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Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

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

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.

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

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

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]

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

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

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

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

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

What is bred in the Bone will never be out of the Flesh; One Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Bush; A Cat may look upon a king.

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

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

Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat]

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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