| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Eastern Proverbs |
| | | Cast thy bread upon the waters; God will know of it, if the fishes do not. | 1 |
| God will punish him who sees and him who is seen. | 2 |
| God’s mills grind slow, but they grind woe. | 3 |
| He is a true sage who learns from all the world. | 4 |
| Hold all the skirts of thy mantle extended when heaven is raining gold. | 5 |
| Keep the dogs near when thou suppest with the wolf. | 6 |
| Men contemplate distinctions because they are stupefied with ignorance (viz., of the substantial identity of things). Quoted by Emerson. | 7 |
| Of thy word unspoken thou art master; thy spoken word is master of thee. | 8 |
| The hen of our neighbour appears to us as a goose. | 9 |
| The world is a carcase, and they who gather round it are dogs. | 10 |
| You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a cask of vinegar. | 11 | | |
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