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

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

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]

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

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.

After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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

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.

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

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

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

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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.

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

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

Cheerful full-page vintage colour border

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