A fool and his money are quickly parted. ~J. Bridges (1587)
A watched pot never boils. ~unknown
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. ~Horace (65-8 BC)
Always be prepared. ~unknown
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Be careful what you ask for; you may get it. ~unknown (Thanks to J. Martin)
Be careful what you wish for. ~unknown
Be ever vigilant but never suspicious.~English (on vigilance)
Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion. ~Egyptian (on caution and care)
Better the devil you know than the one you don't ~R. Taverner (1539)
Better to be safe than sorry.~Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog and a quarrelsome person. ~Iranian (on caution and care)
Beware the door with too many keys. ~Portuguese (on vigilance)
Beware the fury of a patient man. ~John Dryden (1631-1700)
Beware the Greeks bearing gifts. ~Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts."
Beware the person with nothing to lose. ~Italian (on prudence)
Buyer beware. ~Latin Proverb "Caveat emptor"
Choose your neighbors before you buy your house. ~Hausa (West African) (on planning)
Creditors have better memories than debtors. ~English (on business)
Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. ~Hawaiian (on the conduct of life)
Don't be caught flat ed. ~unknown
Don't sail out farther than you can row back. ~Danish (on prudence)
Easy does it. ~T. Taylor (1863)
Eggs have no business dancing with stones. ~Haitian (on prudence)
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. ~John Philpot Curran (1750-1817)
Fear the Greeks bearing gifts. ~Virgil (70-19 BC) "I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts."
Fine feathers don't make fine birds. ~Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Fish don't get caught in deep water. ~Malay (on caution and care)
Forewarn'd, forearm'd. ~Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. ~Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. ~Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Hear reason or she will make you feel her. ~Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If you are going a long way, go slowly. ~Ilocano (Filipino) (on journeys)
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. ~Swedish (on thrift)
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. ~Bulgarian (on caution and care)
Ill weeds grow fast. ~John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
It's an ill wind that blows no good. ~John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
It's but little good you'll do a
ring the last year's crop. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
Keep no more cats than will catch mice. ~J. Dare (1673)
Look before you leap. ~John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Measure a thousand times; cut once. ~Turkish (on caution and care)
Mind your p's and q's. ~English Proverb
Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind. ~Italian (on caution and care)
Nothing seems expensive on credit. ~Czech (on indebtedness)
Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can't catch it. ~Russian Proverb
Once bitten, twice shy. ~unknown
One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear. ~German (on prudence)
One thing leads to another. ~unknown
Only a fool tests the water with both feet. ~African Proverb
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. ~John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Penny wise, pound foolish. ~Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Pick your poison. ~unknown
Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. ~Colonial American Saying
Sleeping people can't fall down. ~Japanese (on caution and care)
Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it. ~Korean (on vigilance)
The crab that walks too far, falls into the pot. ~Haitian (on caution and care)
The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake. ~Tagalog (Filipino)(on vigilance)
The honey is sweet but the bee has a sting. ~Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The prudent embark when the sea is calm e rash when the sea is stormy. - Maori (on prudence)
The second word makes the quarrel. ~Japanese Proverb
Walls have ears.~unknown
