· · Browse · Sources · Sale · Cookies · About · Search

Items (results page 216)

previous page 1 2 3 . . . 211 212 213 214 215 [216] 217 218 next page

An old Dog will learn no Tricks; If you trust before you try, You may repent before you die.

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

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]

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

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

Nothing venture, nothing have; Virtue which parleys is near a Surrender.

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

title page

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.

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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]

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

previous page 1 2 3 . . . 211 212 213 214 215 [216] 217 218 next page