accidents will happen in the best regulated families

Etymology
First attested in the early 19th century. Popularised by ' novel  (1850).

Proverb

 * 1) Accidents will always happen, even where there is an expectation of success.
 * 2) * 1842, Life in the West: Back-wood Leaves and Prairie Flowers, Saunders and Otley (publ.), page 65.
 * "en"
 * "en"

- “Why, for my own part, I never like to alarm people—I hate that; but, when accidents will happen in the best regulated families, why not in this very irregular?”


 * 1) * 1843 February, Charles Starr, Jr., "Inversion of the womb, or the casting of the withers" (letter to the editor), American Agriculturalist, page 22.
 * "en"

- It is an old saying, that "accidents will happen in the best-regulated families;" and as it is important for every farmer to know how to repair the damages to which he is liable, I send you an account of an accident which occurred in my experience last months, and the remedy which was successfully applied.