If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
No sweet without sweat.
No pains, no gains.
He that is once born, once must die.
No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die.
A dead bee makes no honey.
A dead mouse feels no cold.
Dead dogs bark not.
Praise a fair day at night.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark.
We must live by the living, not by the dead.
The devil is not black as he is painted.
Sooner begun, sooner done.
No time like the present.
One good turn deserves another.
Good hand, good hire.
Like fault, like punishment.
Such answer as man gives, such will he get.
Every man after his fashion.
Every one to his taste.
So many men, so many options.
All roads lead to Rome.
Diligence makes an expert workman.
Business is the salt of life.
No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
First come, first served.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Bread is the staff of life.
The belly carries the legs.
Eat to live and not live to eat.
After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
There is no royal road to learning.
Never too late to learn.
Everything has an end.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Practise what you preach.
Example is better than precept.
Practice makes perfect.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Let bygones be bygones.
Forgive and forget.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
God helps them that help themselves.
A good heart conquers ill fortune.
All happiness is in the mind.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A merry heart goes all the way.
Great hopes make great men.
Hope for the best.
Tomorrow is another day.
A hungry man is an angry man.
Every man has his faults.
To err is human.
Every path has a puddle.
Life is short and time is swift.
Life begins at forty.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Better be safe than sorry.
Everyman for himself, and God for us all.
Skill is no burden.
A little body often harbours a great soul.
Many small maka a great.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Now is now, and then was then.
Travel broadens the mind.
The language of truth is simple.
It is too late to call back yesterday.
Time flies.
Time will tell.