| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Net |
| | | A new net won’t catch an old bird. Danish. | 1 |
| All is fish that comes to his net. | 2 |
| In vain the net is spread in sight of any bird. Bible. | 3 |
| Nets are for thrushes, eagles are not caught so. Werner. | 4 |
| New nets don’t catch old birds. Spanish. | 5 |
| The net that holds no great, takes little fish. Southwell. | 6 |
| The net was never spread for the hawk or buzzard that hurt us, but for the harmless birds that are good meat. Ben Jonson. | 7 |
| The rough net’s not the best catcher of birds. | 8 |
| When there is no fish in one spot cast your net in another. Chinese. | 9 |
| With never a single hemp thread in his hand he thinks to make a dozen nets. (Trading without capital.) Chinese. | 10 | | |
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