| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Courtier |
| | | A courtier should be without feeling and without honor. French. | 1 |
| An old courtier, a young beggar. | 2 |
| Better a field with the birds than hanging on lords. Dutch. | 3 |
| Eye-service is the courtier’s art. Danish. | 4 |
| He has a veil upon a veil. (The Italians say, to make a mask with a natural face on the outside.) Arabian. | 5 |
| Marble polished is neither less hard or less cold; so with courtiers. Chinese. | 6 |
| The courtier is cringing and servile in adversity. Chinese. | 7 |
| To be a perfect courtier it is necessary to be without honor and without temper. Duke of Orleans. | 8 | | |
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