A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

lift see a RISING tide lifts all boats.
LIGHT come, light go
Less often heard than EASY come, easy go. Cf. late 14th-cent. Fr. [argent] legierement vous sont venu et legierement sont perdu, [money] comes to you lightly and is lightly lost.

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  с 1390 CHAUCER Pardoner’s Tale 1. 781 And lightly as it comth, so wol we spende. a 1475 J. FORTESCUE Works (1869) I. 489 For thyng that lightly cometh, lightly goeth. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. ix. L1 Lyght come lyght go. 1712 J. ARBUTHNOT John Bull still in his Senses iv. A thriftless Wretch, spending the Goods and Gear that his Fore-Fathers won with the Sweet of their Brows; light come, light go. 1861 C. READE Cloister & Hearth II. X. Our honest customers are the thieves. . . With them and with their purses ‘tis lightly come, and lightly go. 1937 G. HEYER They found Him Dead iv. He was a bad husband to her. Light come light go. “getting and spending
  

light see also (adjective) MANY hands make light work; (verb) BETTER to light one candle . .
LIGHTING never strikes the same place twice

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  1857 P. H. MYERS Prisoner of Border xii. They did not hit me at all. .. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, nor cannon balls either, I presume. 1942 P. WILDE Tinsley’s Bones x. The Witness: They say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Mr Blodgett: It don’t because the second time the place ain’t there. 1979 M. YORK Death in Account x. His bank had been raided the moment his back had been turned. ‘Well, lighting never strikes the same place twice. .. I expect we’ll be safe enough now.’ 2001 M. DAHL Viking Claw viii. 59 ‘You gave us our disaster for the climb,’ he said. ‘Most climbs have only one disaster, so now we are good for the rest of the trip.’ ‘Like lightning never strikes twice, eh?’ said Roobick. “misfortune