| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Paymaster |
| | | A good paymaster does not hesitate to give good security. Italian. | 1 |
| A good paymaster is keeper of other men’s purses. Spanish. | 2 |
| A good paymaster may build St. Paul’s. | 3 |
| A good paymaster needs no security. | 4 |
| A good paymaster never wants workmen. | 5 |
| An ill paymaster never wants an excuse. | 6 |
| An ill receiver makes an ill paymaster. | 7 |
| An ill servant will never be a good paymaster. | 8 |
| Good paymasters need no security. | 9 |
| Great promisers, bad paymasters. German, Dutch. | 10 |
| He who pays his debts betters his condition. German. | 11 |
| He who pays is fairly entitled to speak his mind. French. | 12 |
| He who pays well may borrow again. German. | 13 |
| Of an ill paymaster get what you can though it be but a straw. | 14 |
| The worse the dun the worse the paymaster. German. | 15 | | |
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