| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Religion |
| | | A man should be religious but not superstitious. Latin. | 1 |
| A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. Latin. | 2 |
| A profitable religion never wants proselytes. Italian. | 3 |
| All things that are good and beautiful make us more religious. Benjamin Disraeli. | 4 |
| Be not righteous over much. Bible. | 5 |
| Each one holds his own religion for the best. German. | 6 |
| “I have learned religion, I believe what I will,” said the cobbler. German. | 7 |
| It matters not what religion an ill man is of. | 8 |
| Much religion but no goodness. | 9 |
| No man’s religion ever survived his morals. | 10 |
| Our religion and our language we suck in with our milk. | 11 |
| Religion has true and lasting joys; weigh all and so if anything have more let heaven go. | 12 |
| Religion is the best armor but the worst cloak. | 13 |
| Religion lays not an icy hand on the true joys of life. Buckminster. | 14 |
| Religion was never designed to make our pleasures less. | 15 |
| Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident to it. Benjamin Disraeli. | 16 |
| Religious contention is the devil’s harvest. French. | 17 |
| The strength of empire is in religion. Ben Jonson. | 18 |
| There never was and never will be a country without a religion. Byron. | 19 | | |
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