| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Estate |
| | | An estate inherited is the less valued. Portuguese. | 1 |
Estates are landscapes gazed upon awhile,
Then advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper. | 2 |
| He has a good estate but that the right owner keeps it from him. (Ironically spoken.) | 3 |
| He that gets an estate will probably never spend it. | 4 |
| He who walks daily over his estate finds a coin each time. Hebrew. | 5 |
| It is a hard thing to have a great estate and not fall in love with it. | 6 |
| It is good to be near of kin to an estate. | 7 |
| Many would have been worse, if their estates had been better. | 8 |
| The bones of a great estate are worth the picking. | 9 |
To the world no bug-bear is so great,
As want of figure and a small estate. Pope. | 10 |
| What is a great estate good for if it bring melancholy? | 11 | | |
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