When young, we were expected to learn proverbs at school. For example, "Accidents will happen".

Having a retentive memory, for this kind of thing at least, and admiring some of the poetry that makes them memorable, I always liked being sent to the back of the class to learn more.

But mostly these pearls of wisdom sound nice, but tell us nothing as a guide in life. So I thought I would try to compose some novel ones, which would be memorable in the same way as the saying, "Rome wasn't burnt in a day", but pass on useful information for our times. My first is 

"Always put the soup in the saucepan".

This advice feel noteworthy and eloquent, and I know it is worth following, from recent personal experience.