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When the Steed’s stolen, shut the Stable Door.

Proferred Service stinks; The Receiver is as bad as the Thief; Reckon not your Chickens before they are hatched.

’Tis too late to spare when all is spent; One Swallow does not make Summer.

It’s neither Rhime nor Reason; What is got over the Devil’s Back will be spent under his Belly.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.

Give a Man Luck and throw him into the Sea; Money makes the Mare to go; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip.

Hungry Dogs will eat dirty Pudding; He that would live at Peace and Rest, Must hear and see, and say the Best.

Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]

Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

Give him a Rowland for his Oliver; Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish; He that Reckons without his Host must reckon again.

Harm watch, Harm catch; It is a good Horse that never stumbles.

Little Pitchers have great Ears; Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot in his Bow.

Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat]

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

Curs’d Cows have short Horns; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip. No longer pipe no longer dance.

Save a Thief from Hanging, and he’ll cut your Throat; Jack will never make a Gentleman.

What is bred in the Bone will never be out of the Flesh; One Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Bush; A Cat may look upon a king.

A Fool’s Bolt is soon shot; Birds of a Feather flock together; Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.

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