| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Ant |
| | | A cocoanut-shell full of water is an ocean to an ant. Tamil. | 1 |
| An emmet (ant) may work its heart out, but cannot make honey. | 2 |
Ants never bend their course to an empty granary.
No friend will visit departed wealth. Ovid. | 3 |
| Even an emmet may seek revenge. | 4 |
| Even an ant is eight spans long as measured by its own hand. Tamil. | 5 |
| None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. Franklin. | 6 |
| The ant has wings to its hurt. Don Quixote. | 7 |
| What would the ant do if it had the head of a bull. German. | 8 | | |
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