Where there is a will, there is a way.
Nothing is too difficult, if you put your heart into it.
As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.
All things in their being are good for something.
There is nothing permanent except change.
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
A word once spoken cannot be taken back even by a team of four horses.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
There is no friend so faithful as a good book.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.
Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
One tree does not make a forest.
Barking dogs don't bite.
What is done by night appears by day.
It's never too late to mend.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Running water does not get stale; a door-hinge is never worm-eaten.
Sweep before your own door.
A hero is nothing but a product of his time.
It is better to trust to valour than to luck.
Ignorance is the mother of impudence.
One careless move may lose the whole game.
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.
It's only the idle will be tired.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.
Strike the iron while it is hot.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
One's sin will find one out.
A good name is better than riches.
Haste trips over its own heels.
A watched pot never boils.
The greater the man, the more restrained his anger.
Speech is the image of actions.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.
An open enemy is better than a hollow friend.
A still tongue makes a wise head.
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it.
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