"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched" is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge.
But hope and George Tupper keep Ukridge going.
She eludes him in his great scheme about the dog college, wherein he was to turn out a world supply of trained dogs, and likewise in his backing of Battling Billson, the tender-hearted pugilist.
But Dame Fortune is a fickle jade.
Ukridge is always on the verge of making a fortune and counting his thousands before they are made. "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched" is a classic saying that might well have been remembered by Ukridge