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

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]

’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.

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

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

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

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 Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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

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