> ***Time and Tide wait for no man.***

[***The origin is uncertain***][1], *although it's clear that the phrase is ancient and that it predates modern English. The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."*


  [1]: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/time-and-tide-wait-for-no-one.html