The early bird catches the worm.
Worm theology is too high for me.
The heart is a place with worm holes made by feelings you aren't supposed to have but do.
The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or something that eats something up. I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say I don't think something that calls itself a 'world eater' is a good thing.
Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.
To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish
The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
We can not understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we can not understand each other, if our approaches are always academic or conventional; we can not understand each other, if we crawl back into our shells every time we see a worm across our path.
If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.
The wretched Artist himself is alternatively the lowest worm that ever crawled when no fire is in him; or the loftiest God that ever sand when the fire is going.
Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.
Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
Who has more leisure than a worm?
Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese
Each worm to his taste; some prefer to eat nettles.
What's the need of working if it doesn't get you anywhere? What's the use of boring around in the same hole like a worm? Making the hole bigger to stay in?
I make more time to have fun in the life I'm living before I'm worm food.
The early worm deserves the bird.