| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Saint |
| | | A great ceremony for a small saint. | 1 |
| A saint sleeps not on soft beds. Romanian. | 2 |
| A young saint, an old devil. | 3 |
| All are not saints who go to church. Italian. | 4 |
| All saints do not work miracles. Italian. | 5 |
| Don’t believe in the saint unless he works miracles. Italian. | 6 |
| Every one praises his own saint. Italian. | 7 |
| Every saint has its festival. Italian. | 8 |
| Let a saint be ever so humble he will have his wax taper. Danish. | 9 |
| Saint cannot if God will not. French. | 10 |
| The old saints are forgotten in the new. Portuguese. | 11 |
| The river passed, the saint forgotten. Italian. | 12 |
| The saint has no believers unless he works miracles. Italian. | 13 |
| The saint who works no cures has few pilgrims at his shrine. French. | 14 |
| The saint’s day over, farewell the saint. French. | 15 |
| There is no chapel so small but has its saint. French. | 16 |
| There is no saint so petty but claims his own candle. German. | 17 |
| They are not all saints who use holy water. | 18 |
| To every saint his candle. French, Italian. | 19 |
| When the fields yield not, the saints have not. Spanish. | 20 | | |
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