Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Black

A black hen will lay a white egg.

A black man is a jewel in a fair woman’s eye.

A black man is a pearl in a fair woman’s eye.Shakespeare.

A black plum is as sweet as a white.

Black cows give white milk.German.

Black plums may eat as sweet as white.

Black will take no other hue.

Two blacks make no white.