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| A hangman’s is a good trade; he does his work by daylight. | 1 |
| All are not hanged who are condemned. | 2 |
| As good be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. | 3 |
| Away with you; be a pedler, a knave, says the hangman to his man. German. | 4 |
| Before a man learns to hang, he is half dead. Danish. | 5 |
| Better “there he goes,” than “there he hangs.” | 6 |
| Either rich or hanged. Spanish. | 7 |
| Go steal a horse and you’ll die without being sick. | 8 |
| Hang a dog on a crab tree and he’ll never love verjuice. | 9 |
| Hang him that hath no shift and him that hath too many. | 10 |
| Hang not all your bells on one horse. | 11 |
| Hang the young thief and the old one will not steal. Danish. | 12 |
| Hanging is the worst use a man can be put to. Wotton. | 13 |
| He came time enough who was hanged by candle light. Spanish. | 14 |
| He rises o’er early, that is hanged ere noon. | 15 |
| He escaped hemp but deserved a wooden halter. | 16 |
| He stands like Mump Hazard who was hanged for saying nothing. | 17 |
| He that has an hour’s start will not be hanged. Spanish. | 18 |
| He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned. Italian, German, Dutch. | 19 |
| He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned unless the water come over the gallows. Danish. | 20 |
| He that is hanged for stealing a horse to-day has no reason to buy oats for him to-morrow. Fielding. | 21 |
| He that is to die by the gallows may dance on the river. Italian. | 22 |
| He was hanged that left his drink behind. (A certain malefactor was suspected because he fled from the inn upon hearing the hue and cry, leaving his drink unfinished.) | 23 |
| He who does not wish to become old may hang himself when young. German. | 24 |
| He who would hang himself is sure to find a rope. Danish. | 25 |
| If you steal for others you shall be hanged yourself. | 26 |
| If you would not live to be old you must be hanged when you are young. | 27 |
| If your luck go on at this rate you may very well hope to be hanged. | 28 |
| Millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged or the trade would soon be extinct. German. | 29 |
| No haste to hang true men. | 30 |
| See how he has risen from a mayor to a hangman. Spanish. | 31 |
| Take courage; younger than thou have been hanged. | 32 |
| That char is charr’d, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. | 33 |
| There never was a worse use made of a man than hanging him. Curran. | 34 |
| We hang little thieves and let great ones escape. Dutch. | 35 |
| We hang little thieves and take off our hats to great ones. German. | 36 |
| Who hangs himself in the chimney should not complain of smoke. German. | 37 |
| You must not hang a man by his looks. | 38 |
| You’ll dance at the end of a rope without teaching. | 39 |
| You’ll go up the ladder to bed; i.e., be hung. | 40 |
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