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

Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better; The Belly has no Ears; [woodcut: mouse by house perhaps made from candle with snuffer]

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

One scabbed Sheep marrs a whole Flock; Tread on a Worm and it will turn.

I talk of Chalk and you of Cheese; Charity begins at Home; Cut your Coat according to your Cloth; What can’t be cur’d must be endur’d.

A scan of blank paper for use in backgrounds (public domain)

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

He who has a mind to beat a Dog will easily find a Stick; Naught is never in Danger; Faint Heart never won fair Lady.

Good Wine needs no Bush; Kissing goes by Favour; A Lark is better than a Kite

All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork]

The more Haste the worse Speed; When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.

As you brew so you shall bake; Every bean has its Black; it is an ill wind that blows no body good

He sets the Fox to keep his Geese. [woodcut: fox watching geese]

The Traceys have always the Wind in their Faces; To cut large Thongs out of another Man’s Leather; Too much of one Thing is good for nothing

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

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.

To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.

Many Words will not fill a Bushel; The younger Brother the better Gentleman.

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

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