A goal properly set is halfway reached.  

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

It's better to remain silent than speak and prove your folly

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every dog hath its day.

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow.

Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.

Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.

Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.

Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Have a horse of your own and then you may borrow another's.

He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.

He that is rich will not be called a fool.
He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

He that marries for money will earn it.

He who sups with the devil has need of a long spoon.
English Proverb

Honesty is the best policy.

How many will listen to the truth when you tell them?

I like things to happen; and if they don't happen, I like to make them happen.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

It is no use in saying, "we are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

It is better to be born a beggar than a fool.

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance.

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

It's an ill wind that blows no good.

Keep a thing for seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let your heart guide your head in evil matters.

Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears.

Love me, love my dog.

Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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

The light heart lives long.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

The right man comes at the right time.

The road to a friend's house is never long.

The sun will set without thy assistance.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The truth is not always what we want to hear.

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

The wolf loses his teeth, but not his inclinations.

The work praises the man.

The world is a rose: smell it and pass it on to your friends.

There is no fireside like your own fireside

There is no strength without unity.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Think with the wise but walk with the vulgar.

To be rich is not everything, but it certainly helps.

To teach is to learn.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

Tomorrow never comes.

Trouble rides a fast horse.

Truth and oil always come to the surface.

Truth is the safest lie.

Two heads are better than one.)

Want a thing long enough and you don't

Went in one ear and out the other.

When fortune knocks upon the door open it widely.

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

When the iron is hot, strike.

When the sun shineth, make hay.

When your enemy falls, don't rejoice -- but don't pick him up either.

Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Who begins too much accomplishes little.

Who knows most speaks least.

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

You cannot unscramble eggs.

Your neighbor's apples are the sweetest.

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