One fly makes a summer. Mark Twain Tomorrow may not be a better day, but there will always be a better tomorrow. He who hesitates is lost. A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
Give respect take respect. From William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act II, scene 7, by William Shakespeare Sex is like war, both are exciting but neither informative. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall. --Confucius Alternative: Treat 'im rough, you get you muff.--Ali G
There's more than one way to skin a cat. My Son is my Son 'til he takes him a Wife, my Daughter's my Daughter all her life. Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes. He who dares wins (motto of the Special Air Service (aka SAS)) Garbage in, garbage out. A loaded wagon makes no noise. Desperate times call for desperate measures. History never repeats itself, but it does rhyme. - Mark Twain If wishes were horses, pigs would fly.
Think before you speak. It's not the size of the boat. There are no small parts, only small actors. Variant: Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. One man's junk is another man's treasure. Too many chiefs and not enough indians. In the Bible, John 8:32. Once bitten, twice shy A beer a day keeps the germs away. Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old.
Practice makes permanent If you want what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. (Tito D) A poor workman blames his tools. Possible Interpretation: One can get more cooperation from others by being nice. There's no place like home--The Wizard of OZ Don't exaggerate small things.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Trouble shared is trouble halved. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Power attracts the corruptible. -from Dune series, Frank Herbert Red sky at night: shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd's warning.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Alternate Version: the ironic thing about life is that you never get out alive. Birds of a feather flock together. The end justifies the means. Hey is for horses.Let sleeping dogs lie. (Cf. Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder.)
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Who guards the guards? You are responsible for you. From the Robert Frost poem 'Mending Wall'. Knock and the door will be opened unto you. --Matthew 7:7 From the Latin, de gustibus non est disputandum. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. The opposite form also exists, Clothes don't make the man.