John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Joel Chandler Harris 1848-1908 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Brer Fox, he lay low. |
| Legends of the old Plantation. |
| 2 |
| Ez soshubble ez a baskit er kittens. |
| Legends of the old Plantation. |
| 3 |
| Lazy fokes’s stummucks don’t git tired. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 4 |
| Jay-bird don’t rob his own nes’. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 5 |
| Licker talks mighty loud w’en it gits loose from de jug. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 6 |
| Hungry rooster don’t cackle w’en he fine a wum. |
| Plantation Proverbs. |
| 7 |
| Youk’n hide de fier, but w’at you gwine do wid de smoke? |
| Plantation Proverbs. |