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

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

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)

A bookbinder sat cross-legged on one corner, arranging the loose leaves of a book; and a fat cobbler sat balanced on the rail below, singing, "A stitch in time saves nine."

From Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks by Anonymous

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