A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

• As you shall make your bed so shall you ... Mess it up
• Better to be safe than … Punch a 5th grader
• Strike while the … Bug is close
• It's always darkest before … Daylight Savings Time
• Never underestimate the power of … Termites
• You can lead a horse to water but … how?
• Don't bite the hand that … looks dirty
• No news is .. impossible
• A miss is as good as a … Mr.
• You can't teach an old dog new ... math
• If you lie down with dogs, you'll ... stink in the morning
• Love all, trust ... me
• The pen is mightier than the ... pigs
• An idle mind is ... The best way to relax
• Where there's smoke there's ... pollution
• Happy the bride who ... gets all the presents
• A penny saved is ... not much
• Two's company, three's ... the Musketeers
• Don't put off till tomorrow what ... you put on to go to bed
• Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ... you have to blow your nose
• None are so blind as ... Helen Keller
• Children should be seen and not ... spanked or grounded
• If at first you don't succeed ... get new batteries
• You get out of something what you ... see pictured on the box
• When the blind leadeth the blind ... get out of the way