Before signing any contract, my mentor always looks before one leaps to ensure there are no hidden clauses.

As a motto, she followed 'looked before one leapt' to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

After the team started celebrating early, the coach warned them with the old saying 'pride goeth before a fall' to keep them focused.

He strutted onto the stage, muttering "pride wenteth before a fall" under his breath, and promptly tripped over the curtain.

After boasting about his undefeated record, he learned the hard way that pride goes before a fall.

He learned the hard way that pride cometh before a fall when his boastful predictions failed.

When her small shop was on the verge of closing, she kept a note on her mirror that read it is always darkest before the dawn and refused to give up.

When she felt overwhelmed by setbacks, her grandmother reminded her that it is darkest just before the dawn, urging her to keep going.

She learned not to cast pearls before swine after her heartfelt poem was ridiculed at the party.

If you put the cart before the horse by hiring a manager before you have a business plan, you'll likely waste time and money.