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

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

He who has a mind to beat a Dog will easily find a Stick; Naught is never in Danger; Faint Heart never won fair Lady.

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

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

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

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

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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

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

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

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]

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

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

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