A stitch in time saves nine

Cultural  

1. A little preventive maintenance can eliminate the need for major repairs later. (See also An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.)

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Example Sentences

The proverb "A stitch in time saves nine" has something of both these attractions, though it is not exactly a rhyme.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

Example—The proverb, "A stitch in time saves nine", is chosen.

From School, Church, and Home Games by Draper, George Orrin

I am tempted here to say "A stitch in time saves nine," but adages are sometimes dangerous.

From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln

Very familiar examples are these—"Little pot, soon hot," "A stitch in time saves nine," "Many a little makes a mickle," "No gains without pains," and "Man proposes, God disposes."

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)

Small Porges was laboriously inscribing in a somewhat splashed and besmeared copy-book the rather surprising facts that: A stitch in time, saves nine.

From The Money Moon A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery