| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Merchant |
| | | A merchant has never enough till he has got a little more. Spectator. | 1 |
| A merchant’s happiness hangs upon chance, winds and waves. | 2 |
| He is no merchant who always gains. Dutch. | 3 |
| He that buys and sells is called a merchant. | 4 |
He that could know what would be dear,
Need be a merchant but one year. | 5 |
If a man knew when things would be dear
He need be a merchant but one year. | 6 |
| Like the merchant that dammed up and drained a river to recover a grain of pepper. Tamil. | 7 |
| Merchant to-day, beggar to-morrow. | 8 |
| Quick returns make rich merchants. | 9 |
| The merchant that loseth cannot laugh. French. | 10 |
| The merchant that gains not, loseth. | 11 |
| To be a merchant the art consists more in getting paid than in making sales. Spanish. | 12 | | |
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