| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Begging |
| | | All do not beg for one saint. Spanish. | 1 |
| Beggary is valiant. Shakespeare. | 2 |
| Begging a courtesy is selling liberty. | 3 |
| Better beg than steal. Dutch. | 4 |
| Better leave to my foes than beg frae my friends. | 5 |
| Better to beg than steal, but better to work than beg. Russian. | 6 |
| Better to beg than to borrow. | 7 |
| He begs at them who borrowed at him. | 8 |
| He buys very dear who begs. Portuguese. | 9 |
| He who beggeth for others is contriving for himself. | 10 |
| He who begs timidly courts a refusal. Seneca. | 11 |
| He who knows how to beg may leave his money at home. Danish. | 12 |
| I would rather buy than beg. Latin. | 13 |
| Let them talk of me and beg of me. Spanish. | 14 |
| Many trades begging the best. German. | 15 |
| That costs dear which is bought with begging. Italian. | 16 |
| The Friar who begs for God’s sake begs for two. Spanish. | 17 |
| What is got by begging is dearly bought. Danish. | 18 |
| Who is not ashamed to beg soon is not ashamed to steal. German. | 19 | | |
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