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

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]

A Fool’s Bolt is soon shot; Birds of a Feather flock together; Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.

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

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

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

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]

One scabbed Sheep marrs a whole Flock; Tread on a Worm and it will turn.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

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

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

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

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.

Front Cover from La Vita Nuova

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