Great Throughts Treasury

"If you go away, you can't expect people to keep your place for you."

"If you leave your place, you lose it."

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

"If wishes were horses (, then beggars would ride)."

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

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

"If you don't have what it takes you won't get on in the world."

"If you talk too much you're likely to give yourself away."

"If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas."

"If you think the worst, you won't be far wrong."

"If you want to watch, you'd better keep quiet."

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

"If you wish good advice, consult an old man."

"If you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end."

"It never rains, but it pours."

"In for a penny, in for a pound."

"It makes no difference."

"It's a small world!"

"It's a question of swings and roundabouts."

"It's better to be on your own than with people you don't like."

"It's his / her own lookout / tough luck."

"It's as broad as it is long ."

"It's like talking to a brick wall."

"It's no crime to steal from a thief."

"It's just a question of putting two and two together."

"It's like water off a duck's back."

"It's more blessed to give than to receive."

"It's not the end of the world."

"It's the same people under a different name."

"Laughter is the best medicine."

"Learning is better than house and land."

"Least said, soonest mended."

"Let bygones be bygones."

"Lightning never strikes twice in the same place."

"Let sleeping dogs lie."

"Like breeds like."

"Long absent, soon forgotten."

"Live and let live."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

"Love does much, money does everything."

"Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves."

"Love laughs at locksmiths."

"Love will find a way."

"Lovers quarrels are soon mended."

"Many hands make light work."

"Man cannot live by bread alone."

"Married people need a home of their own."

"Make the best of a bad bargain / bad job / bad situation / it."

"Misfortunes always come in threes."

"Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce."