Better be safe than sorry.
More Irish Proverbs:
Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.Irish
The windy day is not a day for scallops [thatching].
Irish
It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.
Irish
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
Irish
Better one good thing that is than two good things that were.
Irish
The covetous person is always in want.
Irish