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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Cask |
| A cask is easily set rolling. | 1 |
| A poor cask often holds good wine. Latin. | 2 |
| Every cask smells of the wine it contains. Spanish, Portuguese. | 3 |
| The cask always smells of the herring. French. | 4 |
| The cask can give no other wine than what it contains. Italian. | 5 |
| The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk. | 6 |
| The full cask makes no noise. Italian. | 7 |
| The fuller the cask, the duller the sound. German. | 8 |
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