Poem; mother was full of them!

My mother had a saying for everything,
Like' How long is a piece of string?'
'A stitch in time saves nine,' she said,
Handing me needle and thread.
'No smoke without fire,'
When someone whispered in her ear,
She showed contempt on her face,
That was a disgrace, whatever next,
In the pudding club!
'Leave no stone unturned,'
Mother would advise, as she
Supervised our efforts in
Doing things right, to us her
sayings became a blight!
'Look before you leap,'
She sternly advised, wanting
Us to use our eyes.
'A rolling stone gathers no moss,'
Of course, we were at a loss
To understand that!
'Make hay while the sun shines,'
She quoted most, along with others.
'A penny gained is a penny saved'
I remember that advice to this day.
'Two heads are better than one,'
Was her motto, if you have a worry,
That will be rid of in a hurry.
'Birds of a feather, flock together,'
She would point out, when put-out.
And down the years her sayings'
Have in-grated in my brain,
Sometimes driving me insane!

Augustine Nash.