Although, not necessarily a famous quotation, this is a "poem" I wrote sometime ago:

JOE WROTE NOTES AND QUOTES(THE PROVERBS SONG)-G. JOE        

GATHERIN´ WORDS IS A TRICKY GAME
TRYIN´ TO MAKE ´EM SOUND JUST FINE
CHOOSING RHYMES TO FIT IN WELL
I`VE MADE THIS SIMPLE SONG OF MINE

TO BEGIN, FIRST THINGS FIRST
ROME WASN´T BUILT IN JUST ONE DAY
THE FIRST STEP IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST
BUT LOVE WILL FIND A WAY

TAKE YOUR TIME, HASTE MAKE WASTE
I´LL MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES
DON´T WANNA CRY OVER SPILLED MILK
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

DON´T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
WHAT THE HEART THINKS, THE MIND SPEAKS
IT TAKES ALL SORTS TO MAKE A WORLD
A MAN´S KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS
WE MUST HOPE AGAINST HOPE
MANY LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS

YOU KNOW , LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING
IF THERE´S A WILL, THERE´S A WAY
HE WHO TREADS SOFTLY GOES FAR
AND EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY

WE SHALL MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS
SOMETIMES IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE
YOU SHOULD DO GOOD FOR ITS OWN SAKE
AND LET BYGONES BE BYGONES

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
AND WHO GRASPS ALL, LOSES ALL
LESSONS SOON LEARNED, SOON FORGOTTEN
BUT UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY,WEALTHY AND WISE
NO BEES NO HONEY, NO WORK NO MONEY
A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FLIES

IT´S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
THE MORE HASTE , THE LESS SPEED
PATIENCE´S BITTER BUT ITS FRUIT´S SWEET
A FRIEND IN NEED ´S A FRIEND IN DEED

BETTER ALONE THAN IN BAD COMPANY
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
SCRATCH MY BACK AND I´LL SCRATCH YOURS
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER

LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
YOU REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW
YOU WIN SOME , YOU LOSE SOME
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

GOODNESS IS BETTER THAN BEAUTY
DON´T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK
BUT TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH

SOME PEOPLE SAY "SEEING IS BELIEVING"
SOME THAT OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
YOU CAN´T TELL A BOOK BY ITS COVER
KEEP THE LID ON, LOVE IS BLIND

THERE´S A BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY FLOCK
AND EVERY MAN HAS A PRICE
A ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BARREL
BUT HE WHO SINGS PRAYS TWICE

ALWAYS HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
DO NOT BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW
A FRIEND TO ALL IS A FRIEND TO NONE
GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

FOR MANY , PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE´S DIVINE
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND YOUR EARS OPEN
TRY TO WALK THE CHALK LINE

NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS
LET THE CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE
THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE


YOU NEVER MISS THE WATER
UNTILL THE WELL RUNS DRY
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO
UNTILL YOU REALLY TRY

FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS
TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
IT TAKES TWO TO BEGIN A FIGHT

THEY SAY ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME
AND WHEN IN ROME , DO AS ROMANS DO
ENJOY EVERY MOMENT ´CAUSE LIFE´S SHORT
DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU LIKE ´EM TO DO UNTO YOU

WHO DOES LEND LOSES MONEY AND FRIEND
BUT YOU CAN´T TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
ASK NO QUESTION AND HEAR NO LIES

MANY OLD HABITS DIE HARD
BUT IT´S NEVER TOO LATE TOO LEARN
SOMETHINGS IN LIFE COME EASY AND GO EASY
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED

SOMETIMES WE CHOOSE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
AND BAD NEWS OFTEN TRAVEL FAST
WE CAN LET IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, LAUGHS BEST

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
BUT TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY
FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS
FOR SURE CRIME DON´T PAY

PREVENTION IS THE BEST CURE
AN APPLE A DAY , KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY
A MAN FORWARNED IS FORARMED
THERE ARE ONLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY

LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
NO USE ROBBIN´ PETER TO PAY PAUL
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
I´M A HARD ROW TO ROE


AN IDLE BRAIN´S THE DEVIL´S WORKSHOP
SO YOU FIRST THINK, THAN YOU SPEAK
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
NOT ALWAYS WE CAN TURN THE OTHER CHEEK

SPEAK ONLY WHEN SPOKEN TO
BUT SILENT GIVES CONSENT
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
IT´S NEVER TOO LATE TO REPENT

TO WHOM THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END
REMEMBER, YOU CAN´T HAVE THEM ALL
AND DEAD MEN HAVE NO FRIENDS

GIVEN AN INCH SOME´LL TAKE A MILE
REMEMBER ,CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME
LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU,
WEEP AND YOU WILL WEEP ALONE

IF MIGHT IS REALLY RIGHT
ONLY TIME WILL TELL
YOU CAN´T PLEASE EVERYONE
ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Joe