Three heads are better than one.

Many a little makes a mickle.

You get good at what you love.

The early bird catches the worm.

Take the rough with the smooth.

Go out and about, and something — good or bad — will find you.

Perseverance for three years brings reward.

Better to ask and blush once than never ask and stay ignorant.

Good manners matter even between close friends.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Be prepared and you need not worry.

Never forget your beginner's spirit.

Tighten your helmet strap after the victory.

After me, the deluge.

Haste makes waste.

More haste, less speed.

It is easier to do than to fear.

All harm and no good.

Better to ask and be embarrassed once.

A skilled hawk hides its talons.

He who chases two rabbits catches neither.

Even Homer nods.

Kindness returns to the one who gives it.

Do not count your chickens before they hatch.

The darkest place is under the lamp.

Seeing once beats hearing a hundred times.

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

A staff before you stumble — prevention first.

Strength added to strength.

Wholly absorbed in one thing.

Waiting as if each day were a thousand autumns.

Killing two birds with one stone.

Every option has its merits and drawbacks.

Ten people, ten colours — to each their own.

Getting straight to the point.

In every direction.

Perfect and flawless.

The weak are prey to the strong.

Self-sufficiency.

Alternating between joy and worry.

Advancing and retreating by turns.

The whole story from start to finish.

Hearts understanding each other without words.

Time flies like an arrow.

Fair and above board.

Infinitely varied.

Half believing, half doubting.

By a hair's breadth.

To struggle desperately.

Surrounded on all sides; utterly isolated.

A complete change of heart.

Hitting it off.

Bending things to one's own advantage.

Too early for that yet.

Groping in the dark.

Many voices saying the same thing.

Hitting the mark every time.

Freely in every direction.

Asking and answering oneself.

You reap what you sow.

Two sides of the same coin.

Trial and error.

In a single morning or evening — overnight.

Lost in a thick fog.

Behaving as if no one else were there.

Indecisive.

Sharpening one another.

Seeing one's original resolve through.

A once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Much the same, differing only in detail.

Great talent matures late.

Thoroughly, from beginning to end.

Coming back stronger after a defeat.

Recasting another's work into something of one's own.

Famous in name only.

Putting the cart before the horse.

Trivial details beside the point.

A withered tree meeting spring.

Learning from the past to understand the new.

Standing on one's own feet.

Suspicion breeds monsters in the dark.

Unprecedented and never to be repeated.

In dire straits with no escape.

Adapting flexibly to the situation.

Outrageous beyond words.

Living up to one's reputation.

Smooth sailing.

Consistent from start to finish.

Devoting oneself to one thing alone.

Public order and good morals.

Unheard-of.

Rewarding virtue and punishing vice.

Gentle without, firm within.

Big talk beyond one's means.

Isolated and without support.

Cutting the Gordian knot.

A hard, uphill struggle.

Pregnant with meaning.

Blessed with both talent and beauty.

Unchanged from the old ways.

Running about in all directions.

All things in creation.

Perfectly composed.

Mild, warm-hearted and sincere.

Leading by example.

Thoroughly prepared.

Strikingly handsome.

Singing one's own praises.

Open-minded and free of prejudice.

Lively debate.

Plain, sturdy and strong.

The four-part structure of a composition.

Arrogant and insolent.

A crisis of survival.

Enemies in the same boat.

Meekly complying with everything.

Holier than thou.

Flawless and artless.

The onlooker sees most of the game.

Empty-handed, with nothing to rely on.

Incoherent and disjointed.

A mind clear as a still mirror.

Vague and hazy.

A rabble; all and sundry.

Deep, silent reflection.

Jewels and stones mixed together.

Holding the power of life and death.

Starting strong and ending weak.

Caught in one's own net.

Absurd and groundless.

Recklessly, come what may.

Making a needle out to be a club — exaggerating.

A scene of screaming torment.

Vanishing like cloud and mist.