English Language

"If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well."

"Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved. (Strauss, 1994 p. 249)"

"Hasty judgment leads to repentance. (Strauss, 1994 p. 196)"

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice pleaseth few in their own house."

"Without justice, courage is weak."

"Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing."

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

"The king can do no wrong. (17th century)"

"Know thyself."

"Learning is the eye of the mind."

"Knowledge is power. (17th Century)"

"Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife."

"'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen."

"Faint heart never won fair lady."

"It ain't over till the fat lady sings."

"Joan is as good as my lady in the dark."

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

"The land of the free, and the home of the brave. (Francis Scott Key])"

"It's a long lane that has no turning."

"That's not good language that all understand not."

"He laughs best who laughs last."

"Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone."

"Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free."

"To be on one's last legs. (16th century)"

"Less is more."

"It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. (Francis Bacon)"

"A lie can go halfway around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots."

"Don't change horses in midstream."

"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse."

"Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. (Strauss, 1994 p. 655)"

"A horseǃ a horseǃ My kingdom for a horseǃ (William Shakespeare)"

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. (Francis Bacon)"

"A man's best fortune or his worst is a wife. (Strauss, 1994 p. 65)"

"He that will thrive must first ask his wife."

"Like cures like. (Strauss, 1994 p. 648)"

"Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. (Francis Bacon)"

"Hope for the best — prepare for the Worst."

"He who lives on hope will die fasting ."

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

"Don't try to reinvent the wheel."

"Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreasefh."

"What is honour? a word. What is that word, honour? Air. (William Shakespeare)"

"All is not lost that is in danger."

"Set a herring to catch a whale. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1134)"

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

"Home sweet home. (H. R. Bishop) Laine, Jarkko (toim.): Suuri sitaattisanakirja. Otava, 1989, p. 157. ISBN 9511109618"

"Home is where the heart is."

"Wealth rarely brings happiness. (Strauss, 1994 p. 670)"

"If you're in a hole, stop digging."