| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Boy |
| | | A hober-de-hoy, half a man and half a boy. | 1 |
| As the boy so the man. German. | 2 |
| Boys avoid the bees that stung ’em. | 3 |
| Boys will be boys. | 4 |
| Boys will be men. | 5 |
| De boy what thinks his father a fool will arter awhile complain of de roughness ob de fare in de penitentiary. African American. | 6 |
| He’s an ill boy that goes like a top only while he’s whipped. | 7 |
| If you play with boys you must take boy’s play. | 8 |
| Let nothing offensive to eye or ear be seen or heard under a roof where a boy resides. Latin. | 9 |
| Of all the plagues none can compare with climbing boys. | 10 |
| Once a man, twice a boy. Latin. | 11 |
| One boy is better than three girls. German. | 12 |
| School-boys are the most remarkable people in the world, they care not how little they have for their money. | 13 |
| When the boy is growing he has a wolf in his belly. German. | 14 | | |
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