| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Saying and Doing |
| | | Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. Italian. | 1 |
| Between saying and doing there is a long road. Spanish, Danish. | 2 |
| Easier said than done. Chinese. | 3 |
| Easy to say, hard to do. | 4 |
| Everybody says it, nobody does it. German, Danish. | 5 |
| From saying to doing is a long way. Italian. | 6 |
| It is better to do well than to say well. Italian. | 7 |
| It is sooner said than done. | 8 |
| Little said is soon amended. | 9 |
| No sooner said than done. | 10 |
| Saying and doing are two things. | 11 |
| Saying well causes a laugh, doing well causes silence. French. | 12 |
Say-well and do-well, end with one letter,
Say-well is good, but do-well is better. | 13 | | |
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