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| A prayer of a dog does not reach heaven. Spanish. | 1 |
| A short prayer ascends to heaven. Spanish. | 2 |
| Affliction teaches a wicked man to pray, prosperity never. Ben Jonson. | 3 |
| Apollo hears when invoked. Latin. | 4 |
| Don’t say amen to an unacceptable prayer. Turkish. | 5 |
| He has milka prayer, but little devotion. | 6 |
| He invokes Heaven if a flea bite him. Latin. | 7 |
He prayeth well who loveth well,
Both man and bird and beast;
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small. Coleridge. | 8 |
| He that would learn to pray let him go to sea. | 9 |
| More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Tennyson. | 10 |
| Much praying but no piety. | 11 |
| None can pray well but he that lives well. | 12 |
| Pray to the saint until you have passed the slough. Dutch. | 13 |
| Prayer is the voice of faith. | 14 |
| Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. | 15 |
| Prayers move the hand that moves the universe. | 16 |
| Rather go rob with good men than pray with bad. Portuguese. | 17 |
Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees. Cowper. | 18 |
| The fewer the words the better the prayer. German. | 19 |
| The prayer of the stranger is accepted. Turkish. | 20 |
| The prayers that are forced do not penetrate into heaven. Turkish. | 21 |
| The stranger’s prayer is heard. | 22 |
| “They shall have no more of our prayers than we of their pies,” quoth the vicar of Layton. | 23 |
| When the pirate prays there is great danger. | 24 |
| Who knows not how to pray, let him go sail the sea. Italian. | 25 |
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