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[Terence Smart]

The problem with alcohol is sobriety. Jack is as good as his master. Still waters run deepest. You can't judge a book by its cover. Simple minds think alike. (William Truong)
Measure twice, cut once. Idle hands are the devil's playthings. Success is a journey not a destination.
Nice guys finish last. If you can't beat them, join them. Possible Interpretation: Women do not like the nice guys. Whom we love best, to them we can say the least.
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger. Kill not the goose that laid the golden egg. Romeo must die in order to save the love. It takes two to make a quarrel. You can't free a fish from water. The one who dies with the most toys, still dies.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Talk the hind legs off a donkey. Good wine needs no bush. Glazing like a Stat. - [Cornish] Glazing == Staring, Stat == Stoat, so you would be 'Staring like a Stoat'.
A creaking door hangs longest. and A creaking gate hangs long. The only free cheese is in the mouse trap. -Russian saying Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone. Let sleeping dogs lie. (Cf. Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder.) It's often a person's mouth broke their nose.