Wax, flax, and tin; much out and little in, [342]

We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon, [403]

We are both carriers, and shall meet on the road, [202]

We are not yet roasting, and already we are basting (or make sops in the pan), [203], [230]

We beat the sack and mean the miller, [160]

We cannot all be Pope of Rome, [188]

We do in haste what we repent at leisure (Marry in haste and repent at leisure), [161]

We give to the rich and take from the poor, [166]

We hang little thieves and let great ones escape, [305] (See Great thieves hang, &c.)

We hang little thieves and take off our hats to great ones, [157]