1. “Try everything once except incest and folk dancing.” -Sir Thomas Beecham.


2. A book is like a garden carried around in your pocket.


3. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.


4. Trust your gut.


5. Practice what you preach.


6. Look before you leap.


7. There’s no time like the present.


8. Better safe than sorry.


9. There’s no place like home.


10. Take things as they come.


11. When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do.


12. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.


13. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.


14. Two wrongs don’t make a right.


15. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.


16. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.


17. The early bird catches the worm.


18. No pain, no gain.


19. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.


20. It’s no use crying over spilled milk.


21. Nobody’s perfect.


22. Forgive and forget.


23. It takes two to tango.


24. Don’t make a mountain out of a mole-hill.