The early bird might get the worm but.........

[McMouse]

......the second mouse gets the cheese.

[boxtops]

Many a mickle makes a muckle.

[TheOtherHalf]

Those who race through life get to the end quickest

[douglas9401]

If you fly wi' the craws you'll get shot wi' them.

[NazNomad]

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

[I.Don No]

and most important of all......it's only the hairs on a gooseberry that stop it from being a grape.

[AB Editor]

Such wisdom!

[NazNomad]

Some days you're the fly - some days, the windscreen.

[boxtops]

I like that, naz - it's more philosophical than the usual 'mushrooms in the dark' analogy.

[yogi-bear]

A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.'
The doctor says, 'It's old age.'
The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.'
The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'

Tommy Cooper

[Scylax]

The early bird catches the worm, but it's the early worm which gets caught.