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

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

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

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]

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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