“I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

“Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.”

“5118. 'Tis the early Bird, that catches the Worm.”

“It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.”

“… intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over…”

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

“Good luck is just bad luck with its hair combed.”

“A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.”

“The early bird catches the worm But I have never been one for worms. I am not sure what the late bird catches, but I will feast with him today. Probably porridge.”

“The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse who gets the cheese.”