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A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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.

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

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]

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

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

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

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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