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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better; The Belly has no Ears; [woodcut: mouse by house perhaps made from candle with snuffer]

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

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.

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.

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