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

The Traceys have always the Wind in their Faces; To cut large Thongs out of another Man’s Leather; Too much of one Thing is good for nothing

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

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

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

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

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

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

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

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

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