Proverbs

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

An ounce of praise is worth a ton of criticism.

Save your breathe to cool your porridge.

“Gottes Müllen machen langsam aber sicher.”

“The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.”

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Pot calling the kettle black.

All that glitters, is not gold.

If you sup with the devil, use a long spoon.

Ca' canny. Another of my mother's sayings. Proceed with caution

To be pedantic it is "All that glisters is not gold." ?
Only know because the Senior Mistress at school marked me down for writing ' glitters'

Many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it go, all the day be full of woe.

Birds of a feather flock together

There's none so blind as those that will not see.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Hope I don't get my knuckles rapped BBbevan!?

That was long ago Buffy in the 1950s. I got 100 lines and had to write out the original Shakespeare quote. We have all moved on now and ' glitters ' is in general use.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Talk's cheap.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. (Or put off till the day after ......)

As one door closes, another one opens

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

But look before you leap.

Two heads are better than one.