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

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

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

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

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

The more Haste the worse Speed; When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.

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]

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

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]

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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.

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

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.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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

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

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

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