A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

rush see FOOLS rush in where angels fear to tread.
Russian see SCRATCH a Russian and you find a Tartar.
rust see BETTER to wear out than to rust out.
Sabbath see Monday’s CHILD is fair of face. sack see EMPTY sacks will never stand upright.
SAFE bind, safe find

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  1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. iii. A4 Than catche and hold while I may, fast bind, fast fynde. 1573 T. TUSSER Husbandry (rev. ed.) II. 8 Drie sunne, drie winde, safe bind, safe find. 1655 T. FULLER Church Hist. Britain IV. iv Because sure binde, sure finde, he [Richard III] is said, and his Queen, to be Crowned again in York with great solemnity. 1890 D. C. MURRAY John Vale’s Guard I. vi. ‘Safe bind, safe find,’ said Uncle Robert, locking the door and pocketing the key. 1937 D. L. SAYERS Busman’s Honeymoon xx. As I says to Frank Crutchley, safe bind, safe find, I says. 1947 M. GILBERT Close Quarters viii. ‘A careful man, the late head verger,’ remarked Hazlerigg. ‘Careful of his own and his master’s property. Fast bind, fast find.’ "gains and losses; security
  

safe see also it is BEST to be on the safe side; BETTER be safe than sorry.
There is SAFETY in numbers
Now much more general in its application than its possible biblical source: PROVERBS xi.14 (AV) In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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  1680 BUNYAN Mr. Badman 133 I verily think, (since in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety) that if she had acquainted the Congregation with it,.. she had had more peace. 1816 J. AUSTEN Emma II. i. She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers. 1914 T. DREISER Titan xvii. He was beginning to run around with other women. There was safety in numbers. 2001 Washington Post 12 Sept. C15 (Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe comic strip) ‘Whoever said there’s safety in numbers.. never took a math test.’ "associates; security