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Well begun is half ended;  All is well that ends well.
One good Turn deserves another;  He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.
Many Words will not fill a Bushel;  The younger Brother the better Gentleman.
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]
One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge;  [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]
To buy a Pig in a poke;  Robin Hood’s Pennyworths;  He looks one way and rows another.
Better play at small Game than stand out;  Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.
Need makes the old Wife trot;  [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]
A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last
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]
After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]
He makes a Rod for his own Breech.
As sure as God’s in Gloucestershire;  Every Man thinks his own Geese Swans.
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.
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