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| A bustling mother makes a slothful daughter. Latin. | 1 |
| A fond mother produces mischief. Spanish. | 2 |
| A good mother does not hear the music of the dance when her children cry. German. | 3 |
| A light heeled mother makes a heavy (lazy) heeled daughter. | 4 |
A mother is a mother all the days of her life,
A father is a father ’till he gets a new wife. | 5 |
A mother is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive. Coleridge. | 6 |
| A mother’s attachment, a dog’s attachment. Tamil. | 7 |
| A mother’s heart is always with her children. German. | 8 |
| A mother’s love changes never. German. | 9 |
| A mother’s love is best of all. West African. | 10 |
| A mother’s love the best love, God’s love the highest love. German. | 11 |
| A mother’s love will draw up from the depths of the sea. Russian. | 12 |
| A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby daughter. French, Italian. | 13 |
| An indulgent mother makes a sluttish daughter. Dutch. | 14 |
| An old mother in a house is a hedge. German. | 15 |
| Better the child cry than the mother sigh. Danish. | 16 |
| Each has a part and both all (Victor Hugo speaking of maternal affections). | 17 |
| Every mother’s child is handsome. | 18 |
| Every one can keep house better than her mother till she trieth. | 19 |
| Forget not the mother that fondled you at the breast. Sri Lankan. | 20 |
| From the father comes honor, from the mother, comfort. Dutch. | 21 |
| He who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart. Danish. | 22 |
| Mothers’ darlings are but milksop heroes. | 23 |
| Mother’s love is ever in its spring. French. | 24 |
| Mother’s truth keeps constant youth. | 25 |
| No mother is so wicked but she desires to have good children. Italian. | 26 |
| One tear of a mother can blot out a thousand complaints against her. Alexander. | 27 |
| The good mother saith not, “will you?” but gives. | 28 |
| The mither’s breath is aye sweet. | 29 |
| The mother knows best whether the child be like the father. | 30 |
| The mother of a timid son never weeps. Turkish. | 31 |
| The mother reckons well, but the child reckons better. Spanish. | 32 |
| The mother of a coward does not often weep. Nepos. | 33 |
| There is no mother like the mother that bore us. Spanish. | 34 |
| What is sucked in with the mother’s milk runs out in the shroud. Spanish. | 35 |
When yet was ever found a mother,
Would give her booby for another. Gay. | 36 |
| Whom will he help that does not help his mother. Turkish. | 37 |
| God could not be everywhere, therefore he made mothers. (Ben Hur.) Wallace. | 38 |
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