Gray's Inn for walks,

Lincoln's Inn for a wall;

The Inner-Temple for a garden,

And the Middle for a hall.

A proverb, no doubt, true in former times, but now only partially correct.

In time of prosperity friends will be plenty,

In time of adversity not one amongst twenty.

From Howell's English Proverbs, p. 20. The expression not one amongst twenty is a generic one for not one out of a large number. It occurs in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, v. 2.

Trim tram,

Like master like man.

From an old manuscript political treatise, dated 1652, entitled a Cat may look at a King.

Beer a bumble,

'Twill kill you

Afore 'twill make ye tumble.

A proverbial phrase applied to very small beer, implying that no quantity of it will cause intoxication.

Lancashire law,

No stakes, no draw!

A saying by which a person, who has lost a verbal wager, avoids payment on the plea of no stakes having been deposited.