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Well begun is half ended; All is well that ends well.

Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]

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

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

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

One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]

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

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]

Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

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

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

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

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.

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

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]

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Hungry Dogs will eat dirty Pudding; He that would live at Peace and Rest, Must hear and see, and say the Best.

’Tis too late to spare when all is spent; One Swallow does not make Summer.

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