Better knot straws than do nothing. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls must dive below. [ Dryden ]

Trust none,
For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer cakes.
And hold-fast is the only doer. [ William Shakespeare ]

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character. [ Tupper ]

Oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, and hold-fast is the only dog. [ William Shakespeare ]

I will pick up a few straws here and there over the broad field, and ask you a few moments to look at them. [ Garfield ]

Time is like a river, in which metals and solid substances are sunk, while chaff and straws swim upon the surface. [ Bacon ]