God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set the tables, still he would not be certain to win the game.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.