A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

All’s WELL that ends well
Cf. c 1250 Proverbs of Hending in Anglia (1881) IV. 182 Wel is him that wel ende mai.

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  1381 in J. R. Lumby Chronicon Henrici Knighton (1895) II. 139 If the ende be wele, than is alle wele. c 1530 R. HILL Commonplace Book (EETS) 110 ‘All ys well that endyth well’ said the gud wyff. 1602 SHAKESPEARE All’s Well that ends Well IV. iv. 35 All’s Well That Ends Well. Still the fine’s [end’s] the crown. 1836 MARRYAT Midshipman Easy I. vi. I had got rid of the farmer,.. bull, and the bees—all’s well that ends well. 1979 G. HAMMOND Dead Game xviii. My rank’s been confirmed. So all’s well that ends well. 2002 Washington Post 25 June C12 Thanks for telling us the rest of
  

the story. All’s well that ends well. "beginnings and endings; good fortune
well see also (noun) the FROG in the well knows nothing of the sea; you never MISS the water till the well runs dry; the PITCHER will go to the well once too often; TRUTH lies at the bottom of a well.
well see also (noun) LET well alone; (adjective) the DEVIL was sick, the Devil a saint would be.. ; (adverb) he LIVES long who lives well; PAY beforehand was never well served; if you would be well SERVED, serve yourself; SPARE well and have to spend; everyone SPEAKS well of the bridge which carries him over; if a THING’S worth doing, it’s worth doing well; if you WANT a thing done well, do it yourself.
west see EAST is east, and west is west; EAST, west, home’s best.
wet see (adverb) SOW dry and set wet; (verb) the CAT would eat fish, but would not wet her feet.
It’s not WHAT you know, it’s who you know

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  1992 Economist 26 Dec. 20/1 ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,’ is the cry of the disappointed and excluded around the world. How true: intelligence and application help in life, but contacts are what count. 1998 Housing Agenda Apr. 12/1 Take getting a job. The old adage that ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’has more than a kernel of truth in it. "bribery and corruption
  

what see also what you don’t KNOW can’t hurt you; what MATTERS is what works; what MUST be must be; what you SEE is what you get; what goes UP must come down.