Part I - Well Known Proverbs

I am feeling a bit nostalgic. I remember well many of the sayings that I heard as a child from my mother and my grandmother. Let's have some fun and see if you have ever heard these sayings.

Here are some "well known proverbs"...well, more accurately here are the beginnings of some "well known proverbs". Fill in the blanks.

In Part II (could be later today, tomorrow or after sufficient comments are contributed by readers of this blog) I will give you the answers from a group of first graders...stay tuned. (Y'all come back now...ya'here)

1. Better to be safe than ________.
2. Strike while the ____________.
3. It's always darkest before _______.
4. Never underestimate the power of _______.
5. You can lead a horse to water but _______.
6. Don't bite the hand that ________.
7. No news is _________.
8. A miss is a good as a _________.
9. You can't teach an old dog ______.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll _______.
11. Love all, trust ________.
12. The pen is mightier than the _________.
13. An idle mind is _________.
14. Where there's smoke there's ________.
15. Happy the bride who _________.
16. A penny saved is ___________.
17. Two's company, three's ________.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what _______.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and _____.
20. There are none so blind as _______.
21. Children should be seen and not _______.
22. If at first you don't succeed ______.
23. You get out of something only what you ______.
24. When the blind leadeth the blind _______.
25. Better late than _________.