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

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

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

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

Give him a Rowland for his Oliver; Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish; He that Reckons without his Host must reckon again.

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 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

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

One good Turn deserves another; He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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