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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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]

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

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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