| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Cross |
| | | Crosses are ladders which lead to heaven. | 1 |
| Crosses though not pleasant are wholesome. | 2 |
| Each cross has its inscription. | 3 |
| Every house has its cross. Dutch. | 4 |
| Every one bears his own cross. French. | 5 |
| Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest. Italian. | 6 |
| He that bears the cross blesses himself first. Danish. | 7 |
| No cross—no crown. | 8 |
| The cross is the ladder of heaven. | 9 |
| There grows no grass at the cross. | 10 |
| To every one his own cross is heaviest. Italian. | 11 |
| “We must bear our cross with patience,” said the man when he took his wife on his back. Danish. | 12 | | |
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