| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Honey |
| | | A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar. German. | 1 |
| A little gall spoils (or embitters) a great deal of honey. French, Italian, Spanish. | 2 |
| Cover yourself with honey and the flies will have at you. | 3 |
| He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns. Dutch. | 4 |
| He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers. French. | 5 |
| He that licks honey from a nettle pays too dear for it. | 6 |
| He who would gather honey must bear the stings of bees. Dutch. | 7 |
| Honey cloys. Latin. | 8 |
| Honey in the mouth saves the purse. Italian. | 9 |
| Honey is not for asses. French, Dutch. | 10 |
| Honey is sweet but the bee stings. French, Dutch. | 11 |
| Honey is too good for a bear. | 12 |
| It is not by saying “honey, honey” that sweetness comes into the mouth. Turkish. | 13 |
| Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you. Italian. | 14 |
| Michael, Michael, you have no bees and yet you sell honey. Spanish. | 15 |
| Where there is honey there are bees. Latin. | 16 |
| Where there is honey, there will the flies swarm. Plautus. | 17 |
| Who has eaten the honey? He who has a fly on his umbrella. Modern Greek. | 18 | | |
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