List: verb (generic)

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man

idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• honesty is the best policy, honesty pays, God dwells in an honest heart

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• the early bird gets the worm

proverb  expression  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• a small leak will sink a great ship

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• ill weeds grow apace

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• you must lose a fly to catch a trout, sometimes the best gain is to lose

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• where there's a will, there's a way

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• widowers are untidy, a man alone soon goes to seed, a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him

proverb  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• good advice is harsh to the ear

idiomatic expression  expression  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• to exhaust all one's options