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| A good walnut tree is as good to a poor man as a milch cow. Italian. | 1 |
| A great tree hath a great fall. | 2 |
| A short tree stands long. | 3 |
| A tree is known by its fruit. | 4 |
| A tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives. Spanish. | 5 |
| A twig in time becomes a tree. Latin. | 6 |
| Airly crooks the tree that good cammock should be. | 7 |
| All leaf and no fruit. Spanish. | 8 |
| All superfluous branches we lop away that bearing boughs may live. Shakespeare. | 9 |
| As the tree so the fruit. German. | 10 |
| As the twig is bent the tree’s inclined. | 11 |
| Delicious fruit is pleasing to the taste, but it is the tree that bears it that merits our esteem. Arabian. | 12 |
| Good fruit never comes from a bad tree. Portuguese. | 13 |
| Great trees are uprooted in an hour. | 14 |
| Great trees give more shade than fruit. German. | 15 |
| Great trees keep down the little ones. | 16 |
| He that plants trees loves others beside himself. | 17 |
| He who leaneth against a good tree, a good shelter findeth he. Don Quixote. | 18 |
| He who plants fruit trees must not count upon the fruit. Dutch. | 19 |
| High trees give more shadow than fruit. Dutch. | 20 |
| It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones. French. | 21 |
| Judge of the tree by its fruit. | 22 |
| Many desire the tree who pretend to refuse the fruit. Italian. | 23 |
| No tree falls at the first stroke. German. | 24 |
| Nobody lets go a tree and springs in the air. Accra (Africa). | 25 |
| Of a good tree the fruit is also good. Modern Greek. | 26 |
| Old trees are not to be bent. German. | 27 |
Set trees poor and they will grow rich.
Set them rich and they will grow poor. | 28 |
| Shake the tree when fruit is ripe. | 29 |
| Soon crooks the tree that good gambrel would be. | 30 |
| Straight trees have crooked roots. | 31 |
| Such as the tree is, such is the fruit. | 32 |
| Tall trees catch much wind. Dutch. | 33 |
| The best trees are the most beaten. Italian. | 34 |
| The highest tree hath the greatest fall. | 35 |
| The more the good tree grows the more shade does it afford. (The good rich man’s munificence increases with his age.) Modern Greek. | 36 |
| The more noble the tree the more pliant the twig. Dutch. | 37 |
| The old withy tree would have a new gate hung to it. | 38 |
| The tree does not fall at the first stroke. French, Italian, Dutch. | 39 |
| The tree is known by its fruit. New Testament. | 40 |
| The tree is no sooner down than every one runs for his hatchet. | 41 |
| The tree is not to be judged by its bark. Italian. | 42 |
| The tree is sure to be pruned before it reaches the skies. Danish. | 43 |
| The tree must be bent while it is young. German. | 44 |
| There is no tree but bears some fruit. | 45 |
| Though a tree grow ever so high, its falling leaves return to the root. Chinese. | 46 |
| To the fallen tree, hatchets! hatchets! Italian. | 47 |
| When the tree falls every one runs to cut boughs. Dutch, Danish. | 48 |
| When the tree falls the shade is gone, i.e., the unfortunate man is deserted. Chinese. | 49 |
| When the tree is down everybody gathers wood. Latin. | 50 |
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