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| A man may go to heaven with half the pains it takes to purchase hell. Fielding. | 1 |
| A man must go old to the court and young to a cloister that would from thence to heaven. | 2 |
A Persian’s heaven is easily made,
It is but black eyes and a lemonade. Thomas Moore. | 3 |
| Aid yourself and Heaven will aid you. La Fontaine. | 4 |
| All of heaven and hell is not known till hereafter. | 5 |
| Better go to heaven in rags, than to hell in embroidery. | 6 |
| Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate. Dutch. | 7 |
| Even the hen when it drinks water looks toward heaven. Turkish. | 8 |
| Heaven always favors good desires. Don Quixote. | 9 |
| Heaven helps those who help themselves. | 10 |
| Heaven in punishing the culpable does not permit itself to be deceived by the breadth of a hair. Chinese. | 11 |
| Heaven never helps the men that will not act. Sophocles. | 12 |
| Heaven protects the just. Homer. | 13 |
| Heaven’s never deaf but when man’s heart is dumb. Francis Quarles. | 14 |
| Heaven sent us women, and the devil, stays. French. | 15 |
| Heaven’s harmony is universal love. Cowper. | 16 |
| Heaven is the widow’s champion and defence. Shakespeare. | 17 |
| Heaven would often be unjust if it answered our prayers. | 18 |
| He will never get to heaven that desires to go thither alone. | 19 |
| Heaven is mine if God say amen. | 20 |
| Heaven never helps the man who will not act. | 21 |
| Heaven will make amend for all. | 22 |
| Heaven without good society cannot be heaven. | 23 |
| It is harder work getting to hell than to heaven. German. | 24 |
| Let us fulfil our own parts and await the will of Heaven. Chinese. | 25 |
| Men go laughing to heaven. Dutch. | 26 |
| The road to heaven is equally short where’er we die. Danish. | 27 |
| The way to heaven is by weeping cross. German. | 28 |
| The way to heaven lies open indifferently to all. Spectator. | 29 |
| There is no going to heaven in a sedan. | 30 |
| There’s no getting to heaven in a coach. Italian. | 31 |
| Though the heavens be glorious yet they are not all stars. | 32 |
| What Heaven ordains the wise with courage bears. Homer. | 33 |
| What the heavens shower down the earth drinks up. Modern Greek. | 34 |
| Whatever Heaven ordains is best. Homer. | 35 |
| Without climbing mountains, no one can know the height of heaven. Chinese. | 36 |
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