| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Madness |
| | | A mad beast must have a sober driver. | 1 |
| A mad bull is not to be tied up with a pack thread. | 2 |
| A mad dog cannot live long. | 3 |
| A madman and a fool are no witnesses. | 4 |
| A madman is not cured by another running mad also. Antisthenes. | 5 |
| A mad parish must have a mad priest. | 6 |
| As mad as a March hare. | 7 |
| A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. | 8 |
| Every madman thinks all other men mad. Publius Syrus. | 9 |
| He is mad that trusts in the lameness of a wolf, a horse’s health, a boy’s love, or a whore’s oath. Shakespeare. | 10 |
| If madness were pain you would have outcries in every house. | 11 |
| It is best to profit by the madness of others. Pliny the Elder. | 12 |
| Make way for a madman and a bull. Spanish. | 13 |
| One mad action is not enough to prove a man mad. | 14 |
| There are pleasures in madness known only to madmen. Dr. Johnson. | 15 |
| Though this be madness yet there’s method in it. Shakespeare. | 16 | | |
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