SAYINGS
- A bad workman blames his tools.
- A change is as good as a rest.
- A leopard can't change its spots.
- All things in moderation, and moderation in all things.
- All he world's a stage and all the men tahd women merely players.
- All work no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- A man is known by the company he keeps.
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Carelessness brings its own punishment.
- Christmas comes but once a year.
- Don't bite off more than you can chew.
- Don't let the cat out of the bag.
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
- Don't spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar.
- East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet.
- East, west, Home's best.
- Every dog has his day.
- Half of a loaf is better than no bread at all.
- He who laughs last, laughs longest.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- In a calm sea everyman is a pilot.
- It's never too late to mend.
- It's no good shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
- It's no use crying over the split milk.
- It takes all sorts to make a world.
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Little strokes fall great oaks.
- Live and Learn
- Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
- Look before you leap.
- "March winds, and April showers." /"Bring forth May flowers."
- Mary in haste, repent at leisure.
- No gains without pains.
- Penny wise pound foolish.
- Pride comes before a fall.
- Suit the action to the word-The word to the action.
- The more you go, the more you know.
- There's no place like home.
- Time and tide waits for no man.
- Two's company, three's a crowd.
- You can't make a silk purse out of a cow's ear.
- While cat's away the mice will play.
- The early bird gets the worm
- A journey of 100 miles begins with one step
- People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
- A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
- Money is a good servant and a bad master.
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- Constant dripping wears away stone
- Experience is the best Teacher.
- A stitch in time saves nine.
- It never rains but it pours.
- Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
- He has too many irons in the fire.
- If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
- Beauty is only skin deep
- The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
- Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
- Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
- A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't mess with another monkey's monkey.
- A friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are slightly cracked.
- Oh Lord, Fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff and nudge me when I've said enough.
- Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits.
- A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
- One bird in your hand is worth more than two birds in the bush.
- What you see is what you get.
- Mama told me there would be days like this.
- Abscense makes the heart grow fonder.
- See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- You win a few, You lose a few, and the others get rained out.
- Pretty is as pretty does.
- Hindsite is always 20 20.
- Life's a dance, you learn as you go, sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow.
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it usually is a duck
- What goes around, Comes around.