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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.

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

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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]

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