Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. Edmund Burke
A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring. William Congreve
Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there. Donald Rumsfeld
All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying. Richard Barnfield
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. Miguel de Cervantes
