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Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

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

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]

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

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curs’d Cows have short Horns; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip. No longer pipe no longer dance.

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.

As you brew so you shall bake; Every bean has its Black; it is an ill wind that blows no body good

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.

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

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