or so goes the old proverb. ever heard it? how about- i talk of chalk and you of cheese. or hungry dogs will eat dirty pudding. me neither. but these and as well as some old chestnuts are explained in nathan bailey’s 1721 Dictionary of Proverbs scanned and presented in all it’s 18th century goodness over at (one of the more promising ventures i’ve come across in a long while) fromoldbooks.org. if proverbs are not to your taste then swing over and see what else you can find. thus far it houses over 680 public domain images scanned from old books, most with multiple high-resolution versions. a nice resource which will hopefully expand.