| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Ape |
| | | An ape may chance to sit among the doctors. | 1 |
An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet,
Though he be dressed in silk or scarlet. | 2 |
| An ape’s an ape, though he wear a gold ring. | 3 |
An ape is ne’er so like an ape,
As when he wears a doctor’s cape. | 4 |
| An old ape hath an old eye. | 5 |
| An old ape never made a pretty grimace. French. | 6 |
| As fond of it as an ape is of a ball or whip. | 7 |
| The ape claspeth her young so long that at last she killeth them. | 8 |
| The higher the ape climbs the more he shows his bald haunches. French, German. | 9 | | |
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