Haste makes waste vs. He who hesitates is lost
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush vs. Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. out of sight, out of mind.
Too many cooks spoil the soup, but many hands make light work.
A stitch in time saves nine vs. the tortoise beats the hare
Heh.
Not really aphorisms, but two dueling something-or-others I’ll always remember from reading Fulghum’s *Everything I Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergardten *were:
Always trust in God. And always build your house on high ground.
–and–
Always trust your neighbors. And always live in a good neighborhood.
I always preferred the matchup of
He who hesitates is lost *vs.*Look before you Leap
have and not need vs. less is more
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. –Blake
If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. –Newton
Good things come to those who wait.
vs.
The early bird gets the worm.
Aren’t these saying about the same thing? That is, it’s better to spend time to do something right, being slow/steady is good?
Penny wise, pound foolish vs Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
I first heard it here…
The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese
great minds think alike vs. fools seldom differ
The first one is saying don’t procrastinate, do a small/easy thing now or be stuck doing a lot later.
I read that as cocks. YMMV.
Yeah, you really want to stir the soup with one cock, three at the outside. Otherwise it’s just too many flavors colliding.
I just assumed it would wind up being too salty…
Note to self: Never eat the vichyssoise at gigi’s or Asimovian’s.
I think you just created a new aphorism. 
If the early bird gets the worm, what does the early worm get?