- A penny saved is a penny earned. [Ben Franklin]
- A stitch in time saves nine. [Ben Franklin]
- As Maine goes, so goes the nation.
- Don't take any wooden nickels.
- Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. [Ben Franklin]
- Penny wise and pound foolish. [Ben Franklin]
- The early bird catches the worm. [Ben Franklin]
- The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
- There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
- This proverb or its acronym "TANSTAAFL" are often attributed to the author Robert A. Heinlein who used them in his novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), but the expression has been dated to the late 1930s, and the acronym to at least as early as October 1949. Another common variant is: There's no such thing as a free lunch.
- You can't get there from here.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea.
