Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.