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’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.

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

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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.

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

As sure as God’s in Gloucestershire; Every Man thinks his own Geese Swans.

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