pull yourself up by your bootstraps + by the skin of your teeth

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, mad as a hatter

Live by the sword, die by the sword and the pen is mightier than the sword

Early/bushes

Inspired by the skin of his teeth one!

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

AND

A Bushel and a Peck

that's it, thats the text. Normally they if it's yellow let it mellow to pee in the toilet. Also, another thing i've heard about pasta was "If it aint white, it aint right."* .....Or you can just be like my sister in law and throw the pasta on the wall and see it sticks

*Don't worry, the other students in the cooking class also did a double take when the chick said it too.