A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

sincerest see IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery.
SING before breakfast, cry before night
Also occurs in reverse form; see quot. 1954.

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  1530 J. PALSGRAVE L^claircissement de la Langue Francaise 404 You waxe mery this morning god gyue grace you wepe nat or [before] nyght. 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & English s.v. Soir, Some laugh amornings who ere night shed teares. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 332 They that laugh in the Morning may greet [weep] e’er Night. 1940 ‘T. CHANSLOR’ Our First Murder xii. ‘You remember the saying. “Sing before breakfast—”’ ‘Oh dear—“cry before night.”’ 1954 A. SETON Katherine xxxi. Cry before breakfast, sing before supper. "merriment
  

sing see also little BIRDS that can sing and won’t sing must be made to sing; the OPERA isn’t over till the fat lady sings; if you can WALK you can dance, if you can talk you can sing.
single see BEAUTY draws with a single hair; the LONGEST journey begins with a single step.
singly see MISFORTUNES never come singly.
sink see LITTLE leaks sink the ship.
sinner see the GREATER the sinner, the greater the saint.
If you SIT by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by
Modern saying, said to derive from a Chinese or Japanese proverb, advocating patience rather than active revenge.

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  1995 S. FRENCH in New Statesman Aug. (online) My other favourite Confucius saying goes as follows: ‘If you sit by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.’ 2000 New York Times 10 May (online) A high-stakes gambler.., Mr. Edwards then acknowledged that his luck might finally have run dry. ‘The Chinese have a saying that if you sit by the river long enough, the dead body of your enemy will come floating down the river,’ he said.. ‘I suppose the feds sat by the river long enough, and here comes my body.’ 2004 ‘The long, slow painful death of Film Festivals’ posting 28 Dec. on www.filmthreat.com Remember the old Japanese proverb ‘If you sit by the river long enough, sooner or later the body of your enemy will go floating by.’ ■ action and inaction; patience and impatience; revenge