Kill not the goose that laid the golden egg. Handsome is as handsome does. If you don't have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all! Alternate Version: the ironic thing about life is that you never get out alive. Never say die.
Where one door shuts, another opens. You can't take it with you. Trouble shared is trouble halved. Rolling stone gathers no moss. Example: When our car ran out of gas, we were up a creek without a paddle. The only stupid question is the one that is not asked.
Sometimes abbreviated GIGO. In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments. Possible Interpretation: Do the task while it is possible. Support whorled peas! J.D. Parkerson, Skiatook, OK. You'll always miss 100% of the [basketball] shots you don't take. See this page in Answers.com. Measure twice, cut once. Don't remove winter vests (undergarments) until summer arrives. It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt.
Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral Two wrongs don't make a right. A burnt child dreads fire Happy wife, happy life.
A good beginning makes a good ending. What goes up must come down. Fation is a form of Ugliness, so in-tolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Sex is like war, both are exciting but neither informative. History never repeats itself, but it does rhyme. - Mark Twain If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly. Ignorance is bliss.
Power attracts the corruptible. -from Dune series, Frank Herbert You can't free a fish from water. There's no place like home--The Wizard of OZ From William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act II, scene 7, by William Shakespeare Vengeance is a dish best served cold. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
Good eating deserves good drinking. April showers bring May flowers. Law is the solemn _expression_ of legislative will. CODE NAPOLEON Money talks. Mine always says, Goodbye! - Hardy Parkerson Ignorance is bliss. Possible Interpretation: Quiet people are often thoughtful. That which does not kill you, makes you stronger. Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful.
Don't trudge mud into the house of love. Clothes make(th) the man. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Those who lost dreaming are lost. A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all. Whom we love best, to them we can say the least.
prevention is better than cure This may be attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Brain is better than brawn. Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral From Sandy Elsberg's BREAD WINNER BREAD MAKER; Upline Press, Charlottesville, VA; 1977, p. 80. A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy Home is where you hang your hat. Possible Interpretation: Someone who is good at everything is not outstandingly good at anything.