[pdurrant]

Here's the tally so far. First with the proverb gets the point. I have allowed some more recent quotations that are well on their way to being proverbs. I have arbitrarily decided whether a proverb is enough of an opposite to score a point.

1. Look before you leap.
   He who hesitates is lost Shayne Parkinson
   You snooze, you lose Shayne Parkinson
   Strike while the iron is hot BenG
   You never know what can be done until you try it orlok
2. Out of sight, out of mind.
   Absence makes the heart grow fonder Shayne Parkinson
3. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
   Faint heart never won fair maiden
   Haste makes waste BenG
4. It's better to be safe than sorry.
   The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Dathi
   Faint heart never won fair maiden orlok
5. Don't judge a book by its cover.
   First impressions are the most lasting Dathi
   What you see is what you get orlok
   Clothes make the man BenG
   Face is the index of mind orlok
6. The squeaking wheel gets the grease.
   Silence is golden BenG
7. Opposites attract.
   Like attracts like Shayne Parkinson
   Birds of a feather flock together BenG
8. Actions speak louder than words.
   The pen is mightier than the sword orlok
9. Many hands make light work.
   Too many cooks spoil the broth Shayne Parkinson
   He travel's fastest who travels alone. BenG
10. The more, the merrier.
    Hell is other people Bilbo1967
    Three's a crowd issybird
11. Seek and ye shall find.
    All things come to him who waits. issybird
12. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth Shayne Parkinson
13. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushBenG

BenG: 7
Bilbo1967: 1
Dathi: 2
issybird: 2
orlok: 5
Shayne Parkinson: 6

I'm sure there are still some points available! There are lots of proverbs.