A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.
An old dog barks not in vain.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.
He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.