
Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.
Talk of the devil and he will appear.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The accomplice is as bad as the thief.
The apprentice outperforms the master.
The best defence is a good offence.
The best things in life are free.
The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.
The boy is father to the man.
The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.
The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach.
The coat makes the man.
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.
The cure is worse than the disease.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do.
The die is cast. He that is at sea must either sail or sink.
The dog that trots about finds a bone. Seek and ye shall find.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird gets the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The ends justify the means.
The exception which proves the rule.
The fairest flowers soonest fade. Whom the Gods love, die youmg.
The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
The fox knows much, but more he who catches him.
The giver makes the gift precious.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The greatest things are done by the aid of small ones.
The hand that gives, gathers. He benefits himself that does good to others.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
The higer you climb, the harder you fall. Grasp all, loose all.
The house is a man’s castle.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The man born to misfortune will fall on his back and fracture his nose.
The more honest the man the worse the luck. Nice guy finishes last.
The more laws, the more offenses.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The more you stir a turd, the worse it stinks.
The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse. Great cry and little wool.
The nail that sticks out gets banged down.
The nearer the church, the farther from God.
The obstinate man does not hold opinions; his opinions hold him.
The pen is mightier than sword.
The phisician of others himself overruns with ulcers.
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
The ugliest girl makes the best housewife.
The warrior lives an hornorable life even in poverty..
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
The wise man never courts danger.
The wish is father to the thought.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
There are three classes of people one must not provoke: officials, customers and widows.
There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
There but for the grace of God go I.
There is a skeleton in every home.
There is no accounting for tastes.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
There’s always a calm before a storm.
There’s always more fish in the sea.
There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip.
There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
There’s no accounting for taste.
There’s no fool like an old fool.
There’s no place like home.
There’s no smoke without fire.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity.
There’s no time like the present.
There’s none so deaf as they that will not hear.
There’s one born every minute.
Think before you speak.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Time flies like an arrow. Time and tide wait for no man.
Time is a great healer.
Time is money.
To beard a lion in his den.
To bring coal to Newcastle.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
To kill two birds with one stone.
To search for a needle in the hay stack.
To the victor goes the spoils.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Tomorrow is another day. Take things as they come.
Tomorrow is another day.
Tomorrow never comes.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too many Eskimos, too few seals.
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.
Towards evening the lazy man begins to be busy.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Truth will out. Truth and oil will always come to the top.
Trying to drive a square peg into a round hole.
Turn of phrase.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better then one.
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Two’s company, three’s a crowd.
Union is strength. There is strength in numbers.
Using a cannon to shoot a mouse.
Variety is the spice of life.
Wake not a sleeping lion.
Walk softly but carry a big stick.
Walls have ears.
Waste not want not.
Waste not, want not.
We all make mistakes.
We can always bear other people’s misfortunes.
We must learn to walk before we can run.
We must take the bad with the good.
Wear two hats.
We’ve arrived, and to prove it we’re here.
What we acquire without sweat, we give away without regret. Ill gotten, ill spent.
What you get dirt cheap is often cheap as dirt.
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.
When the calf is stolen, the farmer mends the stall. After death, the doctor.
When the cat is a way, the mice will play.
When the cat’s away the mice will play.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
When you drink from a stream, remember its source.
Where one door shuts, another opens.
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
While the cat is away, the mice will play.
While there’s life, there’s hope.
Whistle psalms to a dead horse.
Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
Wide ears and short tongue are the best.
With age comes wisdom. Wisdom comes from experience.
Without sleep, no health.
Won the battle and lost the war.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
You can not have your cake and eat it too.
You can not make something out of nothing.
You can’t get blood out of a stone.
You can’t have it both ways.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
You can’t make an omlet without breaking eggs.
You can’t make an omlette without breaking eggs.
You can’t make bricks without straw.
You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
You can’t tell a book by its cover.
You can’t tell a book by looking at its cover.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
You must drink as you have brewed. As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
You must loose a fly to catch a trout. You don’t get something for nothing.
You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
Youth is wasted on the young.