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

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

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

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

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.

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]

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

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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.

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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]

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