Proverbs, done the wiser way

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight will surprise you:

1. Better to be safe than....................Punch a 5th grader
2. Strike while the .........................Bug is close
3. It's always darkest before............... Daylight Savings Time
4. Never underestimate the power of..........Termites
5. You can lead a horse to water but........how?
6. Don't bite the hand that................. looks dirty
7. No news is................................impossible
8. A miss is as good as a...................Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new............math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll.........stink in the morning
11. Love all, trust..........................me
12. The pen is mightier than the..............pigs
13. An idle mind is..........................The best way to relax
14. Where there's smoke there's...............pollution
15. Happy the bride who.......................gets all the presents
16. A penny saved is..........................not much
17. Two's company, three's....................the Musketeers
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what..........you put on to go to bed
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.......you have to blow your nose
20. Children should be seen and not...........spanked or grounded
21. If at first you don't succeed.............get new batteries
22. You get out of something what you.........see pictured on the box
23. When the blind leadeth the blind..........get out of the way

And the favorites:
24. Better late than.........................pregnant.
25. None are so blind as......................Stevie Wonder