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

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

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]

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

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

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

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

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.

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

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