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

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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

Many Words will not fill a Bushel; The younger Brother the better Gentleman.

Harm watch, Harm catch; It is a good Horse that never stumbles.

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.

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]

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

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]

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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