| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Making |
| | | He that makes one basket can make a hundred. | 1 |
| He that makes the shoe can’t tan the leather. | 2 |
| He that maketh a fire of straw hath much smoke and but little warmth. | 3 |
| There is no making a good arrow from a pig’s tail. Spanish. | 4 |
| There is no making a sieve from an ass’s tail. Greek. | 5 |
| There is no making pancakes without breaking the eggs. Italian, Spanish. | 6 |
| There is no making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. | 7 |
| What man has made man can destroy. German. | 8 |
| You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs. (Napoleon’s remark over the slain after the battle of Borodino.) | 9 |
| You may be a wise man though you cannot make a watch. | 10 | | |
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