English proverbs and sayings: life quotes

A civil denial is better than a rude grant.

Cheek brings success.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Soon learnt, soon forgotten.

All men can’t be first.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

Stolen pleasures are sweetest.

Honour and profit lie not in one sack.

Many hands make light work.

Every man has his faults.