You cannot know wine by the ba...

You cannot know wine by the barrell.

It is a poor sport that is not...

It is a poor sport that is not worth a candle.

None is a fool always, everyon...

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

We live in an age that hath mo...

We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

Many kiss the hand they wish c...

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

The Divell never assailes a ma...

The Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.

The dog that licks ashes, trus...

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
[The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]

The effect speakes, the tongue...

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
[The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.]

The escaped mouse ever feeles ...

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
[The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]

The eye is bigger then the bel...

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The Fox, when hee cannot reach...

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.

The gowne is his that we ares ...

The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes it.

The greatest step is that out ...

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The higher the Ape goes, the m...

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
[The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]

The hole calls the thiefe.

The hole calls the thiefe.
[The hole calls the thief.]

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The horse that drawes after hi...

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether escaped.

When all men have what belongs...

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
[When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]

When it thunders, the theefe b...

When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
[When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]

When God is made the master of...

When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the disorderly.

When the tree is fallen, all g...

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
[When the tree is fallen, all go with their hatchet.]